These Crockpot Funeral Potatoes are easy, cheesy, and so tasty! You’ll only need 5 minutes of prep and just a few ingredients: frozen potatoes o’brien, sour cream, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, spices, and crushed kettle chips!
For the love of all things cheesy and delicious, just trust me when I say, you NEED these Crockpot Funeral Potatoes in your life.
If you’re not sure what funeral potatoes are, they’re basically a cheesy potato casserole, and they’re the bomb [dot] com.
Don’t ask me why they’re called funeral potatoes, do YOU know?
But that’s not what’s important, what’s important is that they’re ultra cheesy, ultra easy, and of course . . .
ultra delicious. 😉
I’ve actually had this recipe up my sleeve for a while thanks to my friend Steph (Hiiiiii Steph 👋). She had Trevor and me over for a dinner a while back and she made the MOST delicious cheesy potatoes.
Me, being me, I wanted to adapt it for my crockpot, so that’s actually what I did.
Basically, you’ll throw all the ingredients into a greased slow cooker:
- Frozen Potatoes O’Brien (diced potatoes with onion and peppers)
- Sour cream
- Cream cheese
- Cream of mushroom soup (you could also use cream of chicken, but I wanted to keep this vegetarian)
- Cheddar cheese
- Garlic powder
- Salt
- Pepper
Give everything a stir, cover, and cook.
Then you’ll top the whole thing with crushed sea salt kettle chips, because . . .
YOLO. Plus, I love the crunch it gives these crockpot funeral potatoes.
As you can see from the ingredient list, this recipe is SUUUUUPER easy and BONUS: the only ingredients you actually have to measure out are the garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Why? Because you use the WHOLE bag of potatoes, the WHOLE container of sour cream, the WHOLE block of cream cheese, etc. You get the point.
As you can also see from the ingredient list, these crockpot funeral potatoes are SUUUUUPER tasty.
I mean, you can’t go wrong with ultra creamy and cheesy potatoes, can you?
Hint: the answer is no. 😉
Quick, easy, and delicious, these crockpot funeral potatoes are the perfect side dish. Have ’em at home for an easy week night side, or bring ’em to a party and be a hit!
These crockpot funeral potatoes might not win any beauty awards, but they’ll for sure win the best tasting side dish award. 😉
– Jennifer
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- 1 (28 oz) bag frozen Potatoes O’Brien diced potatoes with onions/peppers
- 1 (8 oz) container sour cream
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese
- 1 (10.5 oz) can condensed cream of mushroom could also use condensed cream of chicken
- 1 (8 oz) bag shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt plus more to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups crushed sea salt kettle chips for topping
- Spray crockpot with cooking spray.
Place frozen potatoes, sour cream, cream cheese, cream of mushroom, cheddar, garlic powder, salt, and pepper into greased crockpot.
Stir until fully combined.
- Cover and cook on HIGH 3 1/2 hours or LOW 7 hours.
Top with crushed kettle chips and cook an additional 15 minutes on HIGH or 30 minutes on LOW, uncovered, to thicken slightly.
- Serve and enjoy!
LOL, according to the wealth of knowledge that is aka Wikipedia, both Mormons and Southerners call this potato casserole “Funeral Potatoes”. Well, I’m a 62 year old Southern cook (and cannot speak for Mormons) but I’ve never called a cheesy potato casserole with either potato chips or crushed ritz-type crackers on top “Funeral Potatoes”. Most recipe books that I have call it Hash Brown casserole if the main ingredient is frozen hash-browns. Mostly it’s a “heart attack in a casserole dish” but boy does it taste good. I’ll have to give this a go soon–pared down a bit since a whole slow cooker full would last just the two of us a “month of Sundays”. 🙂 How are the travels going? I always look forward to your destination posts.
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“Back in the day” popular pot luck dishes that fed a large crowd picked up the surname of Funeral whatever. They were brought to the reception that followed the funeral service. I’m 76 and remember my mom making her favorite recipes she called Funeral casseroles.
Thanks Susan!
Yes, Mormons call this “funeral potatoes,” and I have taken heaping foil pans of it to many a funeral luncheon, usually with crushed cornflakes on top. What better way to reminisce and mourn with those who mourn than with this ultimate comfort food! Sometimes when we’re eating it for Easter or someone’s birthday dinner, we call it “cheesy potatoes” to be less gloomy. Can’t wait to try this with peppers and kettle chips in a crock pot!
I hope you love it, Jill!!! 🙂
Can this be made in the oven instead? I need to make something for dinner tonight and assumed this was a casserole that’s made in the oven. Yes, of course I know I can make this recipe in the oven, I just need to know if there is something I need to do like cook the potatoes first in a skillet or in oven, is it layered or mixed all together, etc …
Thank so much for reading this. I hope to hear back soon.
Take care!
Teresa
You should be able to just through everything into a casserole pan and bake 🙂