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Potato Candy

An old-fashioned recipe that spans generations this Potato Candy is a family favorite. Minimal ingredients included potatoes and peanut butter make this a great treat!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Chill Time:10 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Candy, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24 pieces
Calories: 151kcal

Ingredients

  • ½ cup mashed potato cooled to room temp
  • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • pinch of fine sea salt
  • 6-8 cups powdered sugar plus more for dusting
  • cup creamy peanut butter

Instructions

  • Place the cooled mashed potato into a large bowl. Add the butter and beat with an electric hand mixer until smooth.
  • Add the vanilla and salt, stir in until combined.
  • Start adding in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, fully mixing in the first cup before adding the next. How much you use depends on how watery your potato is and humidity, etc. You want the consistency to be like cookie dough that you can roll out. When you put a little bit in your fingers you should be able to press and mold it together.
  • In this step, you have to work pretty quickly because it can dry out. Layout a large piece of wax or parchment paper, dust it generously with powdered sugar. Place the potato mixture on the paper, add a generous amount of powdered sugar on top.
  • Roll it out to ¼ inch thick. Try to get this into a rectangle shape as well as you can.
  • Smear the peanut butter all over the top leaving a half-inch border.
  • Tightly roll into a long log. Place on a piece of plastic wrap and roll the log up and tuck the ends under. Place in the fridge for 10 minutes to set.
  • Unwrap on a cutting board and cut into ¼-½ inch slices to serve.

Notes

  1. Do NOT use instant mashed potatoes!
  2. Make sure your potatoes are fully cooled before adding to recipe.
  3. If you want to switch the peanut butter up you can use crunchy.
  4. Other nut butters like almond butter, biscoff, cashew butter etc can be used.
  5. This can be made a day in advance and kept in the refrigerator before slicing.
  6. Wiping your knife between cuts makes sure that you get a clean cut each time.

Nutrition

Calories: 151kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 18mg | Potassium: 38mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 29IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 1mg