Browse through these purple sweet potato recipes and discover a variety of beautiful and delicious approaches to using the vibrant vegetable. You’ll find both sweet and savory ways to incorporate them into your meals.
If you love cooking with yams and sweet potatoes, this collection of recipes is perfect for you. Purple sweet potatoes are just as sweet as plain ones, but also have a striking color that make them a fun and delicious option for a wide array of recipes, from pie to savory sides like fries, chips, and more.
For those who are new to this colorful vegetable, I recommend checking my article on how to cook purple sweet potatoes using seven different methods. Some of the recipes below ask for pre-cooked potatoes so it will come in handy.
Fun Facts About Purple Sweet Potatoes
If you’re new to the vivid purple spud, here are some details to help you get comfortable with them in your kitchen.
- They’re starchier and drier than orange varieties and may require longer cook times.
- They contain more antioxidants due to the purple color and are slightly sweeter.
- You’ll be able to find them year-round.
- Though often mistaken for ube or yams, they are a different vegetable.
- Purple sweet potatoes make an excellent substitute in any sweet potato or yam recipe.
- That lovely color won’t fade as they cook!
- Don’t mix up purple sweet potatoes with plain purple potatoes. These are totally different. Purple sweet potatoes are related to sweet potatoes while purple potatoes taste just like a regular potato.
I hope you enjoy exploring the purple sweet potato recipes in this collection. Each highlights the color and natural sweetness in ways home cooks can enjoy. Browse through to find plenty of inspiration and get cooking!
1. Purple Sweet Potato Pie
This sweet, creamy Purple Sweet Potato Pie is both strikingly beautiful and delicious. Every slice is a perfect blend of smooth, spiced custard-like filling and flaky, buttery crust that you’ll love serving to family and guests.
Recipe by: Yummy Addiction
2. Crispy Baked Purple Sweet Potato Fries
Purple sweet potato fries are baked in the oven until super crispy and tossed with fresh herbs and oil for a delicious side dish.
Recipe by: Running To The Kitchen
3. Purple Sweet Potato Cheesecake Bars
Purple sweet potatoes give this delicious vegan dessert its vibrant hue and you certainly can’t go wrong with a layer of chocolate ganache.
Recipe by: Crowded Kitchen
4. Chickpea-Free Purple Sweet Potato Hummus Toast
Chickpea-free hummus made with a simple mixture of sweet potato, tahini, and spices. Perfect for a a fun snack, appetizer, breakfast, or light meal.
Recipe by: Flora & Vino
5. Roasted Purple Sweet Potatoes
These purple sweet potatoes are smashed, drizzled with melted butter and herbs then roasted until super crispy. The perfect potato side dish with a stunning appearance!
Recipe by: Running To The Kitchen
6. Okinawan Sweet Potato Haupia Pie Bars
Sweet potato haupia pie is a classic Hawaiian dessert with three layers of heaven – a crunchy graham cracker crust, a layer of the sweet potato filling and the haupia layer.
Recipe by: Mochi Mommy
7. Purple Sweet Potato & Mushroom Soup
Purple Sweet Potato & Mushroom Soup is rich, creamy, flavorful, and packed with nutrients. Serve it as a light lunch or dinner. Dietary requirements: plant-based, gluten-free, grain-free, and soy-free.
Recipe by: Rainbow in My Kitchen
8. Mashed Purple Sweet Potatoes
These silky mashed purple sweet potatoes are easy and quick to prepare, packed with unique flavors and remarkably healthy. They are also unbelievably creamy and rich plus, look at their outstanding vibrant violet color!
Recipe by: Plant Based Jess
9. Vegan No-Bake Purple Sweet Potato & Chocolate Tart
This exquisite and bright looking Vegan Purple Sweet Potatoe & Chocolate Tart is decadent and perfect for holidays with family and friends. The no-bake chocolate crust is dark and rich in texture, while the colourful purple filling is creamy and light, making it a satisfying dessert.
Recipe by: Soulfully Tasty
10. Purple Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls
Make room on your dinner table for these Purple Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls. They are light and fluffy with a hint of warm holiday spices. Bonus, the flesh of this sweet potato roll is purple, you can’t beat that!
Recipe by: Wild Wild Whisk
11. Purple Sweet Potato Quinoa Burgers
Purple Sweet Potato Quinoa Burgers are high in fiber, flavorful and packed with nutrients. Serve on gluten-free buns with vegetables and top with plant-based yogurt.
Recipe by: Rainbow in My Kitchen
12. Delicious Roasted Purple Potato Soup
This vibrant soup is comforting and flavorful. Made with purple sweet potatoes, cauliflower, & carrots, but any color will do if you cannot find purple veggies. Free of gluten, grains, & dairy.
Recipe by: Wife Mama Foodie
13. Purple Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
These Purple Hasselback Sweet Potatoes are your new favorite vegan side dish. Plus a rosemary infused olive oil recipe to finish them off!
Recipe by: Emilie Eats
14. Purple Sweet Potato Souffle
Gorgeous purple sweet potatoes bring an earthy warmth to this just-sweet-enough soufflé. A perfect way to end a holiday meal or impress guests at brunch.
