25 Best Recipes For Leftover Mashed Potatoes

Take a moment and think of your favorite Thanksgiving dish. Every year, we think the undisputed shining star of Thanksgiving is the mashed potatoes. Even if we skipped out on every other side, we’d be happy. In fact, we're such big fans, sometimes we get a little overzealous and make WAY more than we need. But not to worry, we've got plenty of clever ways to use up all your leftover mashed potatoes, like shepherd's pie, cacio e pepe potato gnocchi, and even mashed potato waffles.

If you've run out of potatoes and still want to make these super-simple shortcut recipes, we love starting off with our classic creamy mashed potatoes. With that as your foundation, you'll be on your way to making some legendary fried mashed potato balls, dill & cheddar pierogis, and Crockpot potato soup in no time.

Where there are leftover mashed potatoes, there are often tons of leftover turkey, green beans, and stuffing. If you're lucky enough to have a little bit of everything, then you've got to do yourself a favor and make a Thanksgiving sandwich, Thanksgiving leftover lasagna, or a Thanksgiving Crunchwrap. Got even more leftovers? Sounds like it's time for this giant Thanksgiving leftover sandwich!

Creamy with plenty of garlic and brown butter, or chunky with the skins on, we love potatoes any way you mash them. Make any (or all!) of these exciting spins on mashed potatoes (we're especially fond of our colcannon recipe) and potato sides, you'll be on your way to even more bomb leftover mashed potatoes for tomorrow.