Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Carrots
Nov 21, 2022Updated Apr 19, 2025
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These Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Carrots are buttery, sweet, and fork tender delicious. Using just six pantry-staple ingredients, you can’t go wrong with cooking up the best carrot recipe for your holiday dinner.

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My Crockpot Carrots are the perfect balance of sweet and savory, making them an easy and elegant side dish for any holiday meal. With just six simple ingredients, they come together with minimal effort but deliver big on flavor. The butter, fresh garlic, and rosemary infuse the carrots with richness, while the honey adds a touch of sweetness that even picky eaters will love. Whether you’re planning a festive dinner or just want a tasty veggie side, these tender, slow-cooked carrots are sure to impress.
Honey Garlic Carrots Video
Ingredients for Crockpot Carrots
These carrots are made from scratch. For the full recipe amounts see the recipe card below the images.
- Carrots: Grab a bag of fresh carrots for this recipe. They’ll be peeled and cut in half lengthwise before being cooked in the crock pot with the remaining ingredients.
- Butter: The butter melts into a sweet glaze sauce while creating the most tender carrots.
- Honey: The honey glaze adds the perfect sweetness to this carrot recipe.
- Seasonings: Salt, black pepper, garlic, and rosemary combine for the perfect flavor taste.
How to make Crockpot Honey Garlic Carrots:
Step One – Peel carrots and cut them lengthwise and in halves.

Step Three – Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 hours (or until tender).
Step Two – Place the carrots into the slow cooker. Add the butter, quartered, and the remaining ingredients on top of the carrots.
What to serve with this:
When serving this side dish, don’t forget to drizzle some of the honey garlic butter sauce over them and add a few sprinkles of fresh parsley on top. These are genuinely the best carrots for any meal!
- These garlic butter roasted carrots pair well with main dish such as, Crockpot Spiral Ham, Slow Cooker Beef Tips or Slow Cooker Meatloaf.
- Roasted veggies like these carrots also pair perfectly with chicken-based main courses like this Chicken and Stuffing or Slow Cooker Whole Beer Chicken.
- You can’t go wrong with throwing these honey garlic carrots alongside some Dr. Pepper Ribs or a Honey Apple Pork Loin.
Recipe FAQs and Variations
Yes. Using baby carrots will reduce prep time as you won’t need to shave or peel the fresh carrots.
Absolutely. Follow the prep directions and place the carrots on a baking sheet (prepped with olive oil or a nonstick cooking spray). Roast carrots at 425 for about 30 minutes or until fork tender. Then broil them for 2-3 minutes.
Put any remaining carrots into an airtight container and store them in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat on the stovetop over medium heat until warmed throughout, or use the microwave.
More Holiday Side Dish Recipes:
So many side dishes can be made in the slow cooker for Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and more!
- With tender green beans, creamy mushroom sauce, and crispy onions, Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole is an easy holiday must-have.
- Sweet and buttery from brown sugar and cinnamon, Slow Cooker Candied Carrots make a comforting side for any occasion.
- Juicy pineapple, melted cheddar, and buttery crackers come together in the surprising favorite—Slow Cooker Pineapple Casserole.
- Perfect for weeknights or holidays, Slow Cooker Baby Carrots simmer in a light, flavorful glaze until tender.
- Soft, buttery, and naturally sweet, this Slow Cooker Butternut Squash dish is as simple as it is delicious.
- Made with herbs, bread cubes, and savory broth, Slow Cooker Stuffing delivers classic flavor without the oven.
Reader Reviews⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“These are fantastic! Sweet and savory and deliciously tender. We had some carrots from the garden that still needed to get used up and this recipe did not disappoint. I’m even thinking about doubling and bringing to Thanksgiving this year. Thank you for the easy A+ recipe!” – Jesse
“This was so so good! It was a total hit for Thanksgiving! Will absolutely be making again!” – Dezirae
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Carrots Recipe
How to Video
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. carrots
- ½ cup salted butter
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. black pepper
- 1 Tbsp. minced garlic , (freshly minced, not jarred)
- 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary, plus a few ends of the sprigs
- ¼ cup honey
Instructions
- Peel the carrots. Cut them cross wise, then those pieces length wise. Add them to the slow cooker.
- Slice the butter into pieces and place them on top of the carrots.
- Sprinkle over the salt, pepper, minced garlic and chopped rosemary. Place a few ends of the sprigs of rosemary on the carrots as well.
- Drizzle over the honey.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 3 hours or until tender.
Sarah’s Notes
- Put any remaining carrots into an airtight container and store them in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat over medium heat on the stove top until warmed throughout or use the microwave.
- You can use baby carrots and save on prep time.
- To cook in the oven: Follow the prep directions and place the carrots on a baking sheet (prepped with olive oil or a nonstick cooking spray). Roast carrots at 425 for about 30 minutes or until fork tender. Then broil them for 2-3 minutes.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
used your oven method. no complaints! will make again and hopefully in the slow cooker next time. delicious!
We have a couple of family members with diabetes in our family and would like to know if I can use Splenda or any other substitutes in place of the honey?. Please advise. Thks!
I have not tested, but I’m sure it would work fine. Or you can make it more savory and leave out the honey.
Made this in oven rather than slow cooker. Roasted them at 400. Delicious. Made it a second time and added sriracha chili garlic. Even better!
These are fantastic! Sweet and savory and deliciously tender. We had some carrots from the garden that still needed to get used up and this recipe did not disappoint. I’m even thinking about doubling and bringing to Thanksgiving this year. Thank you for the easy A+ recipe!
If I wanted to cook these on low.. how long should I cook them on low for?
Most likey 5 hours will work great.
These are amazing! Can you please give me an estimate on how long I would cook them if I doubled the recipe?
Thank you!
I would think it would only need 30 minutes to an hour longer.
This was so so good! It was a total hit for Thanksgiving! Will absolutely be making again!
Can these be frozen once cooked?
Carrots don’t thaw well, they get very mushy.
Oh my goodness these carrots are wonderful! Last week I made Sara’s coffee pot roast and only had one pound of carrots so I tossed in a pound of cubed potatoes and it was delicious! Thank you!
Sounds wonderful, could sweet potatoes be cooked the same way
Yes!