Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2010

Taste great! Needed more confectionary sugar than recipe called for but after that it was yummy.

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Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2010

I have a variation on this recipe where in place of the peanut butter, you add in coconut and dip in chocolate. 3 1/2 c powdered sugar; 4 c flaked coconut; 3/4 mashed potatoes; 1 tsp almond extract Mix all ingredients together, form walnut-sized balls & place on wax paper to dry. Chocolate coating: I melted the candy chocolate and decorated with sprinkles. This recipe will make around 60 balls. Great to give out for the holiday! :)

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amh1026

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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2010

I LOVE Potato Candy! I have been making this with my grandmother and then my mom for years. A quick alternative to cooking potatoes just for this recipe is to use leftover mashed potatoes- either from a restaurant or from home. The ones I used this evening are from Emeril's Steakhouse, that makes them with heavy cream and butter and adds a bit of parsley. All I needed to do was to add vanilla (1 teaspoon). This method allows for less sugar to be used. For A Halloween treat, I also added red and yellow food color to make a pumpkin orange dough...DELICIOUS!

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jetolech

Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2009

Good recipe....however...needed more info. When calculating how much I needed to make it would have been nice to know what the serving size was. One piece per serving? Two pieces? If I want to make enough so that 10 people could have 5 pieces of candy I need to know how many pieces per serving.

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K-Del

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2009

I was a child of the 50s and in our house there wasn't alot of "store candy". My Mother made potato candy in the summer and fudge in the winter. Thank you for posting this recipe. I'll be making this for my older brother for Christmas, along with some fudge. ;)

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PROOFREDHEAD

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Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2009

this recipe works great, just had to add more sugar for stiffer dough.

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ltawney

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2009

This was a wonderful recipe and the tip from Meugeni was really helpful for me. My oldest daughter said it tasted like "Heaven". Thanks for sharing everyone!

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MandyMom

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2009

My mother used to make this when I was a kid. I'm glad to see this recipe here. You can also used instant potatoes instead of a real potatoe. I always take out a little bit for my candy before I put pepper in it to serve. Just be careful the more poatoes you use the more confectioner's sugar you'll have to use. I made the mistake of using a cup of potatoes before, and i used well past 2 1/2 pounds of confectioner's sugar. This is also good to give as presents to teacher's and alike.

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Catzannia

Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2009

My mother taught me how to make this candy when I was very young and her recipe called for 1 med. pot. a bag of conf. sugar and peanut butter. Also for the ones that are having trouble with the dough sticking, my mother always rolled it out on aluminum foil and raised the foil up as you roll the dough. Good Luck!

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JasonT

Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2009

I loved these as a child! I made them this year for St. Patrick's day (with green food coloring in the sugar part). It was very tasty, but a little soft, even after keeping it in the fridge, even after adding 1/2 a bag of sugar instead of just 1/2 a Cup. Still, tasted jsut as good! I will definitely keep this recipe and try to perfect this childhood favorite!

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