Potato Candy

Name: Potato Candy
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 medium potato; 1 - 2 pkg powdered sugar; 1 stick butter or margine; 1 pinch salt; 1 tsp vanilla extract

By Marsha Shannon
@MarshaKRShannon

My Mom, and grandmother used to make this without peanut butter! A family favorite. I made it not so long ago for my great niece, and she thought it was cream candy. Since then we've added the peanut butter and sometimes even dip the chilled pieces into melted chocolate.

Rating:

★★★★★ 1 vote5

Prep:

5 Min

Cook:

10 Min

Method:

Microwave

Ingredients

1 medium

potato
1 - 2 pkg

powdered sugar
1 stick

butter or margine
1 pinch

salt
1 tsp

vanilla extract
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How to Make Potato Candy

Step-by-Step

Boil potato
Or bake potato (in microwave, Mom and Grandma never had this luxary)
Fork potato and peel with knife, (deep fry the skin for a snack later) Pour out water if used, put potato in bowl at least 2 qt size.
Mash potato with fork add butter, (use 1/2 stick if very small potato), vanilla and salt, mix well
Mix in gradually the powdered sugar until you can get no more mixed in.
Either form ropes of candy and place on buttered platter to chill.
Or roll out, cover with peanut butter
Roll like jelly roll, chill on platter.
After set, at least an hour, cut to bite sized pieces.