My grandmother and I used to make potato candy (pinwheels) together, when I was younger. We would make it durring Christmas time, doing batches of red and then green. She passed over a year ago and I miss her terribly..... this was a real treat today, in everyway. Great Video! Much Love 😁💚
WhitDog WhatsUp oh I’m so sorry about your nan! I love cooking with my god mom. I hope you can make some of these at Xmas with a little one in your family 🌹family food memories are the BEST!
Real Potato candy doesn't taste like coconut! The peanut butter one is what it's supposed to taste like! I am 60 years old, been eating it since I was a little boy!
Potato candy is such a great memory for me. For Christmas, we would always go to my grandma's house to bake/cook. We always made potato candy with peanut butter and cinnamon glass candy.
in germany especially in the dbr where marzipan was too expensive, they take potato, mash it, mix it with sugar and some water, boil it, and add bitter almond flavour, and let it cool down. to make fake marzipan. looks similar
As a kid a friends Aunt would make these for us all the time, God bless that woman. The longer you lave them in the fridge the more that super sweetness will temper.
We used to make the potato-like candies when I was a kid in the 60s. I like sculptting them into realistic russet potato shapes and carefully shading them with cinnamon.
Hi Emmy, I liked your potato candy. I’ve never had any or heard of it before, but it looked good to the taste so I made some. I have not tried it, I have just finished rolling it up and placing it in the fridge. I used a larger potato than u suggested, and it made a huge serving of potato dough. I had too much left over. I will let ya know the the outcome of the taste test when the fridge does it part. I used peanut butter as the filling. Mmmmm it’s Gooood!
When I was a child (I'm now 65) my Mother and Aunt made a version of the "potato" ones. Instead of adding vanilla extract, they would add peppermint extract. They would roll the candy mix into balls and dip in chocolate. A year ago as a tribute to them both (they are both gone now) I tried to make the same thing they did. Mine sure came close to theirs. Just have to get a better chocolate for dipping them in. Thanks for a great video Emmy.
My grandma use to make potato candy. Simple. . Left over mashed potatoes from dinner , powdered sugar and black walnuts (from a wild black walnut tree in the woods near by). She would roll it out in a rope about the thuckness of her finger. (Because they are so sweet) and then cut them in to bite size pieces. I miss my grandma. She was born in 1892. She was 68 when I was born.(I was her first grand child) I learned a lot from her.
I’m going to share this video with some people I know who keep super strict kosher for Passover rules, as these candies can work well for them to make and enjoy: no flour, no leavening agents. I bet they’d like it!
I grew up in Philly, so I make Irish potatoes every year. In fact, there is literally a batch in my kitchen on a sheet pan which I just finished rolling out about 20 minutes ago. As I was rolling them, I started wondering if you made a video of it. I’m so happy you made one.
Similar to Scottish Macaroons which are made with mashed potato and icing sugar. Roll the mix into balls and cover in melted chocolate and then dusted in toasted coconut. Also, in Scotland we have "Lucky Tatties" which are like flat versions of the sweets you tasted today. They're made with cassia and dusted in cinnamon. Back in the 50s and 60s they would contain a toy hidden in the filling. No toy nowadays though.
Emmy, I'm so excited that I stayed up too late tonight watching some of your older videos! I ran across this video, saw the candy in the preview and couldn't believe it. It meant so much to me that I paused the TV (how I usually watch UA-cam) and grabbed my phone. I wanted to make sure I could locate the video. I didn't want to lose the information or have to hunt all over for it. I was first exposed to this candy when my first husband and I went to Florida to visit his grandmother. She was from Pennsylvania and had made this candy for us from an old family recipe. I had asked her for the recipe but she wouldn't give it to me. She said it was passed down in the family, only, from generation to generation. (Ummm, rude! I was already married to her grandson, so wasn't I already family?!?!) She told me if I wanted the recipe her daughter, my (then) husband's mother, would have to give it to me. Well, that was just ducky. I asked her and she said maybe some day. 14 years worth of some days later, her son cheated on me, ran away with his girlfriend, and I still didn't have the recipe. I win in the end, though. He and his mother still have to deal with his crazy girlfriend, now wife. I don't have to deal with any of them now that our four children are grown and I ended up with the recipe after all. Win, win for me. Thank you Emmy!!!
Yes! I love Marzipankartoffeln. I was surprised that these potatoes Emmy tried were made of coconut, instead of marzipan, but then again, coconut is a more common flavor for candies in the US, so it makes sense.
you can add a couple tablespoons of cocoa powder to the first amount of powdered sugar that you add to the potatoes. it doesn't change the texture but it does offset the sweetness a bit and make for a reese cup vibe
In Germany we have a traditional candy called "Marzipankartoffeln" which are looking just like those Irish Potatoes but they are made of marzipan. I need to try those Irish ones, they sound delicious.
I was looking for this comment! They are also kinda popular during Christmas here in Poland, but more on west side, colser to germany, so I guess we got them from you.
My sister in law sent me right after Christmas this year a recipe for potatoe candy Hubby is from Delaware. I haven't got around to making them so this is great. Thanks Hazel from Seattle
Chloe Moser she was doing the original version. Do you notice the difference in shape as well? The one she made is spiral shaped, and theirs are lumpy. To quote her talking about her candy “these are a completely different type of candy”.
My goodness! I am glad I found this. My papa would always make this for Christmas and I had to ask him how to make it. He just told me and I had to figure it out on my own. Now I will update the way I make them and even make the ones that look like potatoes! This is fantastic. I am also not a big fan of peanut butter any more but I love it in this candy.
Best regards from Ireland. Roasted potatoes mixed with butter and as a kid I took out my roast potato insides, mixed them with meat, butter and carrots and whatever else was on my plate and stuffed as much as I could back into the roast potato. This isn't a traditional thing, it's just what I did as a kid playing with my food and it's delicious. The now stuffed roast potato I then ate like you would a burger and it was awesome. Plus the extra bit of roast potato that couldn't fit back in when mixed with butter and the other ingredients on my plate was also great too. Again, this was me as a kid playing with my food here in Ireland. Nothing special about it. Great videos. I don't know if I have ever had any of these foods mentioned in this video, but I might try them sometime in the future if I remember to. Take care and God bless from county Cork (yes, I know that's one letter misspelling away from meaning something else, lol) , in the Republic of Ireland.
