Name: Twice Baked Red Potatoes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: cooking spray; 2 pounds medium-sized red potatoes; 2 ounces cream cheese, softened; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1 1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese, divided; 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

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Creamy, cheesy mashed potatoes with bacon stuffed into crispy red potato skins and baked until hot and delicious! Twice Baked Red Potatoes are the perfect side dish for any meal.

Small twice baked red potatoes on a white plate

Originally published October 6, 2015. Updated April 26, 2021.

We got a ton of red potatoes in our Farm Box Delivery this past week. (Not sponsored but if you’re in the DFW area and want fruit & veggies delivered to your doorstep once a week, check it out! )

My 9 year old immediately starts talking about twice baked potatoes whenever he sees a potato so that’s what we did with them.

Twice baked potatoes are just the perfect side dish for practically every meal. Crispy potato skins filled with creamy, cheesy bacon filling – I mean, how can you go wrong?

And I love that I can prep them ahead and just do that final 10 minute bake right before I’m ready to serve dinner.

If you love baked potatoes as much as my 9 year old, my Baked Potato Salad is a favorite during grilling season!

Small red potatatoes with the insides removed to make twice baked potatoes

🥔Ingredients

cooking spray
2 pounds medium-sized red potatoes
2 ounces cream cheese
½ cup sour cream
1 ¼ cup sharp cheddar cheese
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
6 slices bacon

👩🏼‍🍳 Instructions

Prepare potatoes. Wash potatoes and use a fork to poke several holes in each potato.
Bake potatoes. Place potatoes on baking sheet and bake at 400F for 40 – 50 minutes or until a knife can easily go through the potatoes. Cool almost completely.
Prepare filling. Once the potatoes are cool, beat cream cheese and sour cream together with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in 1 cup cheddar cheese, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Stir in bacon.
Add potatoes to filling. Slice potatoes in half. Scoop out the inside of the potatoes, leaving a enough to hold the potato skin upright. Add the scooped out potato to the cream cheese mixture and beat to combine. Stir in bacon.
Fill potatoes. Spoon the mixture into the potato shells. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Bake and serve! Bake about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Serve while hot.

Twice baked potato filling in a silver bowl; potatoes, cheddar cheese, and bacon

⏲ How Long Are Twice Baked Potatoes Good For?

These potaotes will stay good in the fridge for 3 – 4 days. Make sure to store them in an airtight container (these glass ones are my favorite for storing leftovers) to keep them fresh as long as possible.

❔ Can You Prep Ahead?

Yes! You can prep everything ahead up until you bake the final product.

So spoon the filling into the potatoes and then I would put them on the rimmed baking sheet you plan on using to bake them. Then cover them with plastic wrap and put them in the fridge unti you are ready to bake them.

I wouldn’t plan to store them unbaked in the fridge longer than 2 days.

Overhead shot of small twice baked red potatoes topped with melted cheese

❄ Can You Freeze Twice Baked Red Potatoes?

Yes, these can be frozen. The easiest way to do it is to fill the potatoes and then put them on a rimmed baking sheet. Pop that in the freezer for an hour or so, until the potatoes are pretty frozen.

From there, I recommend wrapping them in plastic wrap and then putting them in a freezer ziploc bag.

They will be fine in the freezer for up to 3 months.

When you’re ready to bake them, bake directly from frozen but you will need to add more time to the baking time listed in the recipe.

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Yield: about 8 servings