Irish Potato Candy 🥔 Peppermint Potato Candy - old-fashioned candy made out of potatoes?

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  • @emmymade
    @emmymade  Рік тому +19

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    • @geebee1514
      @geebee1514 Рік тому

      Emmy, is the deodorant only for men?

    • @gloomysunday9534
      @gloomysunday9534 Рік тому +1

      in quebec we have a traditional potato candy made with actual potatoes and powdered sugar aaaannd my favorite potato maple syrup donuts its to die for 😍😜

    • @jonukwho
      @jonukwho Рік тому +1

      Lithuanian Kugelis

    • @frankendoll1455
      @frankendoll1455 Рік тому

      Chocolate covered peanut butter eggs, filling made with potatoes are my favorite! DELICIOUS!!!!😋😋😋🐣🌸🐰

    • @christiminnich4363
      @christiminnich4363 Рік тому

      Moravian Sugar Cake- one the best (PA Dutch) things! Made with a potato dough.

  • @pluckydono
    @pluckydono Рік тому +173

    Potato candy, made from real potato, is such a underappreciated treat. I used to make them with my great grand mother. She would dip them in melted chocolate. She was Welch who lived in Massachusetts for a long time before moving.

    • @alicerose512
      @alicerose512 Рік тому +13

      in high school I sat next to a girl who occasionally brought in potato candy, potato cookies and chocolate zucchini bread, and as the person next to her I always got offered some. All of those snacks were top tier and I miss getting to hijack some of her snacks deeply.

    • @dontkilImejay
      @dontkilImejay Рік тому +12

      Do you mean Welsh? I'm currently living in Wales!

    • @ilanarhian
      @ilanarhian Рік тому +2

      If you mean she was Welsh, I don’t think that has anything to do with it because they’re definitely not a Welsh thing.

    • @hellsmyhome8979
      @hellsmyhome8979 Рік тому +2

      @@alicerose512 so good, lucky you

    • @robinmitchell6701
      @robinmitchell6701 Рік тому +1

      I CAME FROM MASSACHUSETTS LOOKS YUM

  • @darlouthia5153
    @darlouthia5153 Рік тому +66

    Emmy fighting with the hand mixer is the chaotic energy we all have when late night baking 😂

    • @shannondore
      @shannondore Рік тому +5

      Her mixer seemed haunted.😆

    • @Upper_echelon_exotics
      @Upper_echelon_exotics Рік тому +3

      Why is it always late night too? Lol 😂 I do the same thing! I like baking but I put it off until my late night 2nd wind. Lol 😂

  • @jennid1573
    @jennid1573 Рік тому +8

    Emmy have you written a book yet? I’d 100% buy it. I’d love some of these strange and wonderful recipes to read through and try out.

  • @dnavanzat1
    @dnavanzat1 Рік тому +9

    I’m from Philly, and we made these every year. However, the recipe was very different; no cream cheese or butter. Ours was coconut, powdered sugar, and sweetened condensed milk, and then rolled in a powdered sugar & cinnamon mixture. It was THE candy to make for Saint Patrick’s Day.

  • @danellethomas9621
    @danellethomas9621 Рік тому +1

    I thought you weren't going to make us cry anymore? Laughter through tears.😅😢

  • @kristaharrington5982
    @kristaharrington5982 Рік тому +11

    Emmy saying “yo I’m done with you” to the mixer was so funny

  • @dawndouglass870
    @dawndouglass870 Рік тому +1

    I loved the kitchen chaos in this video. I am well versed in this phenomenon.

  • @xXHiwatariXx
    @xXHiwatariXx Рік тому +1

    Just wanna say I've been coming back to your channel for around 10 years, fist vid I've seen was emmamde easts Poland.
    Good job. Keep it up !!!!!!

  • @Stoudy2
    @Stoudy2 Рік тому +1

    The mixer almost dropping is just as funny as when you forget to plug in the units. No shade to you at all Emmy! I see a montage video of all the plug and appliances fails being an idea for a video short eventually.
    I love how you have managed to change my relationship with food to be more positive.

  • @maryanns9364
    @maryanns9364 Рік тому +1

    I have that mixer. Since the lowest speed is too fast, sometimes I use only 1 beater. Doesn't make a big mess. Try it!!

