• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • meet the team
  • blogger resources
  • Contact Me
My Account
Member Dashboard
40 Aprons Premium (Ad Free!)

40 Aprons

Delicious, Healthy-ish Meals for the Whole Family

  • All Recipes
  • Most Popular
    • Cheryl’s Favorite Recipes
    • 30-Minute Recipes
    • Creamy Soups
    • Copycat Recipes
    • Casseroles
    • One-Dish Wonders
  • Method
    • Air Fryer
    • Baking
    • Crockpot
    • Grilling
    • Instant Pot
    • Sous Vide
  • Course
    • Appetizers
    • Cooking Basics
    • Breakfast
    • Condiments
    • Dips & Salsas
    • Dessert
    • Main Course
    • Meal Prep
    • Salads
    • Side Dishes
    • Soups
  • Cuisine
    • American
    • Asian
    • Indian
    • Italian
    • Mediterranean
    • Mexican & Latin
    • Southern
Home Blog Course Side Dishes

Sweet Potato Soufflé

Sam Guarnieri
Sam Guarnieri Posted: 10/29/21 Updated: 12/22/22
5
/5
4 Comments
Jump to Recipe
VG Vegetarian

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.

Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle
Pin graphic for sweet potato souffle

This sweet potato soufflé will quickly become your favorite holiday side dish! Fluffy mashed sweet potatoes are topped with a buttery streusel topping. This perfectly sweet recipe will make a perfect addition to your Thanksgiving table or next potluck!

sweet potato souffle in a baking dish with a spoon

What Makes This Recipe So Good

  • It’s fancy-sounding but surprisingly easy to make! Simply cook and mash the sweet potatoes, and whip together the base. Then, mix up the streusel topping and sprinkle it over the top before baking – that’s it!
  • It’s a total crowd-pleaser! Everyone goes insane for this perfectly sweet side dish. I’ve never brought this sweet potato soufflé anywhere and didn’t return home with an empty baking dish!
  • It has the perfect balance of flavors and texture. Light and airy mashed sweet potatoes are complimented by a nutty and crunchy topping. It’s also ideally sweet with a mixture of both brown and white sugar.

Key Ingredients

Sweet Potatoes – Just as they sound, this variety is a sweeter-tasting version of a starchy favorite. With a brown skin and a bright orange flesh, sweet potatoes have a higher natural sugar content than regular potatoes. The sugar in this recipe brings out the natural sweetness of this main ingredient. To prepare your sweet potatoes for this recipe, start by giving them a good scrub and wash. Then, poke holes all around each potato with a fork before baking them for at least an hour. Once they’re super soft and easy to mash, they’re ready to use in this sweet potato soufflé recipe!

Brown Sugar – Brown sugar adds a caramel-y flavor to this delicious side dish. And in case you didn’t know, brown sugar is just white sugar with a touch of molasses mixed in. This specific ingredient adds substantial depth and warmth to the overall dish.

Chef’s Tips

  • Let the sweet potatoes cool before adding in the other soufflé ingredients. If the potatoes are too hot, you could risk cooking the eggs and curdling the milk. Therefore, give them about 15-20 minutes to cool down before proceeding with the recipe.
  • Feel free to use any nut you’d like in the streusel topping! Chopped walnuts or sliced almonds would also taste great over this sweet potato soufflé. You could even replace the pecans with a cup of rolled oats if you’d like.
  • Prepare this recipe ahead of time and freeze it until ready to eat! To freeze, assemble the recipe as instructed then tightly cover it in plastic wrap before baking. Once covered, store it in the freezer for up to 3 months. When ready to bake, remove it from the freezer and leave to defrost in the fridge overnight before baking as instructed.
close up overhead image of sweet potato souffle with a spoon in it

More Thanksgiving Side Dishes You’ll Love

  • 30 Amazing Thanksgiving Recipes
  • Brown Gravy
  • Best Paleo Stuffing
  • Whole30 Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
  • Oven-Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon
  • Garlic Butter Parsley Potatoes

Hey – you’ve made it this far, so now we’re basically best friends! If you make this recipe, I’d love for you to give it a quick review & star rating ★ below. Make sure you follow me on Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, and Facebook, too!

close up overhead image of sweet potato souffle with a spoon in it
5 from 3 votes

Sweet Potato Soufflé

Prep:5 minutes minutes
Cook:1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
Total:1 hour hour 35 minutes minutes
This sweet potato soufflé will quickly become your favorite holiday side dish! Fluffy mashed sweet potatoes are topped with a buttery streusel topping. This perfectly sweet recipe will make a perfect addition to your Thanksgiving table or next potluck!
Print Save Saved! Click Here to Remove Ads
12 servings

Ingredients

For the Soufflé

  • 4-5 sweet potatoes
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Streusel Topping

