Speaking of Mashed Potatoes

[Dog3]

Mashed 'taters is a versatile dish. You can to almost anything with them.
Let your imagination wander. The following recipe landed in my mailbox from
one of my listserv groups.

Michael

Content Mail:
Today's Recipe: Mashed Potato Candy
Submitted by: Blanche V.

When I was first offered a taste of mashed potato candy I
thought to myself, "Eeew, how gross!" But as soon as I took
a taste, I had to eat my words -- and a ton of candy! This
was one of the best candies I'd ever tasted. I was in awe!
Potato? You would have never guessed. Don't tell people
what's in it and they'll never guess, either!

Ingredients:

3/4 cup mashed potatoes (hot)
2 lb. powdered (confectionary) sugar
1/4 lb. butter
7 oz. flaked coconut
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
12 oz. package chocolate chips
4 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate
1 slab of paraffin wax

Directions:

Place the sugar, coconut and salt in a bowl with the softened
butter. Add the potatoes and the vanilla. Mix well by hand.

Pack the mixture into a 9" x 13" pan. Place in the refrigerator
to cool. Then, cut into 1.5" squares.

In the meantime, melt the chocolate chips, baking chocolate,
and wax in a double boiler. Stir until no lumps remain.

Using a toothpick, dip the individual squares of candy into
the chocolate. Place on a piece of wax paper to cool.

* I only take a couple squares out of the refrigerator at a
time so that they remain cold.

[Gabby]

Dog3 <Do...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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I've also had those done up as pinwheels with peanut butter as the filling.
They do taste great!

Gabby

[Mary Pelis]

Boy! Did *you* just bring back a flood of memories with this recipe! My mother
has been making potato fudge since the 60's! I haven't eaten it in years, but I
remember the wonderful contrast of the unsweetened chocolate and the coconut
sweet fudge underneath. It has always been my brother's favorite Christmas
candy. Thanks for the memory!

Mary

[Sharon L. Igoe]

That's how we do it! We boil a potato, mash it with butter until it's
absolutely smooth, put it in the fridge to cool. When it's hard, take
it out of the fridge, add a bit of vanilla and a dash of salt, then mix
in confectioner's (powdered) sugar until a nice smooth dough is formed.
Roll out on a board sprinkled liberally with the powdered sugar, spread
with peanut butter (smooth works best---the dough is very tender) roll
up like a jelly roll and cut into slices. Best when eaten soon and a
good quality peanut butter is used. My mom made this for Christmas
every year--now I carry on the tradition! Enjoy!

Sharon

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