They look exactly like the “Marzipan Kartoffeln” (marzipan potatoes) in Germany. They are made of marzipan are also coverd in cinamon and are eaten around christmas time🤗
I can picture cinnamon in the peanut butter candies. In the 70s there was a brand of flavored peanut butter called Koogle. I loved all the flavors: chocolate, cinnamon, banana and vanilla.
Great video! I grew up in the Philly area and at 48 just realized this year Irish Potatoes aren't a thing everywhere! They appear in grocery stores and other places around St. Patrick's Day every year...LOVE the Oh Ryan's!! I make my own with butter, cream cheese, vanilla, powdered sugar, sweetened coconut flakes- then rolled into the little "potatoes" and rolled in or put in a bag of cinnamon. I found that putting them on a cookie sheet with a squared wire grid over wax paper or paper towels after the cinnamon works well for getting rid of the excess cinnamon. Just pick up the cookie sheet a bit and drop or tap it on the counter, turning the candies a few times as you do it. They might get slightly beat up, but that just gives them some character like potatoes anyway :) Or you can put them in a stainless sieve and give them a little shake! They end up tasting like the packaged ones but you can have them anytime and they are super easy and delicious! No baking required, just put in airtight container in fridge!
I have been making potato candy, around Christmas time for years. My kids love it. I add cinnamon to my potato mixture. I have used a peanut butter Nutella mixture before.
i had no idea this recipe was irish. i am born and raised in montréal (franco) and my grandmother would make these ! 'bonbons aux patates' :D ! wow, such a nice memory for me. thanks for the video !
@Fino Menezes Coconuts are not grown in abundance in Ireland!!! Do you even know what kind of habitat a coconut needs to mature in?? 🤣Now go look up about Irish winter's. Lol
This was so wonderful to see! My grandmother taught me to make this exactly how you did, but she always made hers larger and more ovoid than circular. She told me that her mother made them, and her mother before that made them. She said it was something that they had been making for generations. This made me feel at home again. Thank you Emmy!
I grew up in Indiana, w/ a grandma from Kentucky, and other family friends from Kentucky & Tennessee. They were always bringing us homemade potato candy, along w/ other homemade candies, at Christmas time. My mom would also make it sometimes. In recent years I've been trying to make it myself, here in Texas (where nobody knows about it). I hadn't seen the little "baked potatos" until a couple days ago. TFS
I love Irish potatoes!!! I grew up in Philadelphia, and we would buy them every year around St. Patrick's Day! I have made a homemade version of them, and they come out really well.
My dad's side of the family is from south Jersey, including an aunt who owned a hotel in Cape May, and my mom had a couple aunts who vacationed at that hotel. Nobody knew about this connection until their wedding when the respective aunts had an unexpected mini-reunion. Despite spending lots of time with my aunts, uncles, and grand-parents in both south Jersey and Philly, this is the first that I've heard of Irish Potato candy. :-( I'll have to see if I can get some the next time I make my way out there. (Although they sound way sweeter than I'd like.)
We make one similar to the packaged ones... but we soak the desiccated coconut in whiskey for a couple of days before mixing it with butter and powdered sugar. Rolled into balls and rolled in cinnamon. Sooo good.
We also have the Oh Ryan's Irish Potatoes in Maryland. I never realized they weren't nationwide. Emme have you had Berger Cookies? I feel like I've seen you try them. But I'm not certain. They are from Maryland. I don't think they are sold in many other states. Maybe bordering ones....I would gladly send you a package.
My Mom just made the potato candy pinwheels for Christmas this year. (2019) She actually makes it every year to go with her homemade black walnut fudge. So Delicious!!!
I'm Irish, and live in Ireland, and I've never seen these. Amazing how much Americans are obsessed with Irish they will even invent Irish things! Insane. They look nice tho
When I was a kid I loved Irish potatoes. Looked toward to eating them every year. Then one year, I had like 10 Irish potatoes in a row. Got such a bad stomach ache from it, and haven't eaten one since. Lol. I didn't know they were a regional thing. You learn something new everyday! Thanks for the video Emmy! Can't wait to see the next one!
My grandma used to make the peanut butter potato candy every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I knew they had potato in them when I was a kid, but I never really knew how they were made or that they were a traditional candy that anyone else made! Thanks for doing this video on them, really brought back some memories and makes me want to whip up a batch of them.
Homemade "Irish potatoes" are much better! The recipe couldn't be easier either. You just combine butter, cream cheese, coconut, and powdered sugar and then roll them in cinnamon. My mom and I used to make them every year growing up. So delicious and creamy plus you can control the amount of sweetness you add. I think you would enjoy this much more Emmy rather than the overly sweet pre-made stuff!
POTATO CANDY!!! Oh, my goodness, this brings back such wonderful memories of my Granny's kitchen (or sometimes ours) when I was growing up. We only made this once a year, at Christmas time, and it was absolutely hands-down my favorite of all the Christmas goodies she and my mom (sometimes with my help) made. (Rum balls -- ugh!!!) When I was ten we discovered that my mom, my brother and I all had chronic hypoglycemia (considering all the goodies my mom always made, it's not surprising), and we had to cut out all sugar from our diets. (Although I didn't comply all that well until I was a young adult and realized I really did feel better without sugar in my life.) My mom still has Granny's recipe somewhere, but we never, ever make it, of course. When I was in my mid-20s I worked at a fancy women's dress shop, and for Christmas that year we all brought treats to share on Christmas Eve. I made this. And yep, I ate some. But I couldn't stand the sweetness of it anymore! Having gone that long without eating much sugar, it was just too grossly sweet. I was so sad! So I've never made it again -- but it's been so fun to watch this video and remember so fondly those times making this with my Granny. She passed away 11 years ago at the ripe old age of 95, and I miss her like crazy. Thank you for sparking such wonderful, warm memories! (BTW, I grew up in West Texas, and Granny came from East Texas ... I'm wondering if this recipe is a Southern thing, or if she just picked it up somewhere along the way and made it a tradition...)
