This post may contain affiliate links. This Old Fashioned Potato Candy is a classic treat made with only old fashioned potato soup recipe ingredients and doesn’t require any baking! Have you ever heard of this?
But naturally when something is made with copious amounts of powdered sugar, I’m like a moth to a flame. But mashed potatoes mixed with powdered sugar? So I took to the Internet and researched it! What is Potato Candy Rumor has it that this potato candy recipe originated in Germany and then brought to the United States. There’s also debate over it being Irish, Russian, and Pennsylvania Dutch. What we do know is that it became popular during the Great Depression, when people needed to be frugal, making use of ingredients that were widely available and really inexpensive.
Why not put it to use in a dessert, too. Depressed people need sweets more than anyone! Recipe Notes This treat is super sweet and rich, so a little goes a long way. This recipe is incredibly easy, but it requires you to pay attention to how much powdered sugar you are adding. 6 cups might be enough, or you might need 7.
Just stop adding it once a putty-like texture is achieved. You don’t want it so stiff that it cracks as you roll into a log, but you don’t want it sticky. This dough does dry fairly fast, so work quickly. Don’t waste the excess dough you trim off!