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Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots

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The childhood classic just go a makeover! Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots that are baked, gluten-free, allergy-free, vegan, and paleo. This healthier alternative recipe to the fried side dish will have your tots all smiles and laughs! Who could say no to colorful food?

Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The childhood classic just go a makeover! Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots that are baked, gluten-free, allergy-free, vegan, and paleo. This healthier alternative recipe to the fried side dish will have your tots all smiles and laughs! Who could say no to colorful food?

It’s that wonderful time of year again when not only is it sweet potato “season” (although I’d argue there is never a season for potatoes…Potatoes are 365), but also PURPLE sweet potato season! I do have to lament this time and try to reconcile the fact that there is only a 7% chance I’ll have a PSP anytime soon :/ Nary a purple beauty to be found in NJ, I kid you not! The last one I had were my special birthday shipment from Frieda’s, my only connection to the lovely Stokes Purple. Too bad Freida’s has kind of died away and I never hear from them anymore 🙁 No tatoes for me!)

Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The childhood classic just go a makeover! Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots that are baked, gluten-free, allergy-free, vegan, and paleo. This healthier alternative recipe to the fried side dish will have your tots all smiles and laughs! Who could say no to colorful food?

I knew I had to make those few purple beauties into something spectacular for the blog. This Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tot recipe was one of the creations that came to be! I’d been craving some tots for the longest while. My mom used to buy the frozen bagged tots that you bake in the oven and serve them to my brother and I for dinner. I actually never “liked” tater tots too much. I never told my mom that, not sure why, but I always preferred fries or mashed potatoes. There was something about them that just wasn’t “potato” enough for me. Alas, grab some ketchup and I could deal!

Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The childhood classic just go a makeover! Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots that are baked, gluten-free, allergy-free, vegan, and paleo. This healthier alternative recipe to the fried side dish will have your tots all smiles and laughs! Who could say no to colorful food?

I think my affinity for tater tots grew after the Napoleon Dynamite craze. Am I right? You know what I’m talking about!

Ah! Napoleon and his tots! ND was another one of my strange obsessions when I was younger. I again had the memorabilia, shirts, gizmos, and gadgets. I don’t think (I, nor anyone else) will ever understand the point of that movie. The strange and random storyline was all part of the appeal I guess, and you couldn’t not watch the movie multiple times. A moment of pop culture that will live on for generations (I hope!) It gave us a greater appreciation for tater tots at least. I bet the industry saw a boom in business after that movie was released!

Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The childhood classic just go a makeover! Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots that are baked, gluten-free, allergy-free, vegan, and paleo. This healthier alternative recipe to the fried side dish will have your tots all smiles and laughs! Who could say no to colorful food?

I think Napolean would be even more protective of these snazzy tots! When you make something purple, life just gets that much better! Unlike the movie, purple is something we can all understand! I kid you not, everyone will love tater tots once they have this purple version! They’re a tad sweet due to the “sweet potato” factor, but I still decided to spice mine up in a more savory way. It’s up to you on the spices you want to include! One thing is certain, though….serve with ketchup!

Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots

Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The childhood classic just go a makeover! Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots that are baked, gluten-free, allergy-free, vegan, and paleo. This healthier alternative recipe to the fried side dish will have your tots all smiles and laughs! Who could say no to colorful food?

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Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots

The childhood classic just go a makeover! Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots that are baked, gluten-free, allergy-free, vegan, and paleo. This healthier alternative recipe to the fried side dish will have your tots all smiles and laughs! Who could say no to colorful food?

  • Author: Rebecca Pytell
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 22 Tots 1x
  • Category: Side
  • Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
  2. Peel and boil the potatoes for about 8-10 minutes, until just fork tender.
  3. Grate the potatoes to get about 3 cups of grated potato.
  4. Add the 3 cups of grated potato, arrowroot, and spices to a bowl and mix together.
  5. Take about 1 TB and form a tater tot shape, place on a Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet and repeat for the rest of the mixture.
  6. Bake in the over for 20 minutes, flip them and bake another 10 minutes.
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 Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The childhood classic just go a makeover! Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots that are baked, gluten-free, allergy-free, vegan, and paleo. This healthier alternative recipe to the fried side dish will have your tots all smiles and laughs! Who could say no to colorful food?

Are we excited to get our tot-on yet? I say we bake up some Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots, cozy up on the couch, and mindlessly watch Napoleon Dynamite! Who’s with me? Tater tot craving…satisfied and healthified! I do hope the tater tot crave comes back…it seems to have died in the 90s…But they really are a great kid-friendly side dish that now we adults can feel awesome about eating too!

So tell me:

+ Napoleon Dynamite fan? Always!

+ Did you grow up eating tater tots?

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  4. Auzeen says

    October 12, 2016 at 5:03 pm

    This would be lovely for a vegetarian dinner I’m hosting this week. Is it possible to substitute the arrowroot starch for something else? I have corn starch, tapioca starch and potato starch. Thanks!