Thank you for not making me feel weird about hating peanut butter. I really hate it. If the sweetness bothers you with the nutella, why not use a bittersweet type of chocolate, maybe dark? Or use less sugar in the potato thing. I love sweets and I usually don't think anything I'd too sweet, and I have had a lot of sweets lol. My favorite chocolate os white chocolate which I heard was the sweetest chocolate, idk. But I make a frosting out of it and its so delicious! And its not too rich or sweet! And tastes so much better than any store bought frosting!
I was raised in the suburbs of Philly and my late Great Mother made potato peanut butter candy often , my sis and I loved it thank you for reminding me
Completely an american thing. Every year that passes I hope Americans will reel back their absolute lunacy where paddys day is concerned, every single year without fail Im spectacularly let down. Such a joke of a celebration.
I’ve seen them before but it was in one of those tacky coastal tourist shops that are always full of shamrocks and leprechaun hats. They definitely don’t sell them in everyday shops or at least I’ve never seen them, I’m pretty sure they were an American import.
This is my all time favorite candy ever. My mom made it growing up, and I make it now. I use a small potato, powdered sugar, vanilla, and peanut butter.
I ve never seen those before...had no idea. Thanx for showing me sth new Emmy That was kinda cool and really looked like potatoes...lol Kisses from Greece
My mother always used everything. When she had some mashed potatoes left over, she would make potato cakes/fritters or these Peanut Butter Potato candies. We loved these so much.
South Jersey girl here . Didn't know Irish Potatoes were just regional. The Oryans are all over the supermarkets this time of year. My grandmother made similar Peanut Butter Pinwheels also. Similar taste is white chocolate Reeses. Thank you for helping me think of a nice childhood memory.
My grandmother and I made potato candy a lot when I was a kid. Sometimes she’d put some homemade orange marmalade in the center. The slight tartness cut the sweetness a little and was delicious! I love the peanut butter version as well!
From northern NH, my mother in law introduced me to Need-ums.. they're made with potato, coconut, powered sugar and covered in chocolate.. it's like a homemade mounds bar.. so good!
they look like something here we have in Australia called ‘Candy Spuds’ (Spuds is a slang term we call potatoes) except they are only rolled in cocoa powder, not cinnamon
Haha I just commented the same thing. I do believe they are made of a substance very similar to marzipan minus the almond essence or oil. So they don't really have that strong marzipan taste
Kaytee maybe you ought to consider that the OP may not have been sure whether or not the colloquial term for potato is used in other parts of the world?
Potato candy is poor man's candy and it has rustic potato only. It's easy candy and cover with peanut butter thin and chopped powder walnuts. Made it for one of my candy's. I also do potato cinnamon rolls they get very big and fluffy. But for America running out of food and store's we will see how things go.
When i was a child - many many years ago, we used to make something similar with my mother - we would add flavourings to the potato mixture, though - peppermint or cherry or almond - and then roll it into balls and dip them in melted chocolate. These were the chocolates of my childhood... and yes, I am of Irish heritage. Thanks for the memories... :)
Hi, Emmy! My family is Irish/German, but leaning more towards Irish. We make Irish Potato Candy every single Christmas! It's so incredibly sweet, but it reminds me of my grandma and my childhood so I always make it! Mmmmmm. It's so easy to make!
I’m from South Jersey and these are for sure a St. Patty’s day staple. You find them in supermarkets, bakery’s and specialty shops as soon as March 1st hits. Deliciously sweet! Fudge Kitchen is definitely my fave.
Gi Gi as a Scottish person I've grown up with tablet and can confirm it's great, and very Scottish. Like a hard fudge, my granny used to make it every Christmas and it's best home made and it just melts in your mouth. Would recommend Emmy!
It is really good and I hope she makes it as I've yet to find a recipe I'm completely happy with. It's a bit similar to Russian fudge as well, which is also a hard fudge that melts in the mouth that I love. 😊 Though after thinking more, Emmy probably wouldn't like Scottish tablet as she'd likely find it too sweet... 🤔
I learned something new today. I m from the Philadelphia area and I thought everyone had Irish potatoes at this time of year. But it makes sense that it’s only around this area. Most of the Irish immigrants came here. My great grandparents came here from Ireland.
The fondant ones you made yourself seem very much alike the marzipan potatoes eaten here when Sinterklaas is coming around: almond play-doh that is just too sweet to swallow.....but somehow it's really popular here in The Netherlands. Come to think of it: I might recall you doing an Emmy Eats The Netherlands video, which had those mazipan potatoes in it.....now I have to check your playlist :-) Thank you for this wonderful video!! You gave me the perfect recipe to make for my nephew's upcoming birthday!!
I'm from south philly and growing up, I always assumed that they were everywhere as well. I had no idea until watching this video that they're regional. I learn something new every day and every time I watch your videos, thank you for teaching us things we didn't know. Also, thank you for this recipe, I'm definitely going to try making these. I've made Irish potatoes before but I've never made the other ones you made before so of course, I definitely have to give them a try. Thank you for the recipe and thanks for sharing that information with us, I had no idea. Like I said, I too, thought Irish potatoes were everywhere. But yeah, thanks Emmy, definitely going to give this a try. By the way, I think the Orion ones are better but I prefer making my own Irish potatoes because I'm not a big fan of the shredded coconut in it so I ground it into a powder and then mix it. I know the Orion ones don't have shredded coconut in it but the texture of them isn't how I like them, they're a bit too hard for me. But yeah, I just prefer to make my own Irish potatoes. They're so much better that way. But thank you for the recipe for the potato candy. It's going to be neat to try it with actual potatoes in it because growing up, I thought that Irish potatoes contained actual potatoes in it but apparently they don't. Also, I agree with you on that, hahaha, they definitely are way too sweet but I love them. I can only eat a few at a time because they're so sweet but I do love them. Thank you again for this video and thank you for teaching me a few more things I didn't know. Love you Emmy, keep it up, you're amazing.
I love Irish potato i make them at home a lot. I use toasted coconut on top with chocolate drizzled on top and a peanut butter chocolate filling. Or just do a basic peanut butter filling.
Harpo Django Rose I kind of know what she means, there's some sweets that make my mouth kind of pucker and dry up, like Skittles. But of course everyone's palate is different! I tend to prefer savory to sweet, maybe that's why.
"Too sweet" is subjective. Like "too spicy". For me most sweets make my mouth itch. It's not enjoyable. Now sour, salt or hot/spicy and I'm in. But sweet is not a flavor I enjoy.