  • @shannondore
    @shannondore Рік тому +1

    Adding the eyes to candy potato is so cute.🥔😊

  • @emilysysomboune
    @emilysysomboune Рік тому +1

    Emmmmyyyy 😩❤️ the “microwuave” moment was so iconicccc! I just adore you.

  • @cjtrunk7862
    @cjtrunk7862 Рік тому +1

    If you take a knife and put little lime indents in them they look super potatoey too ! Great job!

  • @TheCRYSTALLURE
    @TheCRYSTALLURE Рік тому +23

    It’s the fact that Emmy is still finding these old fashioned foods to share with & educate us!

  • @jenni8729
    @jenni8729 Рік тому +17

    We used to make Irish Potatoes every year in elementary school, so yeah, something fun to do with the kids.😊 I’m in South Jersey, right outside of Philadelphia, and they’re a staple. They start showing up in stores around the end of January.

  • @amylynnithepooh5260
    @amylynnithepooh5260 Рік тому +8

    How many of us can agree....no matter what Emmy does for a video, we will love it!

  • @Bergkatse2
    @Bergkatse2 Рік тому +22

    In Scotland we have “macaroon bars” which are mashed potato and icing sugar (somethings flavoured with other oils but usually just vanilla) then enrobed in dark chocolate and covered in toasted coconut.

    • @lauraketteridge324
      @lauraketteridge324 Рік тому +1

      We always used peppermint, never vanilla. ;o)

    • @thegodfeather9862
      @thegodfeather9862 Рік тому +2

      Yes this! We also have Lucky Tatties! Although if you're flavouring your macaroon bars with flavourings you're all fancy, I remember having them just as is. :D

  • @deaniseshewokis3315
    @deaniseshewokis3315 Рік тому +6

    We have always made -potatoes candy with a baked potato, a ton of confectionery sugar roll it out and put peanut butter and roll it jello roll style. I just gained20 pounds thinking about it.

  • @mistywindmaker6547
    @mistywindmaker6547 Рік тому +1

    OMG! Those 1st potato candies are the cutest thing ever!!

  • @CK-jb4lu
    @CK-jb4lu Рік тому +2

    In Maine we have candies called "needhams" made with potato. They taste like coconut mounds!

  • @deanna7522
    @deanna7522 Рік тому +5

    I literally love anything made with potato! But Candy? Didn’t know this was possible!!

  • @elizabethcomerford8842
    @elizabethcomerford8842 Рік тому +4

    Thanks Emmy! We used to eat these in Pennsylvania growing up, you could find them in old fashioned candy stores or homemade. Definitely an Irish American thing! SUPERRRRR SWEET!

  • @wsteadtest
    @wsteadtest Рік тому +1

    Love the sneaky edit of the word ‘odour’ into the ad! 😂

  • @nadsp2665
    @nadsp2665 Рік тому +9

    The gasp I gusped! I adore these but no one ever knows about them! We made them every year in school (Philly burbs!) 🥰 Brings back all those memories of building leprechaun traps with shoeboxes 😂

  • @Kris4Infinity
    @Kris4Infinity Рік тому +1

    I love that you said "Microwave" like that I love you for that I keep saying and refferencing that myself x3

  • @denisepeters7220
    @denisepeters7220 Рік тому +4

    I once made rum balls in the shape of potatoes as a family joke at Christmas because my parents would give us potatoes instead of Cole, which is my mom’s families custom from France. They are so easy and they do look so much like real potatoes.

  • @melodydetails
    @melodydetails Рік тому +55

    Sweet 😊
    I like that you didn't edit the vanilla & mixer accident out
    That makes it real and exactly what happens 😊

    • @dezinechic
      @dezinechic Рік тому +7

      "yo im done with you, thank you for your service"😭😭

    • @melodydetails
      @melodydetails Рік тому

      Oh, what do you mean?
      I meant it nicely 🤔

    • @dezinechic
      @dezinechic Рік тому +2

      i know you did i was referring to what emmy said to the mixer😆😁

    • @melodydetails
      @melodydetails Рік тому

      😆😆😆 Okay 🙃🙃🙃

  • @brody1216
    @brody1216 Рік тому +3

    As someone who grew up in New Jersey, I had NO idea these were only regional!! They were so popular in st Patrick's season, I remember getting them from teachers during school :) lots of people looked forward to these during the year

  • @thegodfeather9862
    @thegodfeather9862 Рік тому +1

    We've something very similar in Scotland called Lucky Tatties. (Tattie being Scots for potato.) They're also fondant filling and a cinnamon coating, formed to look like small potatoes. They weren't specific to any time of year though, just one of many penny sweets you could buy. We've also got Scottish macaroon bars, which are made with sugar+potato covered in chocolate and coconut.

