All Guides Recipes

Menu
  • HOME
  • Air Fryer
  • Air Fryer Resources
  • Air Fryer Tips
  • About
  • CONTACT US
Home
Uncategorized
Old-Fashioned Potato Candy

Old-Fashioned Potato Candy

We make easy air fryer recipes that are perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late night snacking. Find your new favorite air fryer recipe here!

SharePinterest

Many of us are accustomed to seeing this rolled candy around Christmas, but if you’re not, we get that it might seem a little odd. Potatoes? In candy? We know. But we promise it works.
The potato acts as a binder in the dough and the end result tastes nothing at all like potatoes. It’s just a soft, sweet (like, really sweet), no-bake candy that’s genius in its resourcefulness.
Some say the recipe was brought to the United States from Germany, where it was a common frugal practice to come up with clever uses for leftover mashed potatoes. Others say it’s an Irish recipe. Some say Pennsylvania Dutch. Some say Russian… You get the point.
What is clear is that it became popular in America during the Great Depression. In a time of great scarcity, potatoes and peanuts were easy and cheap to come by, and even powdered sugar was cheaper than regular granulated sugar. When there was little to be had, this candy ensured that people could still have a tasty treat.
The recipe has endured through years when people only had a little, but also through years when people had a lot, because the candy is nearly impossible to resist. It’s tender and a little chewy, sweet as can be, nostalgic, and incredibly easy to make. You don’t need to be a candy maker for this.
You start by adding some mashed potatoes to a bowl and combining them with a little vanilla and milk. (Though when there wasn’t a lot to go around, the milk and vanilla weren’t included. So you could even leave those out.)

For The Full Recipe & List Of Ingredients Please Go To Next Page (>)…

Related Articles

Ingredients 3 Cups flour 1/4 Cup sugar 2 Tbsp baking …

Grandma’s Cinnamon Rolls

Buttery, rich, and creamy with vanilla and rum flavors, this …

Bread Pudding Sauce Recipe

Recent Posts

  • Ham and Cheese Butter Swim Biscuits
  • There are 8 common foods you should never put in an air fryer
  • Air Fryer Cheesy Tortilla Garlic Bread
  • Air Fryer Blueberry Cake
  • Homemade Big Mac Sauce

Related Posts

  • Potato cakes
  • Stuffed Bacon and Cheese Biscuits
  • Shrimp is ready !
  • PHILLY CHEESESTEAK STUFFED PEPPERS
  • Old-Fashioned Soft and Buttery Yeast Rolls

All Guides Recipes

The Best Air Fryer Recipes
Copyright © 2025 All Guides Recipes
DMCA - CURATION POLICY - PRIVACY POLICY - TERMS OF USE - CONTACT US

Ad Blocker Detected

Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Refresh