Crispy wonton cups filled with a black bean and sweet potato taco mix – these cute little taco cups are the perfect appetizer or meal!
So….these weren’t supposed to be this. I don’t even think that’s a sentence. What I mean is that these cute little sweet potato taco cups are not what I started out making. I’m not sad it’s what I ended up with because I really enjoyed these things, but it wasn’t the original goal.
The first thought I had was a sweet potato burrito of some sort, but my family doesn’t love burritos, or sweet potatoes, and I can’t eat a whole batch of them myself so I scrapped that. Then I thought stuffed sweet potatoes would be amazing. And I still think that. You could totally use this filling to make stuffed sweet potatoes and ditch the wonton cups if you wanted. That was the plan.
The problem was the sweet potato skins. I’m clearly inept in the crispy potato skin department, because I could not make them work. From all the recipes I read, you’re supposed to bake them, then slice in half and scoop out the flesh, leaving a little behind to make the shell stand up, then bake again to make them crispy. Simple enough, right?
Not so much. The skins just slid off when I sliced the baked sweet potatoes in half, so there was no leaving a little bit in them. So then when I tried to make them crispy they just collapsed into a flat pile on the baking sheet. Stuffing them was clearly not going to work for me.
So, plan B. And you know what? Sometimes plan B is even better. Using wonton wrappers to make crispy little cups to fill up with the sweet potato taco filling may have been even better then stuffing it into the potato skins. Crunchy wonton cups, creamy sweet potato and black bean taco filling, melty cheese, and plenty of salsa and sour cream for dipping – these were amazing.
Of course, I didn’t even bother giving them to my family since none of them like sweet potato and black bean things, so you’ll have to take my word for it. But I did eat these sweet potato taco cups every day for a week for lunch, so you can probably trust me!
Crispy wonton cups filled with a black bean and sweet potato taco mix - these cute little taco cups are the perfect appetizer or meal! The wonton cups don’t stay super crispy in the fridge, so if you’re not eating these right away, just keep the sweet potato filling in the fridge until you’re ready to make the taco cups. I kept the filling in the fridge and then would make a few at a time, rather then the full batch of 24. Also, you can put the filling in the wonton wrapper right away rather then baking the wonton cups separately first, but the bottoms of the cups don’t crisp up very well that way, so I prefer to bake them first so they’re nice and crispy. (Also, the photos show two wonton wrappers making up each cup, the recipe says to make them with one wrapper - both ways work. If you want the wonton cup to be thicker, just add a second wonton wrapper on top (turned so the corners are offset) of the first one.) This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I may receive a small commission from qualifying purchases. Nutrition Information is estimated based on ingredients used and may not be exact.
Sweet Potato Taco Cups
Ingredients
Instructions
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12
Serving Size:
2 taco cups
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 179Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 489mgCarbohydrates: 20gFiber: 3gSugar: 3gProtein: 9g
I’m glad you kept on trying because these look delicious! The crispy shells look particularly yummy!
I think Plan B is definitely better! These taco cups look amazing.
these sound so delicious Stacey! I actually made sweet potato burrito bowl yesterday, can not get enough of it!
Love those crispy taco edges and that delicious filling! Such a yummy treat 🙂
Aww it’s so funny when you start out when a clear recipe in mind and end up with something completely different! I can’t tell you how many times that has happened to me! These look like a super delicious plan…C? LOL. I would gobble them right up!
So I’m not the only one?! It’s fine when it works out – super annoying when you end up with nothing good at all though! 🙂
Thanks for all the Mexican type ideas lately.
Really handy down here in Mazatlan
These taco cups look so good, Stacey! And so delicious! Aren’t happy accidents like this the best? Sounds like this would make the perfect appetizer or dinner…love the sweet potatoes in here!