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Old Fashioned Potato Candy Easter Style (3 Flavors)

Old fashioned potato candy is a simple, vintage treat made with mashed potatoes and powdered sugar, then shaped or rolled with fillings like peanut butter or coconut. It’s easy to make, budget-friendly, and turns into a sweet, creamy candy that doesn’t taste like potatoes at all.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Chilling Time 30 minutes
Course candy
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium russet potato about ½ cup mashed
  • 4 cups powdered sugar may vary up to 6 cups. Can use sugar substitute.
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Pinch salt
  • Optional filling:
  • Peanut butter see below in instructions
  • Coconut see below in instructions
  • Nuts see below in instructions

Instructions
 

How to Make It

  • Cook the potato
  • Peel and boil until fork-tender
  • Mash completely smooth (NO lumps)
  • Let cool
  • 👉 You only need about ½ cup mashed potato

Make the candy dough

  • Mix mashed potato + vanilla + salt
  • Slowly add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time
  • 👉 It will go from:
  • wet → sticky → dough → thick candy filling
  • ✔ Stop when it becomes:
  • Firm
  • Not sticky
  • Easy to roll

Shape your eggs

  • Roll into egg shapes
  • OR roll flat and spread peanut butter (then roll up and slice)
  • 👉 Both are traditional—log style is the OG

Chill

  • Place on parchment
  • Chill 20–30 minutes

Dip in chocolate (optional but recommended 😏)

  • Melt chocolate
  • Dip eggs
  • Let set

What it tastes like

  • Sweet, creamy center
  • Slightly fudge-like
  • NOT like potatoes at all
  • It’s basically old-school candy magic

Variations

    🥜 Peanut Butter Roll (classic)

    • Roll dough flat → spread PB (½–¾ cup per batch) → roll → slice

    🥥 Coconut Eggs

    • Mix ¾–1 cup shredded coconut into dough
    • 🌰 Nutty Version
    • Add ½ cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts

    Notes

    Important tips
    Mash potato VERY smooth (this matters)
    Add sugar slowly (it sneaks up on you)
    Don’t overdo potato—too much = soft candy
    Size breakdown
    • 1 tablespoon (standard eggs): ~24–30
    • 2 tablespoons (larger eggs): ~12–15
    • Slice style (PB roll): ~20–25 slices depending on thickness