Our Traeger Grilled Butternut Squash is a simple side dish that is perfect for your fall and winter gatherings! Roasted on your pellet grill with butter, salt, and brown sugar – squash doesn’t get any better (or easier) than this.

Traeger Grilled Butternut Squash

Nothing says it is fall to me like squash. It is one of those dishes that I ONLY had at winter holidays growing up, so it’ll always be tied to that for me.

Squash is also one of the easiest side dishes to make.

This butternut squash is so simple it is almost stupid. Squash, cut in half and seeded, with butter and brown sugar.

Done.

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Recipe Shopping List

Wondering if you have to hit the store? Here’s the list of items you’ll need to make this recipe. For specific amounts, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.

Butternut Squash
Butter
Brown Sugar
Salt

Try Spaghetti Squash, too!

How To Make This Recipe

This is just the overview so you can see what you’re actually getting into here. When you are cooking, you’ll want to use the full recipe at the bottom of the page.

Prep – Wash the squash well and cut it in half. Remove the seeds, salt the top, and put softened butter all over the top. Coat the cut-side in brown sugar.
Poke – Using a fork, poke some holes in the cut side of the squash so the butter and brown sugar can seep into the squash.
Grill – Grill at 350°F for about 45 minutes.
Enjoy – You can serve this right off the grill and let people take scoops out of it, or you can pre-scoop it and mash it with some extra butter and brown sugar.

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Do You Peel Squash Before Cooking?

Some recipes call for peeling and dicing the squash, but not this one.

For this recipe, just give the squash a good wash, slice in half, take out the seeds, and slather in butter and brown sugar and toss onto the grill.

Simple.

Once it comes off the grill, just scoop out the tender flesh, add a little salt, and serve. If you really wanna get crazy you can add some more butter and brown sugar and make it into a candied mash, but that’s your prerogative. Either way will be delicious!

Serve This With

This dish is a great match for a big holiday meal, like I usually serve it, or really any meat and potatoes type of dinner where you want a sweet and savory side dish to round out the meal.

Since we’re already grilling, we’ll stick with that theme. I’d suggest:

Traeger Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Yield: 8 servings

Grilled Butternut Squash

Name: Grilled Butternut Squash
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 butternut squash; 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon salt

Grilled butternut squash is a simple fall and winter side dish that is all shades of versatile. Cooked with brown sugar and butter, this savory-sweet dish can be scooped right out of its shell, or mashed into oblivion and served mashed potato style.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

1 butternut squash
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Wash the squash and slice in half the long way.
Scoop out seeds, sprinkle with salt, slather with softened butter, and spread the brown sugar evenly across the whole thing.
Use a fork to poke some holes into the flat surface of the squash so some of the butter/brown sugar can seep into them during the cook.
Place on a preheated grill that's at 350° for about 45 minutes, or until they are fork-tender.
Serve as-is for people to scoop from, or do a pre-scoop and mash. You may want to mix in some more butter and brown sugar into the mash, depending on how much you love sugar. You do you.

Traeger Grilled Butternut Squash