I have a sweet tooth, but if something is very sweet without any tartness or bitterness, it's too much for me. It needs a balance. I think this is why I love dark chocolate so much; the bitterness balances it out. Also why I'm not a fan of cream soda. Very one note, just sweet and nothing else.
I'm from Tennessee, and my grandmother usually made potato candy for Christmas and other holidays. I learned to make it a few years ago, and I was amazed at how much powdered sugar goes into them. They are delicious, though, and one of the few traditional treats my mom and sisters can still eat, since learning they are allergic to wheat gluten.
In Scotland,we have MACAROON BAR which is the same potato/icing sugar combo,but cut into bars,thinly coated with chocolate and then toasted coconut. So easy to make,but delicious x
My grandmother used to make this she doesn't so much anymore, but they are sooooo good! She made them a little smaller, but they are still delicious!! I get my love for peanut butter from her I remember when she would watch me she would give me bites of peanut butter out of the jar. lol mostly while she was making this candy lol so many good memories associated with this candy thanks for sharing the video. ❤
Yes I love potato candy! My great grandmother showed my grandma, my grandma showed my mom and then she showed me now I make it for my children. We just used leftover mashed potatoes(mashed boiled potatoes, butter or margarine, milk, salt,a little pepper and I add sour cream as well). Just a small amount of cold mashed potatoes gradually add powdered sugar until you get the same fondant like dough, roll it out add a liberal layer of peanut butter (seriously alot of peanut butter helps balance out the sweet in this candy). Roll it out,refrigerate for a couple hours and your done! Just slice and eat! Instant mashed potatoes works too. Also I worked with a lady that didn't use potatoes of any kind she used cream cheese. I think she added some vanilla extract with the cream cheese and powder sugar. It tasted good too.
I love The Fudge Kitchen! I go every year to the location in Cape May, NJ. Irish potatoes and chocolate covered molasses pops are a must! The fudge is good too!
I once bought potato candy at an Asian market in New Orleans. It was literally just pieces of potato that were candied. Think candied ginger, except... potatoes. They were... different?
I just stumbled upon this video and everyone I’ve ever told this about has never heard about them!! My great grandma makes them and I only had them a handful of times around Christmas time in Kentucky.
You didn’t warn people about the absolutely insane amount of powdered sugar you need to have on hand when making potato candy. We’ve run out of sugar in the middle more than once. Normally we make it at Christmas.
My grandmother and I used to make potato candy (pinwheels) together, when I was younger. We would make it durring Christmas time, doing batches of red and then green. She passed over a year ago and I miss her terribly..... this was a real treat today, in everyway. Great Video! Much Love 😁💚
WhitDog WhatsUp oh I’m so sorry about your nan! I love cooking with my god mom. I hope you can make some of these at Xmas with a little one in your family 🌹family food memories are the BEST!
Orelafter True. Thanks so much😁💙
What a special memory to have of her 💜
I'm sorry for your loss- and I love the memory you shared.
Sending love 🙏🏻💙🕊
A piece of potato candy and a slice of beef fudge...you've got a whole meal! lol
Michelle Chhouen He he, not to forget a side of mayo-lime-jelly...?
Beef jerky in dark chocolate may be good
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Lol
And when you finish you can have an after dinner candy cigarette 😋
Real Potato candy doesn't taste like coconut! The peanut butter one is what it's supposed to taste like! I am 60 years old, been eating it since I was a little boy!
Joey Barnes I'm with you, keep with tradition, my grand mother use to make them they should taste like peanut butter always.👍😊
Very true I never seen potato candy any other way then with the peanut butter in it I also just made three huge rolls about a week ago
Potato candy is such a great memory for me. For Christmas, we would always go to my grandma's house to bake/cook. We always made potato candy with peanut butter and cinnamon glass candy.
in germany especially in the dbr where marzipan was too expensive, they take potato, mash it, mix it with sugar and some water, boil it, and add bitter almond flavour, and let it cool down. to make fake marzipan. looks similar
Giotto Ferrero sounds yum 😍
Oh I love marzipan I think I'll try that
I thought that it looks like mazapán too, that's bad for me because I hate mazapán lol.
As a kid a friends Aunt would make these for us all the time, God bless that woman. The longer you lave them in the fridge the more that super sweetness will temper.
I'd be tempted to fill the spirals with an unsweetened chocolate ganache so that the sugar of the candy would be offset by the bitterness.
Tippi B 😍
Yes. I knew the nutella filling was a no no because of the extra sugar.
Mmm...sounds good to me.
OOOH! Or you could make a less sweet cream cheese/cheesecake filling. ^.^
I like the way you think.
We used to make the potato-like candies when I was a kid in the 60s. I like sculptting them into realistic russet potato shapes and carefully shading them with cinnamon.
Hi Emmy, I liked your potato candy. I’ve never had any or heard of it before, but it looked good to the taste so I made some. I have not tried it, I have just finished rolling it up and placing it in the fridge.
I used a larger potato than u suggested, and it made a huge serving of potato dough. I had too much left over.
I will let ya know the the outcome of the taste test when the fridge does it part. I used peanut butter as the filling.
Mmmmm it’s Gooood!
I'm dying to know! How was it? I bought the ingredients this weekend to make it 🤪
@@AshleyRice883 Good.. if i had more experience i bet it would be better.
Give it to the kids on Halloween. Tell them it's potatoes disguised as candy for Halloween.
Potato candy has been a holiday staple in my family for decades. I usually don't admit that there's potato in when sharing it with others.
When I was a child (I'm now 65) my Mother and Aunt made a version of the "potato" ones. Instead of adding vanilla extract, they would add peppermint extract. They would roll the candy mix into balls and dip in chocolate. A year ago as a tribute to them both (they are both gone now) I tried to make the same thing they did. Mine sure came close to theirs. Just have to get a better chocolate for dipping them in. Thanks for a great video Emmy.
My grandma use to make potato candy. Simple. . Left over mashed potatoes from dinner , powdered sugar and black walnuts (from a wild black walnut tree in the woods near by). She would roll it out in a rope about the thuckness of her finger. (Because they are so sweet) and then cut them in to bite size pieces. I miss my grandma. She was born in 1892. She was 68 when I was born.(I was her first grand child) I learned a lot from her.
