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How to Make Potato Candy
The base of Potato Candy is made of potatoes and powdered sugar to make a melt-in-your-mouth treat that is swirled with peanut butter…great for the holidays!
What ingredients do I need to make potato candy?
- Plain mashed potatoes
- Salted butter
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Creamy peanut butter
Potato Candy
Servings 40 candy
Ingredients
- 2 Russet potatoes to make ½ cup mashed potatoes (cooled)
- ½ cup salted butter softened
- 7 cups powdered sugar plus more for rolling
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
Instructions
- You need ½ cup of plain mashed potatoes. Just peeled russet potatoes that you boiled and mashed until there was no lumps.
- In a large bowl using an electric mixer combine the mashed potatoes, butter, vanilla and one cup of powdered sugar until combined.
- Add remaining powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time until all combined. The dough should not be sticky and should be like playdoh.
- Cover and refrigerate the dough for just 1 hour.
- Once the dough is chilled split it in half.
- Dust your parchment lines surface with powdered sugar and roll out a rectangle about ¼ inch thick.
- You want to work quickly so your dough doesn’t crumble.
- Spread half of the peanut butter on the rolled out dough.
- Starting with the longer side of your rectangle and using the parchment paper to help you roll the it in a tight log.
- Wrap the log in parchment paper and refrigerate for another hour.
- Repeat with the other half of the dough.
- Slice the logs into about ½ pieces.
- Serve!
Notes
You need ½ cup of plain mashed potatoes. Just peeled russet potatoes that you boiled and mashed until there was no lumps. You cannot use leftover mashed potatoes in this recipe.
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- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
- You can always place your dough back int he fridge if it becomes hard to work with so it can stiffen up again.