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  8. kimmythevegan says

    October 9, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    “When you make something purple, life just gets that much better!” Yes! Purple things taste better. They just do 😉
    These purple tots look so good! I actually never had tater tots growing up, I only came across them as an adult and I really enjoy them, but tend to just buy them once in awhile as I’m not a fan of all of the crappy ingredients in them. I like the idea of making my own. And making PURPLE ones!!

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  10. Mel says

    October 9, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    Oh, these little babies look delicious. We don’t have purple sweet potatoes in Europe, but I went on a cooking course where they’d ordered some from the US a couple of years ago, and we made gnocchi with them: relish!

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  12. Nikki Frank-Hamilton says

    October 9, 2016 at 10:44 am

    I have been on the hunt for these purple beauties. I haven’t found any yet, but I am determined that if we have them in our area I am going to own some of these! Not only are they packed with goodness, they are so fun. Purple Tater Tots anyone? So cool!

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  14. Kelly says

    October 8, 2016 at 2:52 pm

    These look really good! I’ve never tried cooking purple sweet potato before – is it sweeter than the normal sweet potato? Either way I want to give it a go, sounds delicious!

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  16. Choclette says

    October 7, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    Never heard of tater tots, they sound intriguing. But I’d love to be able to get purple sweet potatoes. I’ve had them when travelling, but never here in the UK.

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  18. Gin says

    October 7, 2016 at 11:02 am

    Napoleon Dynamite! That was kind of the last thing I expected when I clicked through to your post and I love it!! These purple tots are so fun, and the seasonings sound perfect. I would love these with a bowl of ketchup. ;D

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      • Marla says

        October 7, 2016 at 11:18 am

        Yes I love any type of sweet potato except I am not real fond of the white ones. I do love the purple ones. We have tried to grow the purple for the last 3 years and they just wouldn’t grow for us like the orange ones so I buy the purple ones at out local Health Food Store.

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  22. nadia says

    October 6, 2016 at 5:15 am

    Oh my! These purple tots look even better than ‘normal’ tots! Because purple food always tastes better 😉 Ahh Napoleon Dynamite! I need to watch that movie again! Thanks for reminding me 😀

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  25. Mandy says

    October 5, 2016 at 2:35 pm

    Napoleon Dynamite!!!!! LOVED that movie! haha!! Mmmmmm, these tots sound SO good and I say purple makes everything better 🙂 Especially to kids – so I’ll definitely have to make these!

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  27. Carol says

    October 5, 2016 at 6:51 am

    I have made fries and mashed sweet potatoes but never thought of tots. Sounds great. I haven’t seen any purple sweet potatoes locally but regular should work. Thanks for recipe. Pinned and shared.

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  34. Nico @ yumsome says

    October 4, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    Yummy – these look and sound so good!

    While I’ve had plenty of purple sweet potatoes in my lifetime, I’ve never had even one tater tot – I’ve never even seen them in shops! But they sound fab… well, yours do. And let’s face it, you can never have enough potatoes in your life, right? 😉

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  48. Anne Murphy says

    October 3, 2016 at 6:01 pm

    Now I have to see if anyone local has purple sweet potatoes! But if not, try them with the orange ones… never had a sweet potato tater tot!

    They sound so much better than the ones I (rarely) ate as a kid…

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  53. Demeter | Beaming Baker says

    October 3, 2016 at 4:21 pm

    I totally love sweet potatoes, and I’ll take them any way I can have ’em! Usually, baked sweet potato fries do the trick for me, but this time, I gotta say these purple lovelies are calling my name! Love that you included that scene from Napoleon Dynamite. Hard to forget a scene like that! Lol. Happy Monday!

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  61. Patricia @Sweet and Strong says

    October 3, 2016 at 9:58 am

    I LOVED tater tots as kid, we always had them on my birthday. I have always wanted to try to make them myself. I might try this recipe with regular sweet potatoes as my grocery store never has the purple ones. I have to make a special whole foods trip for those. Somehow they have purple carrots, cauliflower, and a bunch of other random purple veggies, but no potatoes, bummer…

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  66. nadia says

    October 3, 2016 at 8:16 am

    I’ve only ever made tater tots once and I used sweet potato. They turned out so good! If I could get my hands on a purple sweet potato I would so make them again! Purple food always tastes better 😉

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  70. sarah@creatingbettertomorrow says

    October 3, 2016 at 5:43 am

    My twin toddlers would probably love these with that color!! Believe it or not (unlike most kids) they don’t want anything to do with the traditional tater tots…which I guess I like but goodness mom needs some easy fast options! So I will try these 🙂

    Not a huge Napoleon fan…but I also watched it a long time ago and I know my sense of humor has changed a lot, I’d be up for rewatching 🙂

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      October 3, 2016 at 7:44 am

      They will love these, promise 😉
      Haha! Yea! I need to watch it again and see what I think now!

      Reply

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