Slow Cooker Candied Carrots

By Sarah Olson

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Nov 18, 2016Updated Feb 17, 2024

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Slow Cooker Candied Carrots are an easy sweet side dish that will go great with your holiday meal!

This month I found a great recipe to convert to the slow cooker from a book I found at the library called Down Home Southern Cooking. The recipe in the book boiled the carrots first, with the slow cooker that step is not needed.

rippled sliced carrots on a cutting board.

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Slow Cooker Candied Carrots Recipe

I start with a 2-pound bag of whole carrots. I used a wavy cutter to slice them, I think I got this wavy cutter at pampered chef, but I don’t see it available there anymore. Here is a wavy cutter that is similar. I love this cutter, I use it often for salads for carrots and cucumber. Of course, this recipe can be made without the wavy cutter, just use a regular knife.

This recipe has just a few simple ingredients: carrots, brown sugar, water, cinnamon, nutmeg and sea salt.

carrots, brown sugar, water and seasonings on a plate.

Toss all those ingredients in the slow cooker.

sliced carrots with brown sugar and seasonings on top.

water being poured over carrots in a slow cooker.

After 3 hours on high, this is what the carrots look like. They still have great color!

finished cooking candied carrots in a slow cooker.

wavy sliced cooked candied carrots served from a metal spoon.

This is a great side for the holidays. Many people don’t care for sweet potatoes (what?) and this side is a great alternative. I don’t know about you, but I have so many parties I have to bring a few sides to in the next week.

I hope you have a great weekend! I have another great holiday side coming up on Monday, see you then!

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