Name: Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 pounds carrots (peeled (and chopped if needed to make carrots equal in size and shape)); 1½ tablespoon olive oil; 3 tablespoon honey (plus more for drizzling); 1-2 teaspoon ginger (freshly grated, optional); ½ teaspoon salt (plus more to taste); ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (plus more to taste); ½ teaspoon fresh rosemary (finely minced); Fresh thyme (to garnish (optional))

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These oven-roasted Honey Glazed Carrots are an easy, 30-minute side dish recipe made with simple, everyday carrots seasoned with sweet honey, fresh ginger, and rosemary. They’re sweet, savory, and absolutely delicious!

Oven-roasted rainbow carrots with caramelized edges, sprinkled with fresh thyme on parchment paper.

Simple roasted carrots are the perfect veggie size dish. They’re budget-friendly, easy to make, and so incredibly flavorful. These oven-roasted honey glazed carrots are my favorite.

Ready in just 25 minutes, the hot oven enhances their natural sweetness, making them irresistibly soft and tender with perfectly sweet and sticky caramelized edges. It’s a recipe I can promise you’ll make over and over.

Choosing the Right Carrots
Honey Glaze Ingredients
How to Make Honey Glazed Carrots
Serving Ideas
Are Carrots Healthy?
Storing and Reheating Leftovers
More Reader Favorite Side dishes
Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe

Choosing the Right Carrots

I used petit rainbow carrots from Trader Joe’s to make this recipe, but most of the time I’ll just peel and chop my own whole orange or rainbow carrots.

For the best flavor, I recommend skipping baby carrots. Here’s why:

Better flavor: Baby carrots are actually shaved down from large, broken carrots resulting in a more bland or watery flavor. Whole carrots are, without question, sweeter and more flavorful.
Better texture: Baby carrots are more likely to steam rather than roast, leaving them soft and mushy, rather than sweet and caramelized.

I highly recommend whole rainbow carrots if they are available. Each color tastes a little different. My husband and I agree that white carrots are the least sweet and taste most like parsnips; orange carrots are the sweetest; and purple carrots are the most complex.

Honey Glaze Ingredients

You can find the printable recipe with measurements in the recipe card below.

Olive oil: Mild, delicious, and what I consider the ‘universal’ roasting fat. Avocado oil will also work.
Honey: If you’re vegan, substitute with maple syrup, brown sugar, or sorghum syrup.
Fresh ginger: Fresh ginger adds a little kick to these carrots. Feel free to add more or less ginger or leave it out altogether.
Salt and pepper: Sometimes a little salt is necessary to help heighten the other flavors in a recipe. Start with less and add more as needed.
Fresh rosemary and thyme: A little sprinkle to tie the flavors together. Be careful not to add too much, as it can throw off the balance of sweet and savory flavors.

Did you know? Beta-carotene is fat-soluble, so cooking carrots in a little fat like olive oil helps your body absorb it more efficiently (source). Read more about the health benefits of carrots below.

A colorful assortment of orange, yellow, purple, and white carrots coated in olive oil, honey, rosemary, and thyme, arranged in neat rows on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

How to Make Honey Glazed Carrots

Please note: This is just an overview of the recipe process. Find the full ingredients and printable recipe in the recipe card below.

Here’s how to make these easy honey glazed carrots:

Begin by preheating the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet (or two) with parchment paper.

Next, prep the carrots. Wash, then peel your carrots for a smooth finish. (Peeling is optional.) Trim the ends then cut the carrots so they’re a similar size for easy, even roasting. You can slice thicker carrots in half lengthwise, or slice them into diagonal chunks. Pat the carrots dry with a clean paper towel.

Then, season them. Please the carrots in a large bowl and toss them with the olive oil, honey, freshly grated ginger, salt, pepper, and rosemary.

Tip: The easiest way to grate fresh ginger is with a fine microplane grater. It breaks the stringy fibers down into a smooth paste for easy mixing.

Finally, roast the carrots. Transfer the carrots to your prepared baking sheet in a single layer. Roast the carrots for approximately 20-25 minutes, or until fully cooked, fork-tender, and caramelized. Remove from the oven and season with salt and pepper, drizzle with additional honey, if desired.

Serving Ideas

These honey glazed carrots are an easy and delicious side dish perfect for any weeknight dinner! Pair them with your favorite protein, or try them with my garlic butter pork chop recipe, tender oven-roasted pork loin, simple baked chicken breasts, or crispy Air fryer chicken legs.

Add them to your next Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner menu. Or, serve them for Easter brunch with my egg and sausage breakfast casserole, crustless quiche and super crispy air fryer breakfast potatoes, or eggs Benedict with homemade hollandaise sauce.

Or, enjoy them right out of the oven for a healthy and delicious snack!

Are Carrots Healthy?

Not only are carrots loaded with fiber, vitamin K, and potassium, they are also high in the antioxidants α- and β-carotene. Alpha and beta-carotene are precursors of vitamin A, meaning the body can convert them into active vitamin A (retinol) as needed. Vitamin A is essential for healthy vision, skin and hair grown, and immune function. Not only that, carotenoids, specifically β-carotene, has attracted considerable attention in the recent years due to their possible protective effect against some types of cancers (source).

β-carotene is also found in sweet potatoes, butternut squash, pumpkin, yellow and orange bell peppers, cantaloupe, mangoes, spinach, kale, and broccoli (source). Get a double-dose of this antioxidant with baked sweet potatoes, roasted butternut squash, or roasted pumpkin.

Glazed roasted carrots in a white oval serving dish, garnished with fresh thyme.

Storing and Reheating Leftovers

These honey glazed carrots are best straight out of the oven, but you can refrigerate leftovers after they’ve been cooled.

To store leftovers in the refrigerator, transfer them to an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. To freeze, transfer them to a freezer-safe bag and store in the freezer for up to 3 months. I typically reheat my carrots in the microwave, but you can also try reheating them in a 350°F oven until warm.