Honey Garlic Carrots
15 Comments Nov 21, 2022
Updated May 25, 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.
These honey garlic carrots are a great hands-off side dish that’s perfect for holidays or everyday dinners. They come out tender and flavorful, with the right mix of sweetness and savory notes. The slow cooker does all the work, making this a simple way to add a homemade touch to your meal without extra effort.
Ingredients for Honey Garlic 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 Honey Garlic Carrots:
Here is how to make these carrots in two easy steps:
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.
Ways to Serve
Serve these carrots with their sauce drizzled over with one of these main dishes:
- 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 Chicken.
- You can’t go wrong with throwing these honey garlic carrots alongside some Dr. Pepper Ribs or a Honey Apple Pork Loin.
Cooks Note’s
You can use baby carrots instead of slicing whole carrots to save time—just adjust the cook time slightly if needed.
If you prefer a more savory flavor, reduce the honey or leave it out entirely.
Fresh minced garlic works best here—jarred garlic can have a milder taste.
Keep an eye on the carrots toward the end of the cook time to avoid over-softening, especially if your slow cooker runs hot.
This recipe can also be made in the oven—just follow the same prep and roast at 425°F for about 30 minutes, then broil briefly for extra color.
Featured Comment
“This was so so good! It was a total hit for Thanksgiving! Will absolutely be making again!”
– Dezirae
Honey Garlic Carrots
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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
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
More Slow Cooker Side Dishes:
Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole and Slow Cooker Stuffing are holiday classics made easy in the crockpot—no oven space needed, just rich flavor from tender veggies, herbs, and broth.
For sweeter sides, try Slow Cooker Candied Carrots or Slow Cooker Baby Carrots—both cook until perfectly tender, with one coated in brown sugar and cinnamon, the other in a light glaze.
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash and Slow Cooker Pineapple Casserole bring soft, buttery texture and a touch of sweetness—perfect for balancing out savory main dishes.
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!