Needhams (Potato Candy)

Name: Needhams (Potato Candy)
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 3 tablespoons, whole milk; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 cup (1/2 ounces/14 grams) plain, instant mashed potato flakes; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces/170 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1 1/2 cups (4 1/2 ounces/128 grams), sweetened shredded coconut; 1 pound (454 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine

Desserts or Baked Goods
Potatoes
Chocolate
Make Ahead
Candy

By Cecelia Jenkins ･ Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2018

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

SERVES Makes 36 pieces

TIME 40 minutes, plus 2 hours 25 minutes chilling

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