Good news, everyone! My ghost cupcake liners are back in season again. Let the next seven weeks be full of ghostly treats! It's going to be a spooky September.
I just baked Ericcakes some pumpkin chocolate chip muffins in my ghost cupcake liners. Using the Pillsbury pumpkin bread mix, of course. It's his favorite. I don't know what that says about my baking.
Here's an early autumn treat for you: Chocolate Dipped-Sweet Potato Macaroons. Let's pretend it's not ninety degrees outside. Let's pretend it's chilly, there are leaves falling from the trees, and Halloween and Thanksgiving are just around the corner.
Use fresh sweet potato for these macaroons... preferably from your local farmers' market. I bought two huge sweet potatoes the other day for a dollar. They're pretty, too. Prettier than supermarket sweet potatoes.
This recipe is easy as can be. Whisk up some egg whites, ground coconut, grated sweet potato, pecan chips, brown sugar, flour, spices, salt and vanilla. Drop the batter onto cookie sheets and bake 30 minutes. Voila! Macaroons!
Dip in melted chocolate, if desired. And I think that's something you desire.
Printable Recipe
2 cups shredded sweetened flaked coconut
2 large egg whites
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups grated peeled sweet potato
1/2 cup pecan chips, toasted
3 ounces orange flavored dark chocolate
1 tablespoon oil
Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with foil, and generously coat with cooking spray.
Process coconut in a food processor until finely ground.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together egg whites, brown sugar, flour, vanilla, cinnamon and salt until well combined. Stir in coconut, sweet potato and pecans until well combined. Drop golf ball sized mounds of dough onto cookie sheets, using an ice cream scoop. Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer macaroons to wire racks to cool.
Heat chocolate and oil in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted and smooth. Pour chocolate into a small bowl or ramekin. Dip half of each macaroon into chocolate. Place on waxed paper to dry.
Makes about 16 macaroons
these look so great! am gonna try them today, need to step out to get some coconut before that!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great sweet potato recipe! I will try this next weekend :) love it.
ReplyDeleteI love that you used sweet taters in these. Just makes them totally 100% healthy, right? Despite the chocolate dipped part :)
ReplyDeleteThey look delish!!
What a unique recipe! I've never used sweet potato and chocolate; but I'm willing too after looking at those pictures.
ReplyDeleteMy, my! These look absolutely beautiful. Huge fan of sweet potatoes here. Right up my alley!
ReplyDeleteThese look great! Can't wait to try them out.
ReplyDeleteThese looks delicious and I bet they would be! But not right now, I'm not in the mood for this king of cooking, I still feel like it's summer!
ReplyDeletesome of my favorites in there - sweet potato, chocolate and pecans! oh how that just sounds so lovely!!! YUMMMMM
ReplyDeleteI've never hard of sweet potato macaroons before but this recipe looks divine!
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A Pillsbury pumpkin bread mix???!!! OMG, what we do for love!
ReplyDeleteThat's a relief about your cupcake liners. Honestly, what would you have done?
I love that you're using grated sweet potatoes that don't have to be cooked.
I totally get you adding oil instead of Crisco to the chocolate.
Mmm, I've never heard of sweet potatoes in macaroons! What a tasty treat :)
ReplyDeleteI always love your clever recipes! I can't wait to make these next week. ;)
ReplyDeleteI think the REAL questions is...what does that say about HIS tastebuds? Out.Of.Whack.
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with these macaroons. You've made my Monday!
I am sweet potato obsessed so I'm loving the idea of these!
ReplyDeleteAre pecan chips just chopped pecans?
I love sweet potatoes! These look so good...I'm super excited to start fall baking.
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Yum those bites look really nice!
ReplyDeleteThese could be a recipe-contest winner. Such a creative way to use sweet potatoes!
ReplyDeleteLove sweet potatoes + love chocolate + love coconut = gonna love these!!
ReplyDeleteit's not even october and i've made pumpkin chocolate chip muffins five times since school started xD
ReplyDeletelooking forward to trying the sweet potato-chocolate combo too ^_~
These look awesome! I <3 sweet potatoes, will definitely give these a try. :)
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Wow - these look seriously amazing - and addictive! Love sweet potatoes:-)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant with a capital B!
ReplyDeleteMaybe Eric doesn't like real butter? What's up with him liking mixes?
Well, the temps are a bit fall-like at night now, even if it is 85 degrees and muggy as all get-out outside. It's still summer till the 22nd though.
very intriguing, emily! they look sensational (:
ReplyDeleteso part of me wants to hate you due to your thinking that you can use your halloween liners already. but then you went and made these. and i'm craving one, hardcore. love!!
ReplyDeleteThese look so festive! Very unique indeed. Something I might try to bring to a Thanksgiving feast!
ReplyDeleteI am intrigued by these sweet potato macaroons. It is definitely starting to feel like fall where I am ... brrrrr!
ReplyDeleteOmg, I'm nearly drooling. I don't need it to be chilly out. I will definitely enjoy these on any day! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! I hope you enjoy the macaroon recipe.
ReplyDeleteSue, that's the first time I've added oil to chocolate! I can't believe it worked.
Joanne, he has good tastebuds. :) I was just giving him a hard time.
Natalie, yes, they are. Really finely chopped pecans.
Shannon, maybe they were? :)
Michele, yay!
Rachel, the mix is pretty good! Don't be a hater!
what a nifty twist, emily! you're just adding goodness on top of goodness on top of goodness. :)
ReplyDeletethese look amazing. and sweet potato?!?! what a fantastic and creative idea. love it. just pinned it so I wont forget to try these.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to let you know that I featured this on my "What I Bookmarked" Post - stop by and see. And thank you for the inspiration I cant wait to make this!
ReplyDeleteHow interesting! I never thought to make macaroons with sweet potatoes!
ReplyDeleteI made them last night and they are AMAZING!!!! THANK YOU!
ReplyDeleteHi Emily! I'm new to your blog, but it has become one of my most frequently read websites! I enjoy reading about and seeing all of your creative ideas and recipes! This Saturday, I made these macaroons and was really impressed by how quick and easy they were to make. It helped that I used the food processor for all of the pulsing and grating. My boyfriend and I love them. They are rich, surprisingly filling, and kind of healthy too! I think next time I will increase the amount of chocolate I use. I didn't have orange flavored chocolate so I used 3oz of dark chocolate chips and ran out before I could dip them all. It's ok though, they're so good on their own!
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