Crockpot Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese and Sour Cream

You will love these crockpot mashed potatoes with cream cheese and sour cream! They're fluffy and creamy with the perfect balance of butter, cream cheese, sour cream, and seasoning. The best part? You can make these ahead, mash them right in your crockpot, and keep them warm while the rest of the dinner is prepared. It's a breeze!

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• Keeping Mashed Potatoes Warm in a Slow Cooker
• How to Serve Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
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You'll Love Crockpot Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese and Sour Cream

Mix them right in the crockpot. No extra pots and pans to wash. Super convenient.

Using the crockpot frees you up to finish up the rest of your dinner. The slow cooker will keep them perfectly warm and soft.

Peel them or leave them rustic and unpeeled. Do what is most convenient to you or what would work best with your delicious meal.

Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you will need to make these delicious crockpot mashed potatoes:

• Yukon Gold Potatoes: I used Yukon Gold potatoes because they are naturally buttery and make creamy, dense mashed potatoes. My second choice is russet potatoes. They are higher in starch and make fluffier, lighter mashed potatoes in the crock pot.
• Garlic Powder: fresh minced garlic may be used.
• Low Sodium Chicken Broth: chicken broth or stock is fine to use, as well as vegetable broth.
• Unsalted Butter: salted butter may be used, but reduce the salt by ¼ teaspoon and add more to taste if needed.
• Sour Cream: regular or light sour cream is fine.
• Cream Cheese: it goes in last, so warm it until very soft and it will melt right into the potatoes.
• Half and Half: used to moisten the mashed potatoes. Heavy cream can also be used.
• Salt and Pepper

For exact ingredient quantities, please see the recipe card below!

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How To Make Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese

Here's how to make these easy slow cooker mashed potatoes:

1. Spray a 4 to 6-quart crock pot with nonstick spray.
2. Add potatoes, garlic powder, and chicken broth. Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours or until potatoes are very soft and mash with a fork easily. Stir the potatoes about halfway through cooking time. 
3. About 30 to 60 minutes before serving time, add the butter. Stir until melted.
4. Add sour cream, salt, and pepper. Using a hand mixer directly in the crock pot, slowly add half and half and continue mixing until the potatoes reach your desired consistency. Add more half and half if softer potatoes are desired. Warm the cream cheese in the microwave for 15 to 20 seconds until very soft, then add it last and mix just until it melts in. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

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Keeping Mashed Potatoes Warm in a Slow Cooker

If you're planning to serve mashed potatoes as part of a meal and want to keep them warm for an extended period, using a slow cooker is a great option. By using a slow cooker, you can free up space on the stovetop and ensure that your mashed potatoes are hot and ready to serve whenever you're ready to eat.

If you made our crock pot mashed potatoes leave them in the pot on low heat and immediately cover them. If you made them in a separate pot, preheat the crockpot to low. Coat the slow cooker with nonstick spray and transfer the cooked and hot mashed potatoes to the slow cooker.

Stir occasionally and add milk or half and half to moisten if needed.

How to Serve Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

There are several ways you can serve your delicious crockpot mashed potatoes! 

Serve mashed potatoes with gravy or make them loaded and top with cheese, bacon, sour cream, and chives.

Meal idea! To make a full meal serve mashed potatoes with:

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Slow Cooker Tips

Tip #1: You can peel the potatoes or leave them unpeeled and more rustic. If you choose to leave the skin on (I do it all the time) make sure to clean the potatoes really well.

Tip #2: Some like their mashed potatoes extra creamy and some like them with bits of chunkiness. If you like them super creamy you can add extra half and half and mix until the desired consistency is reached.

Tip#3: Avoid over-mixing and over-stirring the potatoes as they can get a sticky gluey consistency due to the starch.

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