I’m going to share this video with some people I know who keep super strict kosher for Passover rules, as these candies can work well for them to make and enjoy: no flour, no leavening agents. I bet they’d like it!
I grew up in Philly, so I make Irish potatoes every year. In fact, there is literally a batch in my kitchen on a sheet pan which I just finished rolling out about 20 minutes ago.
As I was rolling them, I started wondering if you made a video of it. I’m so happy you made one.
Similar to Scottish Macaroons which are made with mashed potato and icing sugar. Roll the mix into balls and cover in melted chocolate and then dusted in toasted coconut.
Also, in Scotland we have "Lucky Tatties" which are like flat versions of the sweets you tasted today. They're made with cassia and dusted in cinnamon. Back in the 50s and 60s they would contain a toy hidden in the filling. No toy nowadays though.
Emmy, I'm so excited that I stayed up too late tonight watching some of your older videos! I ran across this video, saw the candy in the preview and couldn't believe it. It meant so much to me that I paused the TV (how I usually watch UA-cam) and grabbed my phone. I wanted to make sure I could locate the video. I didn't want to lose the information or have to hunt all over for it.
I was first exposed to this candy when my first husband and I went to Florida to visit his grandmother. She was from Pennsylvania and had made this candy for us from an old family recipe. I had asked her for the recipe but she wouldn't give it to me. She said it was passed down in the family, only, from generation to generation. (Ummm, rude! I was already married to her grandson, so wasn't I already family?!?!) She told me if I wanted the recipe her daughter, my (then) husband's mother, would have to give it to me. Well, that was just ducky. I asked her and she said maybe some day. 14 years worth of some days later, her son cheated on me, ran away with his girlfriend, and I still didn't have the recipe.
I win in the end, though. He and his mother still have to deal with his crazy girlfriend, now wife. I don't have to deal with any of them now that our four children are grown and I ended up with the recipe after all. Win, win for me. Thank you Emmy!!!
In Germany, we have something that looks a bit similar, but it's actually made of Marzipan and is usually eaten around Christmas time :D
Tobias Gemini Yumm😄
Tobias Gemini my family is from a mainly German area in the US and that is what I thought these were in the store. I'm glad I didn't get them now!
Yes! I love Marzipankartoffeln. I was surprised that these potatoes Emmy tried were made of coconut, instead of marzipan, but then again, coconut is a more common flavor for candies in the US, so it makes sense.
We have probably the same thing in Hungary, but it's quite an old-fashioned candy.
Tobias Gemini that sounds so delicious!!!!!! Marzipan at Xmas yesssssss
you can add a couple tablespoons of cocoa powder to the first amount of powdered sugar that you add to the potatoes. it doesn't change the texture but it does offset the sweetness a bit and make for a reese cup vibe
jemmasmom1 That’s inspired!
Crazy cool idea. I was really thinking of not making it becuse of soooooo much sugar. Thanks!✌
In Germany we have a traditional candy called "Marzipankartoffeln" which are looking just like those Irish Potatoes but they are made of marzipan. I need to try those Irish ones, they sound delicious.
I was looking for this comment! They are also kinda popular during Christmas here in Poland, but more on west side, colser to germany, so I guess we got them from you.
My sister in law sent me right after Christmas this year a recipe for potatoe candy Hubby is from Delaware. I haven't got around to making them so this is great. Thanks Hazel from Seattle
Notatoes?
"I was surprised to read that these actually contain no potatoes *at all*"
*puts potato in candy*
Chloe Moser she was doing the original version. Do you notice the difference in shape as well? The one she made is spiral shaped, and theirs are lumpy. To quote her talking about her candy “these are a completely different type of candy”.
My goodness! I am glad I found this. My papa would always make this for Christmas and I had to ask him how to make it. He just told me and I had to figure it out on my own. Now I will update the way I make them and even make the ones that look like potatoes! This is fantastic.
I am also not a big fan of peanut butter any more but I love it in this candy.
Everytime I’m upset, I can always tune into an Emmy video and she can always brighten my day with her positivity and light.
Best regards from Ireland. Roasted potatoes mixed with butter and as a kid I took out my roast potato insides, mixed them with meat, butter and carrots and whatever else was on my plate and stuffed as much as I could back into the roast potato. This isn't a traditional thing, it's just what I did as a kid playing with my food and it's delicious. The now stuffed roast potato I then ate like you would a burger and it was awesome.
Plus the extra bit of roast potato that couldn't fit back in when mixed with butter and the other ingredients on my plate was also great too.
Again, this was me as a kid playing with my food here in Ireland. Nothing special about it.
Great videos. I don't know if I have ever had any of these foods mentioned in this video, but I might try them sometime in the future if I remember to.
Take care and God bless from county Cork (yes, I know that's one letter misspelling away from meaning something else, lol) , in the Republic of Ireland.
They look exactly like the “Marzipan Kartoffeln” (marzipan potatoes) in Germany. They are made of marzipan are also coverd in cinamon and are eaten around christmas time🤗
Omg!! That little joke at the end did me in. 😂
I can picture cinnamon in the peanut butter candies. In the 70s there was a brand of flavored peanut butter called Koogle. I loved all the flavors: chocolate, cinnamon, banana and vanilla.
Great video! I grew up in the Philly area and at 48 just realized this year Irish Potatoes aren't a thing everywhere! They appear in grocery stores and other places around St. Patrick's Day every year...LOVE the Oh Ryan's!! I make my own with butter, cream cheese, vanilla, powdered sugar, sweetened coconut flakes- then rolled into the little "potatoes" and rolled in or put in a bag of cinnamon. I found that putting them on a cookie sheet with a squared wire grid over wax paper or paper towels after the cinnamon works well for getting rid of the excess cinnamon. Just pick up the cookie sheet a bit and drop or tap it on the counter, turning the candies a few times as you do it. They might get slightly beat up, but that just gives them some character like potatoes anyway :) Or you can put them in a stainless sieve and give them a little shake! They end up tasting like the packaged ones but you can have them anytime and they are super easy and delicious! No baking required, just put in airtight container in fridge!
How would the potato candy taste with speculoos cookie butter rolled inside I wonder...
SpiderGirl42 it would taste like speculoos.
Maybe too sweet for Emmy on its own? A mix of cookie spread & peanut butter would be interesting!
SpiderGirl42 fucking amazing..
