In this recipe, the potatoes only contribute starch and little flavor. You won’t even notice that it contains potatoes. You’ll only be able to taste something sweet. Be mindful that the amounts for the confectioners’ sugar and peanut butter are approximations. According to your preferences, you can add more or less.
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 1 roll |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons mashed cooked potatoes
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon milk
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter
Instructions
- Mix together potatoes, butter or margarine, and milk. Add enough confectioners’ sugar to make a stiff dough.
- Roll out on a flat surface sprinkled with powdered sugar. Spread on a layer of peanut butter and roll up. Chill and slice.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 312 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 5 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 224 mg |
| Sugars | 14 g |
| Fat | 24 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This treat has been a staple candy option at our house every Christmas as long as I can remember. In honor of my mother who was so dedicated to making confections each year, I continue to make it for my family and friends. It’s always been a hit!
Yes I will make it again. It was awesome.
my grandkids love this.Just remember if potatoes are wet you will need more powder sugar to make,and dryer it would be less,My mom use to use left over potatoes to make for us when growing up
I grew up eating this candy. It was always a special treat. The ingredients provided in this recipe are a bit off but the essentials are all there. It is my favorite candy ever!!
this is a good recipe, have made this for years but the secret to this recipe is the potato has to be a red potato and it has to be cold
I’ve been making this since I was big enough to stand on a chair at the kitchen counter. We just always used left-over mashed potaoes as the base. (milk and butter already in them) As everyone has stated, it takes quite a bit more 10x sugar than stated here. Just to change it up a little, try shaved chocolate added on top of the peanut butter before rolling. And my kids love it when I use chunky peanut butter.
This has always been a tradition in my family, usually made after large family holiday dinners and instead of cooking up a potato just for the candy we always used leftover mashed potatoes from the family meal. Only ever needed about 2 tablespoons and alot of powdered sugar. Very sweet but brings back fond memories.
Hint: Have extra conf. sugar (powdered sugar on hand). I have made potato candy before & I sometimes need to add extra because my dough was to soft. I use for gift giving.
1 boiled potato, 1 cup pecans finely chopped, 1 tsp. vanilla, i use my kitchen aid mixer, as the dough gets to stiff for a hand mixer, add conf. sugar until dough like, roll out until thin, spread peanut butter, i roll it about 3 times then cut, and slice about a half inch thick, keep rolling and cutting until all is cut, place wax paper in tin can, layer and repeat. this is not as sweet because of the pecans.
my mom used to make that i love it!
Very disappointed the reciepe is not clear on measurements! It takes more than one bag still not firm!
At Christmas time. I divide the candy into two bowls and add red and the other green food coloring. then roll out and add peanut butter. Really makes it looks like the holidays. So pretty.
My Grandmother Bruington (born 1880) made this recipe all her life but did not add milk or butter. A drop of vanilla is nice but not necessary. She started with one small peeled potato, boiled it and mashed with a fork then proceeded to add a LOT more confectioners’ sugar. This always made 3 rolls and we all loved it. This recipe is likely more than 100 years old…proof it’s good!
This pic is nothing like what it really looks like. It is a powder sugar jelly roll. I originally got this recipe from my mother in law and the frist time I made it my husband about fell over. It is one of his childhood favs. Just add a lot of sugar. Until it is a relatively dry dough that you can roll out into a rectangle.
Taste great! Needed more confectionary sugar than recipe called for but after that it was yummy.
I have a variation on this recipe where in place of the peanut butter, you add in coconut and dip in chocolate. 3 1/2 c powdered sugar; 4 c flaked coconut; 3/4 mashed potatoes; 1 tsp almond extract Mix all ingredients together, form walnut-sized balls & place on wax paper to dry. Chocolate coating: I melted the candy chocolate and decorated with sprinkles. This recipe will make around 60 balls. Great to give out for the holiday! 🙂
I LOVE Potato Candy! I have been making this with my grandmother and then my mom for years. A quick alternative to cooking potatoes just for this recipe is to use leftover mashed potatoes- either from a restaurant or from home. The ones I used this evening are from Emeril’s Steakhouse, that makes them with heavy cream and butter and adds a bit of parsley. All I needed to do was to add vanilla (1 teaspoon). This method allows for less sugar to be used. For A Halloween treat, I also added red and yellow food color to make a pumpkin orange dough…DELICIOUS!
Good recipe….however…needed more info. When calculating how much I needed to make it would have been nice to know what the serving size was. One piece per serving? Two pieces? If I want to make enough so that 10 people could have 5 pieces of candy I need to know how many pieces per serving.
I was a child of the 50s and in our house there wasn’t alot of “store candy”. My Mother made potato candy in the summer and fudge in the winter. Thank you for posting this recipe. I’ll be making this for my older brother for Christmas, along with some fudge. 😉
this recipe works great, just had to add more sugar for stiffer dough.
This was a wonderful recipe and the tip from Meugeni was really helpful for me. My oldest daughter said it tasted like “Heaven”. Thanks for sharing everyone!