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 A plate of Irish potato candy

Note: This is an easy-to-make candy or sweet for children. Just have them work with clean hands.

Ingredients

• 2 potatoes
• about 3 cups of icing/confectioner’s sugar, with more for dusting
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup peanut butter (smooth or chunky, generic works fine)

Method

1. Cook the potatoes in their jackets in salted water. Drain, peel and allow to cool. Mash or put through a ricer. Don’t add milk or butter.
2. Add the vanilla to the mash and enough icing sugar to make a stiff dough. Turn out onto a board dusted with more icing sugar. Knead until smooth. Pat or roll into a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick. Smooth the top.
3. Spread the peanut butter evenly over the surface of the ‘dough’. Carefully roll the dough, starting at a long edge, with the peanut butter inside. Wrap in plastic and chill for at least an hour. Slice at least a 1/2 inch thick to serve.

For more Weird and Regrettable Food, try Potato Chip Cookies, Peanut Butter Pie or Popcorn Cake.

 Peanut butter

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