  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup butter softened
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Equipment

  • Baking sheet
  • Large bowl
  • 9×13 baking dish

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
  • Poke holes all around sweet potatoes with a fork then transfer to a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour or until very soft. Remove from the oven and let cool before transferring the flesh to a large bowl.
    sweet potato souffle step 1
  • Mash sweet potatoes until smooth then add in the butter, eggs, brown sugar, sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. Beat with either a hand or stand mixer until smooth.
    sweet potato souffle step 2
  • Transfer soufflé to a 9×13-inch baking dish then assemble the topping by mixing all topping ingredients together in a bowl. Sprinkle topping over top of soufflé.
  • Bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown.
    sweet potato souffle step 4

Notes

  • For especially large sweet potatoes, bake them at 400° Fahrenheit before reducing the oven to 350° Fahrenheit to bake the soufflé.
 
Recipe yields approximately 12 servings. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
 
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, using 5 sweet potatoes. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
 
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by 12. Result will be the weight of one serving.

Nutrition Information

Serving Size: 1serving, Calories: 403kcal, Protein: 4g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 59mg, Sodium: 176mg, Potassium: 425mg, Total Carbs: 56g, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 36g, Net Carbs: 52g, Vitamin A: 13775IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 78mg, Iron: 1mg

Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.

 

Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.

 

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.

© Author: Sam Guarnieri

Did you make this recipe?

Tag @40aprons on social and be sure to leave a review on the blog post!

Rate Recipe Tag Me on Instagram
Sam Guarnieri

Meet Sam Guarnieri

Sam is a travel, food, and fitness enthusiast from the New York metro area who loves creating new and inventive recipes. Her love of food goes all the way back to her early childhood, cooking alongside her mom and Nonna – the two best cooks she knows! She's a big believer that good-for-you food can still explode with flavor and (most importantly) be easy to make. When she's not in the kitchen, Sam can usually be found planning her next vacation, spending time outdoors, or bingeing the latest Netflix docu-series.

Read more...

You may also like...

  • 27 sweet potato recipes
    27 Sweet Potato Recipes
  • Shakshuka Loaded Sweet Potato Fries
  • Close up of sweet potatoes cut open and stuffed with butter, salt, and pepper, on a white plate
    How To Microwave a Sweet Potato

Reader Interactions

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Have a question? Submit your question or comment below.

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  1. Alicia Simmons says

    Posted on 12/5/22 at 7:36 am

    Delicious!!! It was a hit!5 stars

    Reply
    • Molly | 40 Aprons TeamMolly | 40 Aprons Team says

      Posted on 12/5/22 at 2:43 pm

      Yay! So glad to hear it was a hit! Thanks so much for the review!

      Reply
  2. Sabrina says

    Posted on 10/30/21 at 6:12 pm

    love this, great tweak, love sweet potatoes already anyway and this is a nice over the top sweet potato dish, in a good way, so thank you!5 stars

    Reply
    • Anna Claire | 40 Aprons TeamAnna Claire | 40 Aprons Team says

      Posted on 11/7/21 at 7:25 pm

      We’re so glad to hear it! Thanks for sharing!5 stars

      Reply

Primary Sidebar

What’s Popular?

A casserole dish, angled on a table, filled with banana stuffed french toast casserole topped with strawberries.

Tonga Toast French Toast Casserole

Overhead view of a cast-iron skillet filled with cream cheese sausage dip surrounded by tortilla chip scoops.

3-Ingredient Sausage Dip (Stovetop or Crockpot)

Top-down view of a large bowl, lined with parchment paper, holding several orange-sauced buffalo chicken wings.

Boneless Chicken Wings

Overhead view of one bowl and one partial bowl of cajun chicken pasta soup on a wooden table.

Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta Soup

In Season

Zoomed out photo of two mimosas glasses holding apple cider mimosas rimmed with brown sugar cinnamon sitting in front of a bowl of apples.

Apple Cider Mimosas

Two slices of Whole30 meatloaf plated with green beans and mashed potatoes on a grey-blue plate with silverware on a table.

Whole30 Meatloaf

Close-up, angled view of soft and fluffy air fryer pizza on a white plate.

Air Fryer Pizza

close up image of king ranch casserole being lifted out of the baking dish

Cheesy King Ranch Casserole

As seen on:

More Goodies + NO Ads!

Become a 40 Aprons Premium Member!

All the 40 Aprons content you love - now even better.

  • Member-Exclusive Recipes
  • Meal Plans & Grocery Lists
  • eBooks
  • NO ADS!
Join now

Privacy Policy

Accessibility

Disclaimers

Contact

© 2023 40 Aprons
Site Credits Designed by Melissa Rose Design Developed by Once Coupled
Back to Top
428 shares