I have been making potato candy, around Christmas time for years. My kids love it. I add cinnamon to my potato mixture. I have used a peanut butter Nutella mixture before.
i had no idea this recipe was irish. i am born and raised in montréal (franco) and my grandmother would make these ! 'bonbons aux patates' :D ! wow, such a nice memory for me. thanks for the video !
rachellesd me too and I could only think of my mamie's bonbons patates!
I should have clarified in the video, but none of the candies in video have anything to do with Ireland or Irish culture. Go figure.🤷🏻♀️
Fino Menezes Are you joking? We can't grow coconuts 😂
rachellesd
@Fino Menezes Coconuts are not grown in abundance in Ireland!!! Do you even know what kind of habitat a coconut needs to mature in?? 🤣Now go look up about Irish winter's. Lol
This was so wonderful to see! My grandmother taught me to make this exactly how you did, but she always made hers larger and more ovoid than circular. She told me that her mother made them, and her mother before that made them. She said it was something that they had been making for generations. This made me feel at home again. Thank you Emmy!
I grew up in Indiana, w/ a grandma from Kentucky, and other family friends from Kentucky & Tennessee. They were always bringing us homemade potato candy, along w/ other homemade candies, at Christmas time. My mom would also make it sometimes. In recent years I've been trying to make it myself, here in Texas (where nobody knows about it). I hadn't seen the little "baked potatos" until a couple days ago. TFS
Gucci Del Taco amazing!!!
This video is proof positive that you cannot judge a recipe by it's contents.
I'm glad you did both versions.
Lived in South Jersey my whole life & also thought they were everywhere! Grew up eating & making these 😍 🥔
I love Irish potatoes!!! I grew up in Philadelphia, and we would buy them every year around St. Patrick's Day! I have made a homemade version of them, and they come out really well.
Fudge Kitchen! They're from my hometown of Cape May, NJ! :)
Kitxkitsune Open every day but christmas! Cape may love!
My dad's side of the family is from south Jersey, including an aunt who owned a hotel in Cape May, and my mom had a couple aunts who vacationed at that hotel. Nobody knew about this connection until their wedding when the respective aunts had an unexpected mini-reunion.
Despite spending lots of time with my aunts, uncles, and grand-parents in both south Jersey and Philly, this is the first that I've heard of Irish Potato candy. :-( I'll have to see if I can get some the next time I make my way out there. (Although they sound way sweeter than I'd like.)
Yup I'm from there too
We make one similar to the packaged ones... but we soak the desiccated coconut in whiskey for a couple of days before mixing it with butter and powdered sugar. Rolled into balls and rolled in cinnamon. Sooo good.
We also have the Oh Ryan's Irish Potatoes in Maryland. I never realized they weren't nationwide. Emme have you had Berger Cookies? I feel like I've seen you try them. But I'm not certain. They are from Maryland. I don't think they are sold in many other states. Maybe bordering ones....I would gladly send you a package.
Rachel Lynn oh how I miss those. Baltimore has the best treats! 😊
I’ve yet to see Berger cookies anywhere outside of Maryland! Love them, they’re a classic! But I’d imagine Emmy would find them way too sweet 😂
Berger’s cookies are awesome!
Berger cookies are the bestttttt
No, I've never had Berger cookies. I'm going to go google them -- thanks!
My Mom just made the potato candy pinwheels for Christmas this year. (2019) She actually makes it every year to go with her homemade black walnut fudge. So Delicious!!!
I'm Irish, and live in Ireland, and I've never seen these. Amazing how much Americans are obsessed with Irish they will even invent Irish things! Insane. They look nice tho
This recipe is from Irish immigrants to America during the depression
When I was a kid I loved Irish potatoes. Looked toward to eating them every year. Then one year, I had like 10 Irish potatoes in a row. Got such a bad stomach ache from it, and haven't eaten one since. Lol. I didn't know they were a regional thing. You learn something new everyday! Thanks for the video Emmy! Can't wait to see the next one!
💜 the entire video, but that ending had me 😂😂😂!
My grandma used to make the peanut butter potato candy every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I knew they had potato in them when I was a kid, but I never really knew how they were made or that they were a traditional candy that anyone else made! Thanks for doing this video on them, really brought back some memories and makes me want to whip up a batch of them.
Homemade "Irish potatoes" are much better! The recipe couldn't be easier either. You just combine butter, cream cheese, coconut, and powdered sugar and then roll them in cinnamon. My mom and I used to make them every year growing up. So delicious and creamy plus you can control the amount of sweetness you add. I think you would enjoy this much more Emmy rather than the overly sweet pre-made stuff!
Recipe please
I always thought o Ryan's had cream cheese...maybe not. But homemade is deff better
POTATO CANDY!!! Oh, my goodness, this brings back such wonderful memories of my Granny's kitchen (or sometimes ours) when I was growing up. We only made this once a year, at Christmas time, and it was absolutely hands-down my favorite of all the Christmas goodies she and my mom (sometimes with my help) made. (Rum balls -- ugh!!!) When I was ten we discovered that my mom, my brother and I all had chronic hypoglycemia (considering all the goodies my mom always made, it's not surprising), and we had to cut out all sugar from our diets. (Although I didn't comply all that well until I was a young adult and realized I really did feel better without sugar in my life.) My mom still has Granny's recipe somewhere, but we never, ever make it, of course.
When I was in my mid-20s I worked at a fancy women's dress shop, and for Christmas that year we all brought treats to share on Christmas Eve. I made this. And yep, I ate some. But I couldn't stand the sweetness of it anymore! Having gone that long without eating much sugar, it was just too grossly sweet. I was so sad! So I've never made it again -- but it's been so fun to watch this video and remember so fondly those times making this with my Granny. She passed away 11 years ago at the ripe old age of 95, and I miss her like crazy. Thank you for sparking such wonderful, warm memories!
(BTW, I grew up in West Texas, and Granny came from East Texas ... I'm wondering if this recipe is a Southern thing, or if she just picked it up somewhere along the way and made it a tradition...)
What were the rum balls like?
Thank you for not making me feel weird about hating peanut butter. I really hate it. If the sweetness bothers you with the nutella, why not use a bittersweet type of chocolate, maybe dark? Or use less sugar in the potato thing. I love sweets and I usually don't think anything I'd too sweet, and I have had a lot of sweets lol. My favorite chocolate os white chocolate which I heard was the sweetest chocolate, idk. But I make a frosting out of it and its so delicious! And its not too rich or sweet! And tastes so much better than any store bought frosting!