  • @jewelsgrl
    @jewelsgrl Рік тому +2

    Has anyone read the Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society? Great book, but also has a recipe using potato peels for a sort of mock apple pie 😊

  • @marijanina
    @marijanina Рік тому +1

    omg as an irish person who loves both potatoes and sweets i need to make these once lent is over LOL

  • @smelly-y
    @smelly-y Рік тому

    This is the most Irish-American thing ever! Us Irish were definitely too poor to afford all those ingredients back at that time - recovering from the Famine and struggling with British occupation!
    Have you ever tried Boxty, or potato cakes? They're yummy, I make them with left over mash and mix in cheese cubes when I fry them!

  • @owenpierce2356
    @owenpierce2356 Рік тому +1

    Micro-way-veh 😂 made my night, Emmy!

  • @cindyhayward1224
    @cindyhayward1224 Рік тому

    I make potato fudge sometimes. Made with potato. Original with coconut and vanilla flavour with unsweetened chocolate. I leave out the coconut and add peppermint to make a peppermint patty. I’m from Nova Scotia, Canada.

  • @SunnyPea
    @SunnyPea Рік тому +1

    Honestly native is sooo nice! I get mine from Target so plastic packaging but I also use two. The sensitive skin ones are sooooo soft! And I use the grapefruit with the baking soda for sweaty workout days and it always smells great :)

  • @Minimojojoy
    @Minimojojoy Рік тому +27

    We have those in Quebec Canada as well! My grandmother made them all the time. It’s a popular vintage treat with many French Canadians! The peanut butter ones!👌🥰

  • @theperfectsuperstar
    @theperfectsuperstar Рік тому +3

    You should try Russian "Sladkaya kartoshka", another potato shaped candy! There is two versions of them, one simple version made of butter cookies and sweetened condensed milk, and the more classic version made of sponge cake and plombir creme. Both are delicious and quite easy to make

  • @harpersmythe658
    @harpersmythe658 Рік тому +1

    Emmy you make laugh and brighten my day. I too am a bit of a disaster magnet, especially in the kitchen. It’s nice to know I am in such good company 😊. As I like coconut, dark chocolate and peppermint, I think I have just hit the jackpot with these recipes lol. Can’t wait to try them. They sound scrumptious, thank you for posting them 😊

  • @ClanImprobable
    @ClanImprobable Рік тому +1

    Oooooh now I want minty goodness, thank you Emmy!

  • @robylove9190
    @robylove9190 Рік тому +4

    Nomnomnomnom.... My grandmother made potato candy. I always loved it. Thanks, Emmy ❣️

  • @hehuntsshecooks9536
    @hehuntsshecooks9536 Рік тому +7

    My grandma always made potato candy around St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas. 😋😋😋

  • @readytogo3186
    @readytogo3186 Рік тому +7

    Wasn't expecting the mixer to tumble over! My heart jumped! You gotta love Emmy! I'm so glad she leaves everything in the videos. Makes her more human. 😊

  • @verobb7149
    @verobb7149 Рік тому +8

    Its funny to see another version! French Canadian (Québec) have a potato candy (bonbon aux patates) we made a dough with sugar and potato, spead peanut butter, roll it and cut it. We eat potato donut too. :)

    • @kellymxxxxx9475
      @kellymxxxxx9475 Рік тому

      I’m Irish and from mass ( my godparents are French Canadian) and this is how we always made it. Mashed potato and confectioners sugar mixed for the dough. Rolled out, spread into a thin sheet, with peanut butter and and rolled up. Cut into slices. Such a great treat!!

  • @Malini108
    @Malini108 Рік тому +11

    I am from Philly area and I remember making Irish potatoes in kindergarten at school and also with my grandma a few times. We always made them pretty small and like a round potato more than a long one. I realized at some point that people not from my area had no idea what I was talking about when I would reference "Irish potatoes". You know and don't forget to use Philly cream cheese, the superior cream cheese....

