Irish Potato Candy

A couple of weeks ago, one of my nieces came over to play with Grace.  She didn't get here until later in the day, so I asked if she wanted to sleep over.  I didn't have to ask twice!  She was on the phone with her mom right away asking permission! 

That night, after Grace went to sleep, Cass and I made some Irish Potatoes.  I've never made them before, so I did a search online and found this recipe.  Not only did I have all of the ingredients on-hand, the recipe looked really simple to make!

Irish Potato Candy

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 4 cups confectioners sugar
• 2 1/2 cups flaked coconut
• ground cinnamon

Directions:

• In a medium mixing bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Add the vanilla extract and confectioners sugar and mix until smooth.
• Add in the coconut and mix with your hands until all combined.
• Roll into balls, then roll in cinnamon to coat. 

Notes:

• Rolling the cream cheese and coconut mixture was a bit tedious, but went much faster with two of us making them!  Cass rolled the mixture into little balls and I then rolled them in the cinnamon! 
• The original recipe yields 60 "potatoes"  I think we rolled ours a little bigger since we only got about 50 of them. 

I'll be sharing this post with the following blog carnivals and linky parties: 

• Ultimate Recipe Swap
• Luck of the Irish Holiday Party
• Delicious Dishes
• Miz Helen's Full Plate Thursday