Spinach Stuffed Sweet Potato Skins - Mighty Mrs | Super Easy Recipes (2024)

These loaded sweet potato skins are a rich, delicious appetizer, side dish or lunch. Stuffed with spinach, cheese, and shallots then topped with crispy bacon. A must-try fall recipe.

These baked spinach stuffed sweet potato skins topped with bacon and a sprinkle of cheese are a hearty, delicious and vitamin-rich treat!

They make a great appetizer but really could even be a straight up dinner option they are so filling. Best to share. 😉

Shout out to my sweet potato skins recipe inspo.

I was inspired to make these loaded potato skins using sweet potatoes after I found a recipe by Pinch of Yum, probably my all time favorite food blog. If I had no job and unlimited cash flow to sustain life for like a year or two, then I would totally make every single one of the recipes on that site.

But alas, I do have a job and a pretty limited cash flow at the moment so I have to be a little choosy about which recipes I make. Anyway, I'd never thought to use a sweet potato instead of a regular potato to make potato skins. Such a simple little swap but it really changes thing up!

My Alterations

I eliminated the chickpeas from the original recipe, added bacon crumbles to the top and used the reserved bacon drippings to cook the shallots instead of butter. Next time I make these, I may try adding artichokes because spinach and artichokes are one of my favorite combos!

These sweet potato skins are pretty easy to make too.

Check out this video that shows step by step how to prep and cook them:

So, are you a fan of sweet potatoes?

Can I tell you something? I'm not normally a big sweet potato eater. So if you're on the fence, let me just reassure you that the sweetness mixed with spinach and topped with salty bacon... oh my, yes it's as good as it sounds.

And by *good* I mean... like heavenly good. They are topped with bacon so, hard to go wrong there. The spinach and all the vitamins in the sweet potatoes makes me feel totally justified in topping them with bacon crumbles.

Sweet Potato Obsession

So my little introduction to sweet potatoes apparently kicked off an slight obsession with them. I've accrued quite a collection of sweet potatoes recipes. Browse all my sweet potato recipes now!

Serving these as an appetizer?

You could totally make and eat these for dinner or lunch but they make a great appetizer too.

If you're into entertaining, check out these striped bamboo cutting boards that would double as an adorable way to serve these sweet potato skins. Since I have limited space in my kitchen, I love these types of cooking accessories that serve multiple purposes. But really, though, it's all about the stripes.

The spinach stuffed sweet potatoes were featured on Melt in Your Mouth Monday and South Your Mouth.