    • @word42069
      @word42069 Рік тому +1

      Can confirm having grown up in the outer edges of the Philly region in central NJ. Also nobody knew what the hell I was talking about when describing this seasonal delicacy around St Patrick’s day 😂

  • @TameraJacobs
    @TameraJacobs Рік тому +1

    See's potato candy is the one I grew up eating. Divinity covered in chocolate, and of course dusted with cocoa powder and cinnamon.

  • @bjarnemcdonald6333
    @bjarnemcdonald6333 Рік тому +1

    In Denmark the bakeries have a potato cake - no potato, but a cake with cream and a chocolate dusted marzipan covering

  • @jbwzlay
    @jbwzlay Рік тому +1

    Used to eat the ones from See’s Candy

  • @laurataylor8717
    @laurataylor8717 Рік тому +1

    I thought this was going to be about the potato candy my grandmother used to make using potatoes, peanut butter and powdered sugar. I always found it painfully sweet and so never really cared for it. I believe I have heard of these ones you made but I've never had it.

  • @r1verman
    @r1verman Рік тому +1

    Love the peppermint recipe. I would crush some hard peppermint candy and sprinkle in top to add a visual cue as to the candy flavor.

  • @Ri0woh
    @Ri0woh Рік тому +39

    Emmy!! I was wondering if you’ve ever tried english clotted cream? Usually takes 24 hours to make, but I saw a microwave version that only take 15 minutes 👀 was hoping you could check it out! 💜

    • @TealStarSusan
      @TealStarSusan Рік тому +1

      I really hope she doesn’t try the stuff sold in jars…it’s ‘old’ and vile! My Dad was Cornish and we all love clotted cream..Rodda’s clotted cream to be precise! I’ve never made it at home and would love to have your recipe! Thanks…from northern Portugal! We retired here! ;)

    • @pennyfarthing1372
      @pennyfarthing1372 Рік тому

      The microwave version isn’t proper clotted cream. This is the best video I’ve found for a homemade clotted cream:
      https:/m.youtube.comwatchv=FrIER4PTixg&pp=ygUTQ2xvdHRlZCBjcmVhbSBhc2h0YQ%3D%3D

  • @gfmiller
    @gfmiller Рік тому

    definitely making this for my daughters this year!

  • @epocalypsefilms
    @epocalypsefilms Рік тому +5

    I’ve got to try this peppermint candy recipe! I love York mint patties

  • @Deathcoreqt
    @Deathcoreqt Рік тому +1

    I too am now obsessed with that pronunciation of "microwave"

  • @sandyii09
    @sandyii09 Рік тому +1

    We have this in our country too, but they are made from leftover cake cuttings, not to waste any cake. They add some nuts and jellies inside and sell for quite cheap, pretty good

  • @mollybeee
    @mollybeee Рік тому +1

    I make Needham's candy for the holidays and it does actually contain potatoes. It's very good, kind of like a mounds bar.

  • @asunbeam5479
    @asunbeam5479 Рік тому +1

    I went to grad school in philadelphia, and they had something very similar but made with cream cheese! I think they were called oh ryan's irish potatoes

  • @ivorymarie82
    @ivorymarie82 Рік тому

    No one is changing their mind Emmy. We love it here. One of my fave subscriptions. 🥰🥰🤗🤗

  • @matejancsek
    @matejancsek Рік тому +2

    We had a potato candy in Hungary during the Soviet Union era. It was bad, but regarding what one could get in the communism, it was fine. Its called the Melba cube. If I remember correctly you had it once

  • @sentinel6859
    @sentinel6859 Рік тому +1

    If you find it seems like you can't wash oils off your hands no matter how much soap you use, wash with something textured like a washcloth or a scotchbrite pad. Works a treat!

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke Рік тому +7

    If you like that level of mintyness, you could try making some Kendal Mint Cake, which is basically mostly just sugar, with a nostril-burning level of peppermint oil, traditionally eaten by people who like hiking and need that boost of energy from the large amount of sugar in it... :)

  • @perry92964
    @perry92964 Рік тому +1

    those little potatos look like the kind of candy that is so rich you can only eat half of one

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff123 Рік тому +1

    The potatoes in my German grocery store were made of marzipan as were all the other produce an meats.

