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RECIPE: Irish Potato Candy

November 30, 2011 By Kelli Miller 27 Comments

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My Grandmother makes Irish Potato Candy every year at Christmas time and they have always been my favorite candy.  A few years ago, I finally talked her into sharing the recipe with me.

Ingredients

  • 1 VERY small potato
  • Lots of powdered sugar (I try to have either 2 large bags or 4 boxes on hand just in case)
  • Peanut Butter – creamy works best

Directions

Step One:  Boil the heck out of the potato.  I typically boil it for about an hour

Step Two: Peel and mash the potato – concentrate on making it as smooth as possible

Step Three:  Mix powdered sugar with potato (adding a small amount of sugar at a time) until a dough forms

Step Four:  Flatten dough as thin as possible while still being able to work it (this step and the next step need to be completed pretty quickly before the dough hardens and begins to crack.

Step Five:  Spread a layer of peanut butter over the flattened dough

Step Six:  Roll into log and slice into pieces.

Depending on the size and type of your potato, this could yield anywhere from a couple dozen pieces to enough to supply the entire neighborhood.

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: agriculture, agronomy, christmas candy, favorite candy, food and drink, Grandmaw's recipe, grandmother, Irish Potato Candy, making irish, peanut butter, potato, potato candy, potatoes, powdered sugar, Recipes, root vegetables, sklandrausis, Southern Favorites, staple foods, sugaring

About Kelli Miller

My husband (Ricky) of 20 years, our three wild and wonderfully different boys, five totally spoiled little dogs, a plethora of wild cats, and I live at Miller Manor! It is a 100 year old Colonial Style Farmhouse that is surrounded by hundreds of acres of farmland, in a small town on the coast of Southern Alabama.

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  1. Miz Helen says

    December 2, 2013 at 9:50 am

    Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and thank you so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
    Miz Helen

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    • Kelli Miller says

      December 4, 2013 at 7:14 am

      Thank you for hosting and for always coming by to leave a comment. I have no idea how you have time to ALWAYS comment on everyone that links up. Thanks back at ya’! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Deb @ Kneaded Creations says

    December 2, 2013 at 8:20 am

    What an interesting idea! I am going to have to try this, and the variation mentioned above with the coconut! just popping over from the DIY Showcase Link Party. I have pinned, liked and tweeted, and g+-ed. I would love it if you would drop by my site at http://www.kneadedcreations.com for a short visit! I will look forward to seeing you there! Deb @ Kneaded Creations.

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    • Kelli Miller says

      December 4, 2013 at 6:06 pm

      Thanks for coming by, Deb! I just love this and the memories making it invokes is priceless 🙂

      Reply
  3. Crystal & Co says

    November 30, 2013 at 2:44 pm

    I have never heard of these. Interesting.

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    • Kelli Miller says

      December 1, 2013 at 7:23 am

      Girl, this is my absolute favorite Christmas candy and as soon as I introduced my kids to it they also fell in love! So very yummy!!

      Reply
  4. Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above says

    November 26, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    Sorry, I got distracted. I meant this looks amazing.
    Debi and Charly

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    • Kelli Miller says

      November 27, 2013 at 8:35 am

      LOL! Trust me, I totally get it 🙂 Thanks so much for your kind words – it is really yummy. You don’t taste the potato just sweet and peanut butter 🙂

      Reply
  5. Steph H says

    January 24, 2013 at 6:48 am

    Years ago, my kindergarten teacher and the class made this candy to raise money for a field trip.It was a big hit for the whole school!

    Reply
  6. Cindy Merrill says

    March 16, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    Maine needhams are very close to this- only difference is, you omit the peanutbutter, sprinkle in fresh grated coconut, then pour melted chocolate over the chilled sliced candy.

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  7. Molli says

    January 2, 2012 at 7:07 am

    That sounds really interesting! I have never tried cookies made of potatoes so I will for sure give it a try. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  8. ButterYum says

    December 15, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    Oh wow, I haven’t heard about Irish Potato Candy for YEARS!!!!! You just brought back a flood of memories.

    🙂
    ButterYum

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  9. Linda Law says

    December 10, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    This is an old family recipe that was passed down from my grandmother. This also works well with leftover baked potatoes. A small potato goes a looonnnnggg way! The nice thing with a baked potato, is that you keep a little bit more nutrition from it–as if that matters with so much sugar! 🙂 It was always a fun treat to tell my friends I ate candy made from potatoes.

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  10. sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more says

    December 10, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    that is so funny I have never heard of this before. But it sound really good.

    Reply
  11. Mlissabeth says

    December 9, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    Yay! I love anything with either potatoes or peanut butter, and this fits both. My mom used to mke a Christmas candy with potatoes and coconut and powdered sugar. She topped it with chocolate, and they tasted like Mounds bars. They were so good!

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  12. Pat says

    December 9, 2011 at 10:58 am

    Top of the morning! Your potato candy sounds delicious! Pat

    Reply
  13. Siggy Spice says

    December 9, 2011 at 10:28 am

    Looks fabulous! I MUST try it! Does it matter what type of potato you use? i.e., russett, yukon gold, red, etc? Also, do you boil the potato whole? Do you think it would matter if you peel it and cut into chunks before you boil it? How long does it keep? Does it have to go in the fridge? Ok, now that I have slammed you with a billion questions, lol! 🙂

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    • Kelli says

      December 9, 2011 at 10:33 am

      I use a Russet, not sure if it matters – some will produce more liquid than others. I just wash the potato and then boil it. I wouldn’t worry about cutting it or anything. It doesn’t keep for a huge amount of time, but no you don’t put it in the fridge. Just a tin – I separate the layers with a bit of waxed paper. Once you roll it and it sets, the becomes a bit harder. 🙂

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    • Mary says

      January 31, 2014 at 2:50 am

      My Dad used to make this. The potato does not matter. You can even peel first and then boil it. If you do that, you get a wetter potato. My daughter this year put the boiled potato in a kitchen aid to creeme the potato.
      Mary

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  14. Jordan (Wayward Girls' Crafts) says

    December 8, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    Cool! I have my first novel coming out in 2013, and the heroine is from Ireland, so I love finding Irish recipes.

    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  15. www.HomeBizWins.com says

    December 8, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    Alright.
    There goes my diet!
    These looks AMAZING-Thanks!!!

    Reply
  16. Rachel says

    December 7, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    That’s a traditional recipe in my family too! I don’t always have peanut butter on hand, so sometimes I use other fillers, or just cut out the “dough” with cookie cutters.

    I once asked an Irish friend about it, and it is indeed a long-standing Irish candy.

    Reply
  17. pam says

    December 7, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    i am new to your blog and just wanted to say hi and tell you this is one of my families favorite recipes.

    Reply
  18. Crystal Martin says

    December 6, 2011 at 6:13 am

    I make a peanut butter log similar to this but it doesn’t call for potato. I’ll have to try this!!!

    Reply
  19. Jessie K says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    Yum! Thanks for sharing!

    Followed from Made By You Monday.

    Reply
  20. angie lilly says

    December 1, 2011 at 9:21 am

    OMG my uncle used to make this stuff for me when I was a kid! Loved it!

    Reply
  21. Free Education Aid says

    December 1, 2011 at 12:46 am

    So delicious. I will try to make it once. Thanks for giving recipe.

    Reply

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