{"id":1944048,"date":"2024-03-01T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1944048"},"modified":"2024-05-07T08:58:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:58:56","slug":"irish-potato-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/irish-potato-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Irish Potato Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"You're going to love the curiously named Irish potato candy. It's curious because the candy is not<\/em> an Irish dessert<\/a> and not<\/em> made with potato! They are, however, a unique and delicious candy, one that's easy to make and perfect for sharing.\r\n\r\nMade from a mixture of coconut, sugar and cream cheese, each bite is rolled into a potato shape and coated in cinnamon and cocoa. When finished, Irish potato candy looks like a heap of mini russet potatoes.\r\n

What is Irish potato candy?<\/h2>\r\n\"Irish\r\n\r\nThis recipe is from Philadelphia, where it's been a regional favorite for over a century. Historians believe that the candy was first created and sold in the late 19th century by Irish confectioners who immigrated to Philadelphia.\r\n\r\nShaping and coating the candy to look like potatoes makes them an easy sell for St. Patrick's Day<\/a>. In the weeks leading up to the holiday, boxes of the sweets can be found in candy stores<\/a> all over the city. Commercially produced Irish potato candy, such as Oh Ryan's,<\/a> is made with powdered sugar, coconut and other ingredients like buttercream or fondant. But when made at home, the recipe calls for butter and cream cheese, which makes them even more delicious.\r\n\r\nThe candies are rolled in cinnamon, which adds a spicy contrast to the sweet filling\u2014and makes them look like fun-size, freshly-dug potatoes. Some people even give the potato candies \"eyes\" made from pine nuts.\r\n

Irish Potato Candy Recipe<\/h2>\r\nThe recipe makes about 50 little potato-shaped candies. In this recipe, the candies are coated in a blend of cinnamon, cocoa powder and powdered sugar, for a deeper flavor and a color more like russet potatoes.\r\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\r\n\"Ingredients\r\n\r\nFilling: <\/strong>\r\n