  • @Laudanon
    @Laudanon Рік тому +1

    We have these in Poland, but we make them with just marzipan and cocoa+cinnamon dust :) It's delicious and marzipan isn't as sickly sweet as most modern sweets.

    • @archamian
      @archamian Рік тому

      Just last week a co-worker brought in marzipan potato candies to share and they were delicious. Most of the others didn't know what to make of it.

  • @gullreefclub
    @gullreefclub Рік тому

    If your hands are dry than working the candy dough that has cream cheese and oil will help moisturize them. As for washing the the residue off your hands use a full fat such as ivory or a homemade olive oil soap the fats in the soap join with the oils/fats in the candy dough and the later from the soap will wash everything away. Additionally use warm to hot water (above 105 F) because it will help with the removal of the soil upon your hands or body

  • @daisyzoeamethyst7468
    @daisyzoeamethyst7468 Рік тому

    Nice save catching that mixer from hitting the floor. Quick reflexes!

  • @bobb8122
    @bobb8122 Рік тому

    See’s Candies sells this also. And I like this holiday treat.

  • @ironmeowden
    @ironmeowden Рік тому +6

    it's very much a thing in post-Soviet countries, a mini-cake we call Kartoshka which is quite literally potato in English : ) although in terms of contents and flavour it's much more similar to a rum ball. love it!

    • @merkur28
      @merkur28 Рік тому +1

      I was looking for this comment. Thanks!!

  • @davidbradley6040
    @davidbradley6040 Рік тому

    In Scotland there were sweets called Lucky Tatties. They had a solid hard white core, covered in cocoa and cinnamon. They were not very sweet.

  • @alishaesch5636
    @alishaesch5636 Рік тому +1

    TMI okaayy… I love you!!! I wanna be like you when I grow up

  • @jacobaeden
    @jacobaeden Рік тому

    the chaos, i relate to this so much

  • @ApotheosisDivine69
    @ApotheosisDivine69 Рік тому

    Lovely video Emmy!! I remember the potato 🥔 ice cream 🍦 video with the nuts!! toppings! yummy 😋

  • @kikikiri409
    @kikikiri409 Рік тому

    I found you from a video from 5 years ago and I just have to say you look amazing. You have not aged a day 🙊

  • @ajwinberg
    @ajwinberg Рік тому +1

    In Idaho there is a candy bar called an Idaho Spud. It is a coconut candy covered in chocolate. I am not a fan of them myself, but I bet if you went online and gooled Idaho Spud candy bar, you could probably buy some and see if they are similar to the candy you made.

    • @MadCheshireHat
      @MadCheshireHat Рік тому

      Sounds good. How is it different from Mounds?

  • @jennytaylor4968
    @jennytaylor4968 Рік тому

    My gram made potato candy/ peanut butter candy, she made homemade fudge from scratch and divinity too , homemade candy was the best ❤

  • @Trassel242
    @Trassel242 Рік тому +1

    Emmy, have you ever made the Swedish children’s classic sweet called “chocolate balls”? It’s just butter (or margarine), sugar, oatmeal and cocoa powder, along with a splash of cold coffee (very important that it’s cold, or the butter will melt). Mix and shape into little balls. Some roll them in nib sugar, some in dried coconut, some in sprinkles.

  • @peterb3861
    @peterb3861 Рік тому +1

    Here in Maine we have a potato treat that you can find at pretty much any convenience store. They are called Needhams

  • @TheDevilDarling
    @TheDevilDarling Рік тому +4

    I think if you added 7 and a half cups of sugar to almost any vegetable it would create a decently tasting candy 😂

  • @savannahblanch1991
    @savannahblanch1991 Рік тому +1

    In maien these are called needhams but they’re covered in chocolate

  • @asugarholicslife
    @asugarholicslife Рік тому +2

    Did you know there's a Scottish real potato version too? (Shameless plug, I did my own video of them) They were delightful so I will definitely try these as well. Thanks for the recipe!

  • @vlmellody51
    @vlmellody51 Рік тому

    My maternal grandmother used to make it similar to your second recipe. I haven't had it in more than 55 years, but it was an important part of my early childhood memories.

  • @debiesubaugher
    @debiesubaugher Рік тому +1

    Yup - learned to make candies using oils in a candy making class, never went back to extracts.