I was raised in the suburbs of Philly and my late Great Mother made potato peanut butter candy often , my sis and I loved it thank you for reminding me
I'm from Ireland and living here since i was born, am i the only Irish that have never heard or seen these before???
Sophie I’m from up north and was wondering the same thing 😂
Nothing Irish about them - entirely an American invention.
Up in Belfast here and ive never heard of these!
Completely an american thing. Every year that passes I hope Americans will reel back their absolute lunacy where paddys day is concerned, every single year without fail Im spectacularly let down. Such a joke of a celebration.
I’ve seen them before but it was in one of those tacky coastal tourist shops that are always full of shamrocks and leprechaun hats. They definitely don’t sell them in everyday shops or at least I’ve never seen them, I’m pretty sure they were an American import.
The old fashioned potato candy always reminded me of an Abba-Zaba on steroids that you left in a car on a Southern California summer day 😮🎉
This is my all time favorite candy ever. My mom made it growing up, and I make it now. I use a small potato, powdered sugar, vanilla, and peanut butter.
Love potato candy! This was my southern side of the family's favorite Christmas tradition.
I ve never seen those before...had no idea.
Thanx for showing me sth new Emmy
That was kinda cool and really looked like potatoes...lol
Kisses from Greece
My mother always used everything. When she had some mashed potatoes left over, she would make potato cakes/fritters or these Peanut Butter Potato candies. We loved these so much.
I wish I had thought to send you an Idaho potato candy bar. Again they are mostly marshmallow, coconut, and chocolate. Maybe next year😉
bgishy love those! ❤️
They're pretty good. I'm currently living in Idaho. :)
God the Idaho Spuds! Thoes are my favorite next to the Huckleberry Rock Chocolate Candy!
South Jersey girl here . Didn't know Irish Potatoes were just regional. The Oryans are all over the supermarkets this time of year. My grandmother made similar Peanut Butter Pinwheels also. Similar taste is white chocolate Reeses. Thank you for helping me think of a nice childhood memory.
You may want to trycto mix the sugar with potato starch the next time, to make it less sweet
My grandmother and I made potato candy a lot when I was a kid. Sometimes she’d put some homemade orange marmalade in the center. The slight tartness cut the sweetness a little and was delicious! I love the peanut butter version as well!
I'm from South jersey and I thought they were everywhere too😂
From northern NH, my mother in law introduced me to Need-ums.. they're made with potato, coconut, powered sugar and covered in chocolate.. it's like a homemade mounds bar.. so good!
they look like something here we have in Australia called ‘Candy Spuds’ (Spuds is a slang term we call potatoes) except they are only rolled in cocoa powder, not cinnamon
We have those in Germany as well, but made from marzipan (without any coconut flavour) and therefore we call them Marzipanpotatoes.
Haha I just commented the same thing. I do believe they are made of a substance very similar to marzipan minus the almond essence or oil. So they don't really have that strong marzipan taste
I'm not trying to sound rude, but spud means potatoes everywhere.
Kaytee maybe you ought to consider that the OP may not have been sure whether or not the colloquial term for potato is used in other parts of the world?
Potato candy is poor man's candy and it has rustic potato only. It's easy candy and cover with peanut butter thin and chopped powder walnuts. Made it for one of my candy's. I also do potato cinnamon rolls they get very big and fluffy. But for America running out of food and store's we will see how things go.
Yo props to Katie for coming through!! We wouldn't have this wonderful Emmy video without you. Thank you Katie!
M Guevara you're welcome!
When i was a child - many many years ago, we used to make something similar with my mother - we would add flavourings to the potato mixture, though - peppermint or cherry or almond - and then roll it into balls and dip them in melted chocolate. These were the chocolates of my childhood... and yes, I am of Irish heritage. Thanks for the memories... :)
I live in South Jersey...love them!
Hi, Emmy! My family is Irish/German, but leaning more towards Irish. We make Irish Potato Candy every single Christmas! It's so incredibly sweet, but it reminds me of my grandma and my childhood so I always make it! Mmmmmm. It's so easy to make!
Someone needs to make an Emmy "Hmm!" supercut (supercute?)
Man, my grandma used to make potato candy every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. This video brought back some good memories with my grandma.
Anyone else tell Emmy she's a beautiful lovely back?😄
We tell her all the time!!
Wow... That sounds terrible with such poor punctuation.
renee the d it made me laugh lol!
Creep
Quashaun Deberry So people giving back a compliment makes them a creep?
I’m from South Jersey and these are for sure a St. Patty’s day staple. You find them in supermarkets, bakery’s and specialty shops as soon as March 1st hits. Deliciously sweet!
Fudge Kitchen is definitely my fave.
Emmy can you try and make a candy called TABLET? I think its a Scottish candy. It is soooooooo good!
Gi Gi as a Scottish person I've grown up with tablet and can confirm it's great, and very Scottish. Like a hard fudge, my granny used to make it every Christmas and it's best home made and it just melts in your mouth. Would recommend Emmy!
It is really good and I hope she makes it as I've yet to find a recipe I'm completely happy with.
It's a bit similar to Russian fudge as well, which is also a hard fudge that melts in the mouth that I love. 😊
Though after thinking more, Emmy probably wouldn't like Scottish tablet as she'd likely find it too sweet... 🤔
Secret Diary of a Foodie I thought the same! It is pretty much just sugar and condensed milk so sugar on sugar....
I heard about Tablet a bit back, and found a couple youtube cook recipes. I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds so good!
I learned something new today. I m from the Philadelphia area and I thought everyone had Irish potatoes at this time of year. But it makes sense that it’s only around this area. Most of the Irish immigrants came here. My great grandparents came here from Ireland.
The fondant ones you made yourself seem very much alike the marzipan potatoes eaten here when Sinterklaas is coming around: almond play-doh that is just too sweet to swallow.....but somehow it's really popular here in The Netherlands.
