769520 potato candy

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3/4 c Mashed potatoes 1 Stick margarine
1/2 t Salt 1/2 lb Flaked coconut
2 (1 lb. boxes) of 2 t Vanilla
-confectioner's sugar

---------------------CHOCOLATE MIXTURE--------------------------
1 (12 oz.) pkg. of chocolate 1/2 Cake paraffin, the kind you
-bits -melt to use on top of jelly
4 Squares of unsweetened -(2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches)
-chocolate

Pare and cook potato to make 3/4 cup mashed potato, not seasoned. Add
salt. Using a double boiler, place the stick of margarine in it and
melt over boiling water. Add mashed potato, confectioner's sugar,
flaked coconut and vanilla. Mix well, then turn into a buttered
jelly roll pan. Spread evenly. Place in a cool place to harden. When
hard, cut into small squares and dip in the following chocolate
mixture. Use double boiler. Place paraffin in top over boiling water
to melt. Then add the two kinds of chocolate. Allow chocolate to
melt. Stir well to mix ingredients. Use a toothpick to dip the potato
candy into the chocolate mixture (holding each square above the
chocolate mixture after dipping, so that the square drains well).
Place on waxed paper to harden. Makes 66. Submitted By BARRY
WEINSTEIN On 03-04-95