  • @architecturallyblonde6132
    @architecturallyblonde6132 Рік тому

    I'm from ireland and ive never seen or heard of anything like this. Interesting how cuisine changes as groups of people migrate. A thoroughly irish-american food!

  • @monicakelly6838
    @monicakelly6838 Рік тому +1

    we grew up with potato candies made from mashed potato and a serious amount of icing sugar!

  • @collectingonthecheap56353
    @collectingonthecheap56353 Рік тому +1

    Those look like fun recipes. Think that I would try the one with potatoes. I would probably pair it with my favorite coffee this time of year which is hot or iced with equal parts cream, chocolate syrup, and peppermint syrup (usually 3 pumps each for a 12 ounce cup, 4 each for 16 ounce, or 5 each for a 20 oz).

  • @katherinekinnaird4408
    @katherinekinnaird4408 Рік тому

    Yes they came out great

  • @anyarieltorres8498
    @anyarieltorres8498 Рік тому

    Couldn't help but notice the added "oder" shooting the sponsorship 😂Gotcha! Haha love your videos!

  • @KitchenTornado
    @KitchenTornado Рік тому +54

    Emmy! Make Spudnuts! They are the best potato flour donuts out there! The dough isn't super sweet like the icing and it is a well balanced donut!

  • @Mokey56001
    @Mokey56001 Рік тому +1

    Aaawwww :( And here I was thinking you were making the potato candies that B. Dylan Hollis made. You should check it out. :D

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  Рік тому

      I made those 4 years ago: ua-cam.com/video/z2Ik9PA4tOI/v-deo.html.

  • @Hannah-hx5sp
    @Hannah-hx5sp Рік тому

    would love to see you make an actual irish treat, fifteens. Love from ireland

  • @mysmirandam.6618
    @mysmirandam.6618 Рік тому +2

    I still have cream cheese frosting stuck under my nails from two days ago

  • @mlaz0926
    @mlaz0926 Рік тому +1

    I honestly do think I learn something in just about every episode.

  • @nurseprac.nikki513
    @nurseprac.nikki513 Рік тому +3

    I’m from Southern New Jersey and these are a staple at this time of year but the ones you made are super sized. Usually they are bite sized not actual potato sized. Lol.

  • @cbryce9243
    @cbryce9243 Рік тому +8

    Always happy when you make gluten free things! I can't wait to make both of these for our next potluck! Thank you Emmy!

  • @trudiethomas656
    @trudiethomas656 Рік тому

    There another, potato candy. Mounds and almond joy. Potato and coconut. Very good.

  • @Minyassa
    @Minyassa Рік тому +1

    I wonder if it will work if I use leftover mashed potatoes in the first recipe instead of coconut (allergic). Think I might try that.

  • @christinew4108
    @christinew4108 Рік тому

    Might have to try these. Love peppermint patties!

  • @myheart4apen
    @myheart4apen Рік тому +2

    My paternal Grandmother made "potato candy", aka "Martha Wahington candy", with potatoes, powdered sugar, and spread with peanut butter and rolled up then sliced. My Granma was from Kentucky Appalachia originally but may have picked up the recipe while living in Southwestern Ohio.

  • @catherinejustcatherine1778
    @catherinejustcatherine1778 Рік тому

    So much fun!

  • @nicholaskarako5701
    @nicholaskarako5701 Рік тому +2

    I have heard of this version of potato candy before, but have not had as of yet. Grow up with the potato candy made with a small boil potato, a butt load of confectionary sugar, butter and peanut butter. That is then rolled into bit size pinwheels and typically made during Christmas or at least in my family. Watched your videos you posted a few years ago of you making both the cream cheese and the potato version. Both are super sweet, but this peppermint one sounds awesome and might make maybe one batch using green creme de menthe. I have made a chocolate version of the potato version of potato candy and definitely cuts down the amount of sugar you need to use. I made them into peanut butter filled balls, some i use made into balls and rolled them into crush nuts or grated coconut. 🤔 ...although I guess technically I have made the cream cheese version of potato candy when made some chocolate chip Bailey balls rolled in Grapenuts cereal for my senior thesis art show opening back in college. Had some Bailey's cream cheese frosting left over from my birthday cake. Was able to use up the oatmeal, wheat germ and Grapenuts cereal I had. The only thing I had to buy was chocolate chips. People must of liked them because they disappeared quickly.