Recipe by: West of the Loop
15. Tofu Cheesecake with Purple Sweet Potato
Delicious and beautifully pink vegan tofu cheesecake with purple sweet potato. Furthermore, the recipes is gluten-free, refined sugar free, oil-free, and dairy-free.
Recipe by: Nutriplanet
16. Baked Sweet Potato Chips
Sometimes you just want a bowl of chips you won’t regret. These baked purple sweet potato chips are the answer! Sweet, salty, healthy and so good!
Recipe by: Savory and Chic
17. Sweet Potato Tartin
A twist on the traditional layered potato gratin, this sweet potato tartin is creamy, cheesy and makes a delicious vegetable side for your holiday table and beyond.
Recipe by: Nourish Deliciously
18. Stuffed Purple Sweet Potatoes with Turmeric Tahini
Easy veggie-centric entree with baked purple sweet potato, crispy chickpeas, and a simple oil-free turmeric tahini. Simple, comforting, and unique!
Recipe by: Flora & Vino
19. Purple Sweet Potato Chia Pudding
Hints of cardamom and vanilla punctuate this lusciously creamy and easy purple sweet potato chia pudding. Enjoy this cool, no-bake treat for breakfast, or a snack, or even dessert.
Recipe by: Savory Spin
20. Super Soft Purple Sweet Potato Chiffon Cake
Learn how to make the cotton soft and fluffy purple sweet potato chiffon cake dotted with chunks of purple sweet potatoes.
Recipe by: What To Cook Today
21. Purple Sweet Potato Casserole With Toasted Marshmallow Meringue
Vibrant purple sweet potato casserole topped with toasted pecans and a maple sweetened marshmallow meringue. This beautiful side dish is free of gluten, grains, dairy, and refined sugar!
Recipe by: Wife Mama Foodie
22. Purple Sweet Potato Ravioli In Brown Butter Garlic Sauce
Make this purple sweet potato ravioli in garlic sauce for a fun twist on a classic dish. Plus, there’s nothing better than homemade pasta!
Recipe by: The Butter Half
23. Vegan Purple Sweet Potato Ice Cream
A beautiful, colourful and creamy ice cream made from purple sweet potatoes and coconut milk. Vegan, dairy-free and paleo-friendly recipe!
Recipe by: Wallflower Kitchen
24. Purple Sweet Potato Vegan Nanaimo Bars
These Vegan Nanaimo Bars come with a dairy-free buttercream filling flavored with purple sweet potatoes! They are paleo, refined sugar-free and gluten-free!
Recipe by: Cinnamon and Coriander
25. Dark Chocolate Purple Potato Coconut Butter Cups
These homemade cups use beautiful purple sweet potatoes for a fun, colorful center anyone will love. They’re super easy to make, vegan, gluten-free and paleo.
Recipe by: Fit Mitten Kitchen
26. Purple Sweet Potato Pie Bars
Vegan purple sweet potato pie bars are perfect for the holiday season. It’s an easy to make dessert that will surely wow even the most jaded guests!
Recipe by: The Little Epicurean
27. Salad Stuffed Purple Sweet Potatoes
These salad stuffed sweet potatoes are not only gorgeous, they’re stuffed with a healthy delicious salad made with a creamy vegan dressing.
Recipe by: Spoonful of Plants
28. Lavender, Lemon, and Purple Sweet Potato Donuts
If you can’t get enough of purple, these donuts are your fix: made primarily with purple sweet potato, they come together quite easily and are both plant-based and gluten-free.
Recipe by: Miss Wondersmith
29. Purple Sweet Potato Cheesecake
A pecan-graham cracker crust is filled with luxuriously silky, cinnamon spiced sweet potato cheesecake for a fun, colorfully delicious holiday twist on this classis dessert!
Recipe by: Waves in the Kitchen
30. Thai Veggie Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Tender sweet potatoes stuffed with a delicious blend of stir-fried veggies and chicken, topped with a spicy peanut sauce. Can easily be made vegetarian/vegan by omitting the meat.
Recipe by: Wife Mama Foodie
31. Purple Sweet Potato Mochi Waffles
Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy middles, these purple sweet potato waffles are perfect for any breakfast, brunch or brinner meal!
Recipe by: Pineapple and Coconut
32. Purple Sweet Potato Tapioca Pudding
This Purple Sweet Potato Tapioca Pudding is naturally colored with purple sweet potato, flavored with coconut milk & filled with chewy tapioca pearls. Not only pretty, but very tasty! Great make ahead dessert to serve on dinner parties!
Recipe by: The Missing Lokness
33. Roasted Purple Sweet Potatoes
These Roasted Purple Sweet Potatoes make for the perfect side dish in just 30 minutes! Purple Sweet potatoes are rich in antioxidants, make this easy recipe to try out this healthy root vegetable.
Recipe by: Know Your Produce
34. Purple Sweet Potato Cake Recipe with Marshmallow Cream Cheese Frosting
This deliciously decadent and technically accurate Purple Sweet Potato Cake with Marshmallow Cream Cheese Frosting is so good, it is impossible to resist!
Recipe by: Yummy Medley
35. Lentil and Purple Sweet Potato Shepherds Pie
An easy and colourful vegan shepherd’s pie perfect for getting the kids to eat their veggies or adults who just love colourful and tasty nourishing food.
Recipe by: Rainbow Nourishments
