25 Most Popular Slow-Cooker Recipes (2024)

The grapes cook down into a velvety drink that tastes incredible alone, but it can also be spiked with a splash of bourbon if you so desire.

Get the recipe: hot grape cider

Party-pleasing, hassle-free, and so tasty your eyes roll back: that's how every queso dip should be.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker bean dip

You only need a few pantry ingredients, a slow cooker, and wax paper to put together these minty, crunchy, white-chocolaty treats.

Get the recipe: white chocolate peppermint jumbles from Christmas Cookie Swap! by Oxmoor House

All you need to do is come home and add the fixings . . .

Get the recipe: slow-cooker baked potato soup

A casserole turned soup at its finest.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker king ranch chicken soup from Real Food Slow Cooker Suppers by Samantha Skaggs

When you're craving something comforting, this is what you need to make.

Get the recipe: chicken and pierogi

This is a different yet elegant take on the French-bistro classic.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker french onion soup

This is no three-ingredient dump-it-and-forget-it recipe, but it won't take you all morning either.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker green bean casserole

Any stuffing recipe can be converted to a slow-cooker version by cutting back on the liquid in the recipe by 25 percent and cooking for four to six hours on low.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker stuffing

Apple butter is an obvious condiment for toast with butter on a Fall morning, but it also works well swirled into oatmeal or used as a filling in cake.

Get the recipe: easy apple butter

This incredible slow-cooker pumpkin pie maintains that coveted custardy texture despite not being baked.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker pumpkin pie

Keep this recipe in your back pocket for Thanksgiving when you are short on oven space.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker sweet potatoes

Everyone loves a co*cktail meatball! Make them without the fuss of preparation.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker root beer BBQ co*cktail meatballs

This recipe is actually vegan, but you could always add regular butter and dairy milk if you wanted to.

Get the recipe: chocolate bread pudding

Poached chicken doesn't have to be bland, dry, or boring — especially if you slow-cook it.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker poached chicken

This particular beef recipe receives its sweet-spicy flavor from Thai sweet chili sauce (easily found in most grocery stores).

Get the recipe: slow-cooked chili-orange beef from The Asian Slow Cooker by Kelly Kwok

This technique results in crystal-clear broth!

Get the recipe: slow-cooker chicken stock recipe

Simmer up spaghetti, sauce, and meatballs all together with this one-pot wonder.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker spaghetti and meatballs

The beauty of this recipe? It calls for a handful of ingredients that yield incredible flavor.

Get the recipe: easy slow-cooker bolognese

Comforting, nostalgic, and best of all, easy, this stew begs to be part of your weeknight dinner rotation or even served at a party.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker french onion pot pie stew

Slow-cooked meatballs with parmesan and pasta sauce mingle together in a bowl of comfort.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker meatballs

Tossed with pasta and garnished with parmesan cheese, this saucy dish will woo both you and whoever you share it with.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker bolognese sauce recipe

Let this soup simmer away as you go about your day, and then, as if magic, you'll return home to a powerfully intoxicating, hearty-as-hell taco soup.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker taco soup

The only thing better than slow-cooker beans is meal prepping with them. Layer the beans with quinoa, cheddar, scallions, and hot sauce in mason or Weck jars for easy meals on the go.

Get the recipe: slow-cooker beans

Melt chocolate with roasted peanuts and toasted pecans in a slow cooker, then divvy out little clusters on wax paper to harden. Serve them with vanilla ice cream if you know what's best for you.

Get the recipe: Crockpot chocolate-nut clusters