Needhams (Potato Candy)

Name: Needhams (Potato Candy)
Yield: Makes 36 pieces
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 3 tablespoons, whole milk; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 cup (1/2 ounces) plain, instant mashed potato flakes; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 1 1/2 cups (4 1/2 ounces), sweetened shredded coconut; 1 pound, bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2018

Desserts or Baked Goods

There's potato in there? Yes, but you wouldn't know it from eating these creamy, sweet confections.

SERVESMakes 36 pieces

TIME40 minutes, plus 2 hours 25 minutes chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Also known as potato fudge or potato candy, Needhams are an heirloom candy from Maine with an unexpected twist: Their creamy, coconut-studded base is built on mashed spuds. To avoid boiling and mashing one potato, measuring it, and then dis...

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