I cut recipe in half. Finally found "red hots" at Walmart. This is delicious. I did find the sweet potato juice (even though only 1/2 of can) - was a little too much. The Red Hots - gave a great distinctive taste. Loved it Will use recipe again. This definitely is a holiday treat.

Thanks for handing over the sweet potatoes, the pecan pie and a Jack in the box!

I've been making this recipe now for YEARS!!! It is now a classic at our holiday dinners. BUT a word of advice...
DO NOT keep ANY of the juice. I allow the yams to drain overnight, and do not add ANY of it back in. It still has more than enough juice in the yams themselves to make a nice sauce. If you add ANY of the juice back in, it is so soupy that it's hard to even get it to the table without spilling. (It also thins the candy sauce so it's more like water). Don't worry the yams will NOT burn or scorch. The moisture left in the yams themselves will cook out and will give you a nice sauce to pour back over the yams once they are done cooking! ENJOY, Angie did a great job with this recipe!

Peeling real sweet potatoes or Yams isn't that difficult just boil them in the skins and they come right off without difficulty ! They are so much better than canned ones. I won't even touch the canned they taste terrible to me and I can taste if they are canned first bite. Worth the extra time to have the real ones.

Fresh sweet potatoes make it better and they are so easy to peel if you put them in boiling water for a couple minutes.

This recipe is fantastic, this is a recipe that will be used for the fifth year in a row, it takes two days. I make two 15 lb. hams every Thanksgiving it is the one item that they are no leftovers. So now I am the ham man and it is what I am expected to make every year.

Just tried putting this recipe together, and was kind of confused. What do you do with the juice drained off the can of sweet potatoes? Do you put the juice in the casserole dish with the potatoes? Take this literally, and you'd only be putting the juice in the dish . . . . The other confusing thing is where it says to "Sprinkle candies and add cover top with marshmallows". Shouldn't that read "Sprinkle with candies and cover top with marshmallows"? I know I may be a bit picky but English and grammar are my pet peeves. Thank you!

This was my Grandmothers recipe. The kids love this, its like dessert.

For busy people here's great idea. Scrub sweet potatoes, kids can help, cook with skin on, drain , keep little water from potatoes.. let potatoes cool, skins will peel right off. mash & put in freezer. Can be done weekend ahead. Thaw day before thanksgiving. So great and easy to make great sweet potatoes. Can use any time. No need to add sugar either everything else is sweet. You won't notice neither will your family..

Microwave fresh sweet potatoes till soft - skin comes off easy.

This is fine but: Drain Yams... Place in casserole dish... Add approx. 1 cup of brown sugar and put some butter and maple pancake syrup on it then bake it. Use the marshmallows if you want. Everyone will think it is from scratch.

I like baking these sweet potatoes with pecans, marshmallows, brown sugar and butter.

After bringing this dish to the past two Thanksgiving dinners, I was going to try a different yam recipe this year. When I mentioned this to the hosting family, I was told if I didn't bring this exact Red Hot dish, there would be trouble!

I too am curious about the red hots. Sweet potato casserole is one of my holiday favorites. Just boil real sweet potatoes until soft. Then they will literally slide out of the jacket effortlessly.

Try 1/8 cup maple syrup and toasted coconut marshmallows. Do not use red hot's or cinnamon.