Sweet Potato Bites with Guacamole

Healthy baked sweet potato bites recipe topped with spicy guacamole with bacon. So full of flavor and always a hit at any game day party! 

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Sweet Potato Bites

We’re healthifying game day appetizers today with these baked sweet potato bites topped with spicy southwestern guacamole. These little bites are so easy to make and will leave your taste buds very happy.

Sweet potatoes and guacamole are a match made in heaven! Sweet, smoky, spicy. Not to mention colorful, nutritious, and EASY to make. Now that’s a type of appetizer I want to be eating when football is on.

Sweet Potato Bites Ingredients

You’ll need the following ingredients for these sweet potato bites:

• sweet potatoes
• avocado
• corn
• black beans
• red onion
• tomato
• jalapeno
• cilantro
• cumin
• lime juice
• bacon
• olive oil, salt, and black pepper

How to Make Sweet Potato Bites Recipe

Pick the Right Sweet Potatoes:

Pick even size sweet potatoes. I know it’s hard considering sweet potatoes range in size and shape. But you want to try to stick to even-size potatoes so they roast more evenly.

Slice the Sweet Potatoes:

Scrub the sweet potatoes and lightly pat dry. Keep the skin on and slice them about 1/4-inch thick. You don’t want to go any less as they will not hold up.

Season and Bake:

Then lightly brush the sweet potatoes with oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and arrange on a baking sheet. Bake in a preheated oven for 15-18 minutes. They should be soft, wrinkly, and somewhat golden brown on the bottom. ALSO – you want to roast these in the lower third of the oven. That’s where you get the most heat.

Cool the potatoes slightly before topping with guacamole. They taste great completely cold or slightly warm.

Make the Guacamole:

Next, prepare the guacamole. This guacamole is loaded with all kinds of good stuff. Corn, beans, red onion, tomatoes, jalapeno, cilantro, cumin, lime juice, and BACON!

Bacon adds the perfect amount of smokiness to the recipe and jalapenos balance out the sweetness of the potatoes. The all-together combo will leave your mouth very happy.

Serving Suggestions

This sweet potato bites appetizer serves well on its own or alongside other game day appetizers. Here are some favorites:

• Sesame Chicken Wings – the sauce is so good in these.
• Asian Chicken Meatballs – mini meatballs and made in a crockpot.
• Healthy 7-Layer Dip – this homemade and healthy version is the best.
• Roasted Tomato Salsa – comes together in minutes in a blender.
• Greek Yogurt Onion Dip – made with Greek yogurt instead of mayo.

Love sweet potatoes? Try other recipes with sweet potatoes, such as Spicy Honey Chicken and Sweet Potato Kebabs, Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie, Black Bean and Sweet Potato Chili.

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