Easy Grilled Sweet Potato Pizzas

4.90 from 19 votes

Published 8/18/2023

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Sweet potato pizzas are made with pizza sauce or pesto and any of your favorite pizza toppings such as mozzarella, basil, and mini pepperonis!

Wow the fam with these amazing grilled sweet potato pizzas! All you need is sweet potatoes, your favorite marinara sauce or pesto, mozzarella, and your favorite pizza toppings for this healthy 30 minute meal.

Years ago my friend Kelsey from Little Bits Of invented the internet sensation sweet potato toast. Today we’re here with a twist –> sweet potato pizza!

Grill or roast your sweet potato and then top them with pizza sauce or pesto and all of your favorite pizza toppings. This easy weeknight meal is kid-friendly and ready in le30 minutes!

If you’re looking for a more classic pizza, try my Grandma’s Pizza Crust recipe or our Cast Iron Pizza.

What You Need for this Sweet Potato Pizza Recipe

Sweet potatoes: any color sweet potato works!
Sauce: we tested this recipe with both pizza sauce and pesto. Feel free to use store bought or homemade.
Toppings: we kept things simple with mozzarella cheese and fresh basil, but you can make these your own with anything you have on hand!

Variations

The amazing thing about this fun recipe is that you can really make it your own with the toppings you choose!

Meat: top your pizza with Italian sausage and mini pepperoni for a meaty version.

Vegan: make it vegan with our vegan pesto and vegan parmesan cheese.

Cheese: while we kept things classic with mozzarella, you can use any kind of shredded cheese you want. Heck, you can even use fresh mozzarella. Here are some ides:

cheddar
gruyere
parmesan

here’s a tip!

Be sure to use a large enough skillet with a top for this recipe. A Dutch oven also works well.

Serving Suggestions

We like to serve this sweet potato pizza with a little of our homemade Italian seasoning on top next to a Caesar salad and our yummy burrata appetizer.

4.90 from 19 votes

Easy Sweet Potato Pizzas

Replace normal pizza crust with a sweet potato for a tasty and nutritious way to eat pizza.

By: Lee Funke

Prep: 10

Cook: 15

Total: 25

Servings:

Roasted sweet potato skewers with pesto and basil arranged on a cutting board.

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Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat your oven or grill to 375ºF.
Prepare the sweet potato by slicing the ends off. Then, turn the potato onto one end and create your "pizzas" by slicing the sweet potato lengthwise into 1/4-inch thick pieces.
Rub the top of each piece of sweet potato with olive oil (or spray with olive oil cooking spray) and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Lay a piece of tin foil onto the grill or cover a baking sheet with tin foil and spray with olive oil cooking spray.
Transfer the sweet potato pizzas onto the tin foil and bake for around 10 minutes or until the sweet potato is almost fork tender.
Flip the sweet potato pizzas over and spread on 1 tablespoon of marinara sauce or about 1/2 tablespoon of pesto. Sprinkle on one tablespoon mozzarella cheese and add a dash of fresh oregano. Cook for an additional 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Once the cheese has melted, remove them from the heat and top with fresh basil.

Tips & Notes

Nutrition information includes marinara sauce, not pesto!
We wrote the recipe to serve 2, but know that you can easily double or triple this to serve more.
If you want grill marks, but don’t have a grill, feel free to use a grill pan.

Watch It

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