Sweet Potato Balls

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I was asked to make these this year for our Thanksgiving Dinner. Cathryn (my step-sister made them for Easter and I was unable to attend and this Thanksgiving she is unable to attend. She told me that instead of using all the extra sugar (some of the reviews added they are to sweet and coconut she simply rolled them in a mixture of melted butter and graham cracker crumbs. I was told they where better than my sweet potato casserole with marshmallows : ( I'm looking forward to trying these though for myself but with the simple adjustment to the recipe I was told these are 5 star!

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I love Paula's recipes. My dinner guest were impressed with this dish. It was fun making them and I will make this a holiday tradition. Thanks Paula.

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We made these last year at Thanksgiving and they have become a holiday tradition. I, like several others, omitted the orange ingredients, as I'm not fond of orangey sweet potatoes. I also cut back on the brown sugar, to half. When I made these, we had a coconut allergy in the house, so I rolled them in oats and sugar and cinnamon, and I used canned sweet potatoes instead of fresh ones. This meant I had to drain them, and pat them dry, and after mashing I again tried to get a little more moisture out of the mash. HUGE success. Everyone loved these, they didn't fall apart on me and the marshmallows stayed intact. :

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So i made these beautiful balls. But after they were cooked i have to agree with other comments that its messy and not very good. Deffinatly to much sugar. I tried to eat them but never even served them on the table.

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I typically make a sweet potato souffle for Thanksgiving and wanted to try these for Christmas. I always try to do as much prep work as possible before the big day and decided to try to make these potato balls the day before, with a few modifications. I let the sweet potatoes fully cool before mashing, I omitted the orange juice and zest, and cut back the brown sugar to 1/3 of a cup. I also used only 1/2 of a large marshmallow after reading several reviews about oozing with a full one. I chose to roll the balls in chopped pecans and then placed each ball in a cup of a nonstick muffin tin (the recipe made exactly 12 large balls--enough to fill a full tin. I put the filled muffin tin in the refrigerator overnight and baked the next day after removing my turkey from the oven. They came out perfectly, though the marshmallows had vanished. upon cutting into them (I think I overbaked a few minutes. They were a hit and I will definitely make them again. Don't be intimidated by the reviews saying these are messy. If you have ever made a meatloaf or meatballs, these are much less messy. My teenage son even helped and he rarely assists in the kitchen. He mentioned how easy they were and he gobbled them up at dinner.

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A big disappointment. This is one of those dishes that the first bite is good - different, interesting. The second bite is whoa - that is a lot of sugar and way too much much orange flavor. By the third bite yuck- there is no way I can eat the whole thing. Maybe if you cut WAY back on the sugar and left out the orange it would be edible, but still too much effort for the result.

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I do not have much cooking experience but this is a very easy and fun recipe to make. It was a little too sweet for most of the family, but the kids loved it. I would suggest serve it cold, tasted better. Definitely something different but it wasn't a WOW!!

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These are the best things I have ever tried!! The recipe is easy and fun. You can make the balls as big as you need for them to be. The kids enjoy them because of the "surprise" inside. Adults love them because of the wonderful and festive taste. Another winner from Paula!!!

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I made a completely Paula Deen Thanksgiving last year, right down to the deep fried turkey, and my hispanic in-laws loved it!

My best description before serving these to my father-in-law was that they were sweet potato "Papa Rellena", a cuban pastry made with mashed potato and ground beef in the middle, then fried. I have to admit a really sorry comparison.

Once he tasted it, and everyone else, we were done!

What a fantastic way to serve sweet potato. And my 6 and 8 year olds loved the "prize" inside of the marshmallow!

Thanks Paula!

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I made this twice for the holidays and everyone loved it. The second time I added pecans to it and it tasted even better. I had a hard time keeping it together as balls, so the second time I made it into a casserole and it also turned out good.