Honey Roasted Carrots
Add Preferred SourceThis recipe for honey roasted carrots is the perfect side dish to any meal! The sweetness of the honey pairs perfectly with the savory carrots, and the roasting process brings out all of their natural flavors. These carrots are are going to be a big hit with your family!
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We love roasted veggies, when fall arrives we start roasting!
We make these delicious honey roasted carrots as part of our Sunday roast dinner, they’re a fall side dish that gets eaten in a flash, they really are everyone’s favorite!
Why you’ll love this recipe
- They are a perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving dinner or Christmas dinner.
- The whole family will love these roasted carrots and we regularly get asked for a second serving from visiting kids!
- They are 100% vegetarian.
We love to roast carrots and experiment with different flavors, there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing your family putting a second helping of roasted carrots on their plate.
What ingredients do I need?
You’ll need all the ingredients shown in the photograph below.
How to make honey roasted carrots with step-by-step instructions
Making our honey-roasted carrot recipe is easy if you follow our simple instructions.
A full printable recipe along with the measurements in both US customary and metric is available in the recipe card below.
Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F.
Bring a large pan of water to a boil and then add your fresh carrots, bring the water back up to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
Next, drain the cooked carrots and leave them in a colander to dry for 3 minutes.
Place your semi-cooked carrots on a large, prepared baking sheet or in a roasting tin and season with kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper.
In a jug, mix the olive oil, honey (or maple syrup), cider vinegar, and nutmeg.
Now, brush your carrots with the oily mixture and place the baking sheet with the semi-cooked carrots in the oven, cook for 25 – 30 minutes, turning half way to ensure they cook evenly.
When the honey-roasted carrots are cooked, they will have turned a golden brown and be soft.
Remove them from the oven and serve immediately.
The perfect oven-roasted carrots – enjoy!
Equipment
- Baking sheet or roasting tin
Ingredients
- 2 pounds carrots halved length ways and then quartered
- Kosher salt to taste
- coarse ground pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F/180°C
- Bring a large pan of water to a boil and then add your fresh carrots, bring the water back up to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Next, drain the semi-cooked carrots and leave them in a colander to dry for 3 minutes. Place your semi-cooked carrots on a large, prepared baking sheet or in a roasting tin and season with kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper2 pounds carrots, Kosher salt
- In a jug, mix the olive oil, honey, cider vinegar, and nutmeg. Now, brush your carrots with the oily mixture and place the baking sheet with the carrots in the oven, cook for 25 – 30 minutes. When the honey-roasted carrots are cooked, they will have turned a golden brown and be soft. Remove them from the oven and serve immediately. The perfect oven-roasted carrots – enjoy!2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons honey, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
Notes
- Out of honey?
Use maple syrup instead - Make it vegan
Use a vegan honey substitute and then this oven-roasted carrots recipe will be suitable for everyone - Experiment with flavors
Try scattering fresh herbs, or even adding a little brown sugar for extra sweetness on these savory roasted carrots - Using baby carrots?
Baby carrots will take less time to cook, so keep an eye on them when they are roasting - Don’t have any nutmeg?
Use cinnamon instead
Nutrition
Recipe notes and tips
- Out of honey?
Use maple syrup instead! - Make it vegan
Use a vegan honey substitute and then this oven roasted carrots recipe will be suitable for everyone! - Experiment with flavors
Try scattering fresh herbs, or even adding a little brown sugar for extra sweetness on these savory roasted carrots. - Using baby carrots?
Baby carrots will take less time to cook, so keep an eye on them when they are roasting. - Don’t have nutmeg?
Use cinnamon instead. - Garnish
Garnish with fresh parsley if you’d like.
What do I serve with honey roasted carrots?
These delicious carrots are so versatile, that they go with many different dishes.
Serve them as part of a Sunday or holiday dinner along with nut roast, lentil loaf, mushroom wellington, roast potatoes, air fryer Brussels sprouts, and Yorkshire pudding.
We’ve even been known to eat them as a snack, and we love to dip them in sour cream and chives, blue cheese dressing, or garlic dip.
Whichever way you eat them, we think you’ll love them!
What are the best carrots to oven roast?
Fresh carrots are always the best roasting carrots.
The choice is yours as to which type of carrot you prefer to roast, imperator carrots, baby carrots, or rainbow carrots are the most popular
If you want to make roasted baby carrots, just follow this recipe, and check on them after 20 minutes of cooking.
Do I have to peel carrots to roast them?
No, you don’t need to peel carrots when making honey roasted carrots.
All the goodness is in the skin, so all you need to do is to make sure that the carrots have been washed and that’s enough.
You’ll find that your honey-roasted carrots are much tastier with their skins left on.
Whole carrots or batons?
For this roasted carrot recipe, we’ve used carrot batons, but whole carrots work very well too, you’ll just need to adjust the roasting time.
How do I store leftover roast carrots?
Our honey roasted carrots store well.
Just place them in the fridge in an airtight container and they will keep for up to 3 days.
More delicious recipes for you to try
We hope you enjoy making, and eating, our delicious oven-roasted carrots and would love to hear how you got on making them.
Please leave a comment below and feel free to ask any questions you may have about them.
Can I use my air fryer for this recipe?
We haven’t tried them in an air fryer, I don’t see why not, if you try it, then let us know how you get on. We’re planning an air fryer version later this year 🙂