Try substituting Nutella or use Nutella and peanut butter. If using both, spread each on half the sugar mixture. Depending on which end you roll from, you will have either a 1/2 & 1/2 mixture in each piece or 100% of each flavor, you decide.

I use a small boiled potato with jacket on, let cool and mash with fork and start adding powdered sugar.

My sister learned to make this delicious candy in Home Economics when in high school during the 1950s. Another sister requested the recipe this year. Glad it was posted. Thanks!

Going to try this one this week. My grandmother made these every year when me and the boys were little as part of her Christmas cookie plates. She didn't give many gifts, but I remember riding along to deliver loads of these tempting plates every year. Thanks, and hope they're just as good as I remember!

My mom used to make this at Christmas and I am so happy to find this recipe. She passed away 6 years ago and unfortunatley she took some good recipes with her, she didn't write them down, they were all in her head.

THIS IS IT. Its the only recipe that I could get to come out perfect. A holiday special and one that always brings back those wonderful memories.

Im 36 yearsold and remember my great grandmother making this when I was little. always wanted it but no one remembered how to make it. Always one of my favorites. Thanks for the recipe. Now my wife and kids can enjoy what I enjoyed when I was growing up. (since none even know what this is)

I remember my grandmother making this every year, & I always called it potato candy. I've talked about making it myself for years and was always told there was no way it had actual potatoes in it! I decided to do my own investigating and found this recipe! Very easy to follow and mine turned out great! My family was so excited that I learned how to make this! Definitely a keeper!!!

We have made this recipe for as long as I can remember and it is great!

My Aunt Sarah made this when I was little. I would stand at the kitchen table, and watch her every move, so I would remember how to make it. I am now 75 years young, and never miss a Christmas making the candy. My Aunt was from Ireland, and she learned to make it there with her mother.

My great grammie was Irish and this recipe was passed down to her kids.. & when my mum died she didn't tell me the recipe.. It's so great I found it, tastes just like hers. Thank you so very very much.

Mom made us potato candy every Christmas, now I have to carry on the tradition.

It is so nice to see this recipe. My grandmother made this for us when we were kids. I remembered how to make it when my son was young. It's delicious and so easy to make. Thanks for sharing.

We used to have this every year. Some of the tricks I learned over the years is if you use a marble cutting board to roll it out on (and marble rolling pin) you can chill the board and roller prior to doing it and you wont have to add as much sugar during the rolling process. Also using candy coloring instead of food coloring (usually is a paste) will require adding so much extra sugar. You can also get a marbled look using the paste (I used leaf cookie cutters one year and made sandwiches with it instead of a roll and arranged them on a plate for presents).

try adding cocoa to the potato mixture!