Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2009

These were a hit at the party I made them for. You can't eat just one :)

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Skyknome

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Reviewed: Jun. 20, 2009

Very good and very easy to make! Just dont put too much cinnamon on them. A little over powering.

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JILLC2230

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Reviewed: May 12, 2009

I made these for my daughters heritage day at her pre-school. We're Irish and proud! The whole school loved them. In my opinion, they taste even better then the ones sold in stores. Great recipe!

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TaraBell81

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Hamilton, New Jersey, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2009

The taste is great! But the consistency is all WRONG. Even if you refrigerate you cant get it into a ball because its so mushy. Even if you keep letting it harden in the fridge over night. Never works as good as the stores are. I have seen other recipes for this using Marzipan as an ingredient and I think that is probably more accurate. But like I said it tastes delicous but you will be eating it with a spoon LOL

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nena

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Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2009

This is a great recipe. After reading the review I made some of the alterations suggested and they turned out perfect. I used 3 cups instead of 4 cups of powdered sugar and did the cocoa powder/cinnamon combo just to take a bit of the bitterness off the cinnamon. Electric beaters to mix are a must and keeping the mix chilled makes all the difference. Also, spraying your hands with Pam helps it not to stick too. I made these for our Bunco group and it was a huge hit. One of the ladies actually owns a bakery and she asked for the recipe and a few days later was selling it in her shop! That says it all! :)

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Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2009

these are great we all really liked them. we will def. make again! thanks!

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CNM CATERING

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Living In: Edgewater Park, New Jersey, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2009

These were delicious! The center tastes just like bounty bars. I needed to use quite a lot more icing sugar than the recipe states and the final product was very rich. Next time I'm going to try these a little smaller and dip them in chocolate instead of rolling in cinnamon. Yum!

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Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2009

I made this recipe, minus the coconut. When I mixed it in the mixer, I accidentally turned it into an icing texture rather than a texture for rolling Irish potatoes. Needless to say, the icing was delicious! The sugar content is a little too much though. Next time I will cut back on the sugar. I used it to top spice cake & white cake cupcakes. I am rating this as an icing recipe, if anyone may be interested.

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Cheriselynn

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Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2009

These have a great flavor, but there are a few things I changed. First, don't roll them in just cinnimon, as others have wisely suggested. Instead, I rolled them in finely crushed graham crackers and they tasted GREAT! Also, since I didn't have the patience to roll them into mini potatoes (way too time consuming), I simply made truffles. They still looked cute and were super yummy!

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whitty2898

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Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2009

This recipe was made exactly the way it was written - at first. I didn't have to refrigerate the dough at any time and I think it's because I didn't let the butter get too soft when I softened it. I had a pretty strong cinnamon flavor, so I re-shook the balls in a plastic freezer bag and that helped to reduce that really strong flavor. My husband took them to work today and WOW! They were the hit of the day!!

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DebbieCT-NJ

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Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2009

There is way too much sugar in this recipe, so I had to throw out the entire thing. Probably 1/2 the recommended sugar would suffice.

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Reviewed: Mar. 16, 2009

It seems to have just been me, but the 1/4 cup of butter and 1/2 8 oz cream cheese wasn't NEARLY enough for the 4 cups of 10x sugar! I had to use a 1/2 cup of butter and a whole 8 oz package of cream cheese to get anywhere near a batter-like consistency instead of just lumpy powder. After I figured that out it tasted great! Maybe a little too sweet for some. I might relax on some of the 10x sugar on the next batch. I too chilled the batter in the fridge overnight before rolling them in cinnamon and cocoa. I'm sending them to school with my daughter. I'm sure they'll be a hit.

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CurlyQs07

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Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2009

Great for a St. Pat's party but otherwise wouldn't make again because of the taste. Easy to form into potatoes once chilled, used a mix of cinn/cocoa/powdered sugar to coat. However biting into a chunk of cream cheese, butter and coconut wasn't that appealing to me. I used the recipe for 40 and was still able to make 60 potatoes! I did have to double the coating mix though.

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sunnycook

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Home Town: Butler, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Racine, Wisconsin, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2009

This recipe was very messy and did not turn out well. The cream cheese sweet coconut mixture (which was very good) did not ball up or form into a potato looking candy. I used this cream cheese mixture in a crescent roll instead with cherry topping. This recipe was very sticky and in the end did not look like a potato.

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Eleanor

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Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2009

My mom has made these for years. I decided to make them myself this year and these came out great! I took the suggestion of another reviewer and added some confectioners sugar to the cinnamon. I also let the mixture sit in the fridge over night TIGHTLY covered and it was not sticky AT ALL! The kids love them!

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RENEESM

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Living In: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2009

It just wouldn't be St. Patty's Day without Irish Potatoes. Coconut is our favorite so this is a real delight. Thank you for sharing your recipe SAUNDRA!

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SHORECOOK

Home Town: Woodbury, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Cape May Court House, New Jersey, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2009

I made this recipe and it was really very good, I used a 1/2 tsp measuring spoon to form the little potato's and they where great. My husband loved them

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Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2009

Very cute and delicious too!

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Christina

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Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2009

These Irish potatoes were so delicious! I did have to chill the batter prior to rolling them into balls or they would have been sticky, messy, balls of mush. I will defiantly make these again. This batch goes to school w/ my daughter on Friday for a St. patty's day treat.

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