This rich, dairy-free sweet potato pie recipe was originally adapted from a beloved recipe on Allrecipes. We opt to bake the sweet potatoes for more natural sweetness and flavor, reduce the added sugar, and swap in lite coconut milk for a seamless finish. We originally posted this recipe way back in 2006, but recently gave it another test run and update! Fortunately, good recipes never get old.
Special Diet Notes: Dairy-Free Sweet Potato Pie
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, optionally gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, optionally soy-free, and vegetarian.
To keep it traditional, this dairy-free sweet potato pie recipe does use eggs. If you confuse eggs with dairy, you’re not alone. See this post: Are Eggs Dairy? If you need an egg-free and vegan version, enjoy this Vegan Caramel Sweet Potato Pie.
- 1 pound sweet potatoes
- ½ cup dairy-free buttery spread
- ⅓ cup firmly packed brown sugar(can sub coconut sugar)
- ⅓ cup cane sugar (can sub coconut sugar)
- ½ cup lite coconut milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Pinch salt
- 1 (9-inch) unbaked dairy-free pie crust (use a gluten-free crust, if needed)
- Preheat your oven to 400ºF and line a rimmed baking sheet with a piece of foil.
- Prick the sweet potatoes several times and place them on your prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 45 to 60 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are very tender.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 350ºF.
- Once the sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut them open and scoop all of the flesh into a mixing bowl. Add the buttery spread and beat with a hand mixer until relatively smooth. Add the sugars, coconut milk, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Beat with your hand mixer on medium speed until mixture is smooth.
- Pour the filling into the unbaked pie crust.
- Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center of the pie comes out clean. The pie will puff up a bit like a souffle and sink a bit as it cools.
- Let the pie cool completely at room temperature and then refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours or overnight.
Key Pantry Supplies: Dairy-Free Sweet Potato Pie
More Holiday Pies
Peanut Butter Apple Crumble Pie (vegan, optionally gluten-free & allergy-friendly)
Chocolate Pecan Pie (optionally gluten-free, & soy-free)
Mini Pumpkin Pies (optionally gluten-free, nut-free & soy-free)
19 Comments
I’m looking for the recipe for my daughter with food allergies. Could you replace the coconut milk with oat milk?
Possibly, but it might not set up as firmly. Lite canned coconut milk is similar to half & half in fat and consistency.
I made a custard sweet potato crustless “Pie” in a square glass baking dish. No sugar only a few drops of stevia,
Baked at between 375-350 degrees, also when it was almost done but still soft in the middle I put aluminum foil around the edges to help it cook in the middle faster.
1 can (15 oz.) sweet potato puree
1/2 cup well shaken coconut milk (the canned kind, be sure it is MILK not just the cream and water.)
1/2 cup liquid egg whites
About 1 1/2 tsp of pumkin pie spice
A small handful of raisens (maybe 10)
It can be tweaked but it came out SO good for something with so little added sugar. Easily could substitute splenda as well…….Happy Thanksgiving!
That’s fantastic! Thank you for sharing Emily.
Do you think this would work without the crust?
Hmm, I haven’t tried crustless sweet potato pie. If you have, then this should in theory work the same. Since it is a soft pie though, I would worry that it might not have enough structure. It can definitely be baked in individual servings without the crust though.
Yum! I still want to try to make a Sweet Potato Pie! Looks delicious!
I so want to see a Gluten free with Emily version!
Sweet potato pies are extremely nostalgic for me. Growing up we didn’t have pumpkin pie…it was always sweet potato and I loved it!.
Your sweet potato pie is a nice alternative to pumpkin pie! And I’m sure the coconut milk tastes so good!
Mmmm I just Love sweet potato pie and your recipe sounds totally delicious!
Looks so creamy and delicious! and I love that you reduced the sugar. I like things with just a hint of sweetness.
I love how creamy this pie looks 🙂
I am adding this to our holiday dessert plans in December… this sounds incredible!
My oh my I need a slice of this pie! I’m not sure I’ve ever had a straight traditional sweet potato pie but I have made some variations and combos. You just can’t beat a classic!
Confess your unpopular opinion: I prefer sweet potato pie to pumpkin pie. 🙂
I’ve never made sweet potato pie, so thank you for the dairy free recipe. I think my family will be down with it too!
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Thank you for posting.