Sweet Potato Bites

Sweet Potato Bites + Goat Cheese, Cranberry, and Pecan

These Sweet Potato Bites are the perfect festive appetizer. I swapped out toasted bread with roasted sweet potato rounds then topped with goat cheese, dried cranberries, toasted pecans, and finished with a drizzle of honey. These little bites are sweet and savory and I can’t wait to serve them over the Holidays! 

Sweet Potato Bites

I can’t believe it’s already December!! I couldn’t be more in the Holiday Spirit. Every year we go to my Mom’s house for Christmas Eve and eat appetizers, drink wine, and play games all night. This year I am getting creative with my apps. Instead of using bread to make a crostini in this recipe, I toasted sweet potatoes, and topped with whipped Goat cheese, dried cranberries, pecans and a drizzle of honey. The drizzle of honey pairs perfect with the bite of goat cheese and nuttiness from the pecans. It’s the perfect finish to this lighter appetizer.

Sweet Potato Bites

I love the texture of the whipped goat cheese. Allow the goat cheese to sit out while your potatoes are roasting. It will whip easier if at room temperature. I whipped the goat cheese with a little olive oil to give it a smoother texture, you can also use milk… but honestly I didn’t have milk in my refrigerator so I used olive oil and it came out great.

Chopped Pecans

I wanted this appetizer to have holiday flavors so I topped with dried cranberries and pecans and finished with a drizzle of honey to add sweetness.

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Sweet Potato Bites + Goat Cheese, Cranberry, and Pecan
 
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These Sweet Potato Bites are the perfect festive appetizer. I swapped out toasted bread with roasted sweet potato rounds then topped with goat cheese, dried cranberries, toasted pecans, and finished with a drizzle of honey. These little bites are sweet and savory and I can't wait to serve them over the Holidays!
Ingredients
  • 2 sweet potatoes, cleaned and sliced into ¼ inch rounds
  • 1 tbsp + 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 4 ounces goat cheese, room temperature
  • ¼ cup chopped pecans
  • ¼ cup dried cranberries
  • Honey, for drizzling
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Cut cleaned sweet potatoes into roughly ¼ inch rounds.
  3. Place the sweet potato rounds on parchment lined baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Coat rounds evenly with olive oil.
  4. Bake for 10 minutes, then flip sweet potato rounds over and bake for additional 10 to 12 minutes or until tender and starting to crisp on edges.
  5. In the meantime, while the sweet potatoes bake, use a mixer to whip the goat cheese with remaining 1 tsp of olive oil and a drizzle of honey until smooth and fluffy.
  6. When sweet potato rounds cool spoon the goat cheese mixture onto each potato round then top with a few chopped pecans and cranberries, drizzle with honey and serve.

Sweet Potato Bites

More Holiday Appetizers:

Tomato Pesto Crostini

Tomato + Pesto Crostini 

Cranberry Salsa

Cranberry Salsa

Shop Products I used for this Recipe:

Williams Sonoma Nonstick Baking Sheet

What are your favorite Holiday Appetizers!? Please let me know by leaving a comment below and share a picture on Instagram with the hashtag #thewelldressedkitchen.

THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING ALONG! XOXO, BECCA @ THE WELL DRESSED KITCHEN! 💗

2 thoughts on “Sweet Potato Bites + Goat Cheese, Cranberry, and Pecan”

    1. Thewelldressedkitchen

      Hi Albert! Thank you so much, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! Have a wonderful day!

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