Come to think of it: I might recall you doing an Emmy Eats The Netherlands video, which had those mazipan potatoes in it.....now I have to check your playlist :-)
Thank you for this wonderful video!! You gave me the perfect recipe to make for my nephew's upcoming birthday!!
gyqz Marzipan potatoes exist here in Germany too
You're absolutely correct. You my friend are a longtime Lovely. ✨
ja ik vind marsepijn ook niet lekker te zoet deze zijn beter
I'm from south philly and growing up, I always assumed that they were everywhere as well. I had no idea until watching this video that they're regional. I learn something new every day and every time I watch your videos, thank you for teaching us things we didn't know. Also, thank you for this recipe, I'm definitely going to try making these. I've made Irish potatoes before but I've never made the other ones you made before so of course, I definitely have to give them a try. Thank you for the recipe and thanks for sharing that information with us, I had no idea. Like I said, I too, thought Irish potatoes were everywhere. But yeah, thanks Emmy, definitely going to give this a try. By the way, I think the Orion ones are better but I prefer making my own Irish potatoes because I'm not a big fan of the shredded coconut in it so I ground it into a powder and then mix it. I know the Orion ones don't have shredded coconut in it but the texture of them isn't how I like them, they're a bit too hard for me. But yeah, I just prefer to make my own Irish potatoes. They're so much better that way. But thank you for the recipe for the potato candy. It's going to be neat to try it with actual potatoes in it because growing up, I thought that Irish potatoes contained actual potatoes in it but apparently they don't. Also, I agree with you on that, hahaha, they definitely are way too sweet but I love them. I can only eat a few at a time because they're so sweet but I do love them. Thank you again for this video and thank you for teaching me a few more things I didn't know. Love you Emmy, keep it up, you're amazing.
candy in package: contains no actual potato
emmys recipes: 1st ingredient, potato
And one of their few main ingredients is coconut, which wasn't in the DIY version...
I love Irish potato i make them at home a lot. I use toasted coconut on top with chocolate drizzled on top and a peanut butter chocolate filling. Or just do a basic peanut butter filling.
I have never ever never in my life ever tasted anything that was too sweet. I simply don't understand what people mean when they say that.
Harpo Django Rose I kind of know what she means, there's some sweets that make my mouth kind of pucker and dry up, like Skittles. But of course everyone's palate is different! I tend to prefer savory to sweet, maybe that's why.
"Too sweet" is subjective. Like "too spicy". For me most sweets make my mouth itch. It's not enjoyable.
Now sour, salt or hot/spicy and I'm in. But sweet is not a flavor I enjoy.
I have a sweet tooth, but if something is very sweet without any tartness or bitterness, it's too much for me. It needs a balance. I think this is why I love dark chocolate so much; the bitterness balances it out.
Also why I'm not a fan of cream soda. Very one note, just sweet and nothing else.
I'm from Tennessee, and my grandmother usually made potato candy for Christmas and other holidays. I learned to make it a few years ago, and I was amazed at how much powdered sugar goes into them. They are delicious, though, and one of the few traditional treats my mom and sisters can still eat, since learning they are allergic to wheat gluten.
☘Happy Saint Patricks day☘ bob
In Scotland,we have MACAROON BAR which is the same potato/icing sugar combo,but cut into bars,thinly coated with chocolate and then toasted coconut.
So easy to make,but delicious x
what an awful day I've had, until now 😀
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My grandmother used to make this she doesn't so much anymore, but they are sooooo good! She made them a little smaller, but they are still delicious!! I get my love for peanut butter from her I remember when she would watch me she would give me bites of peanut butter out of the jar. lol mostly while she was making this candy lol so many good memories associated with this candy thanks for sharing the video. ❤
yayyy!!! happy st.paddys day!!💚☘🍀
Yes I love potato candy! My great grandmother showed my grandma, my grandma showed my mom and then she showed me now I make it for my children. We just used leftover mashed potatoes(mashed boiled potatoes, butter or margarine, milk, salt,a little pepper and I add sour cream as well). Just a small amount of cold mashed potatoes gradually add powdered sugar until you get the same fondant like dough, roll it out add a liberal layer of peanut butter (seriously alot of peanut butter helps balance out the sweet in this candy). Roll it out,refrigerate for a couple hours and your done! Just slice and eat! Instant mashed potatoes works too. Also I worked with a lady that didn't use potatoes of any kind she used cream cheese. I think she added some vanilla extract with the cream cheese and powder sugar. It tasted good too.
All I can think of is the prank Jeana pulled on Jesse with these 😂
Cam18 Haha, I thought of them too.
I had some candy in NY called sponge candy. I would love to see it made. I really enjoy your presentations. Bravo!
OH MY GOD I WORK AT THE FUDGE KITCHEN!!
I have made old fashioned potato candy before for a school project. I love them so much!!!
I'm from Virginia and I see them at the gas station Wawa seasonally
Yes Wawa that's where I only ever see them!
I love The Fudge Kitchen! I go every year to the location in Cape May, NJ. Irish potatoes and chocolate covered molasses pops are a must! The fudge is good too!
I once bought potato candy at an Asian market in New Orleans. It was literally just pieces of potato that were candied. Think candied ginger, except... potatoes. They were... different?
Ilznidiotic Haha. Interesting is definitely a word to describe that. How did they taste?
I just stumbled upon this video and everyone I’ve ever told this about has never heard about them!! My great grandma makes them and I only had them a handful of times around Christmas time in Kentucky.
Literally just watched a chopped episode and they had to use these 😭
Bob!
I LOVE homemade potato candy, I've had the Sea's kind. Sooo yummy. I would love to diy these with you!! Thanks Emmy
"chocolate hazelnut spread" - aka ; NUTELLA
In Scotland we use same dough, shape into bars and cover in dark chocolate and dip in toasted coconut (dessicated) They are known as macaroon bars.
You didn’t warn people about the absolutely insane amount of powdered sugar you need to have on hand when making potato candy. We’ve run out of sugar in the middle more than once. Normally we make it at Christmas.
Oh the fudge kitchen! I always pop in there when I'm on the boards in Ocean City.
Am I the only one that feels like they've seen this episode from Emmy before...?? 🤔
Jennifer Le I feel like she has done this before also
She did a potato marzipan taste test in her emmy eats netherland I think so thats why you may feel youve seen this before
In Germany we have marzipan potatoes, i.e. formed into balls or potato shape and rolled in cocoa powder. Quite popular during Christmas season. :)