Chocolate Covered Potato Eggs

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Easter/Spring

Rated: 2 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (48)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(48)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
about 16 eggs

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: 2 hr 0 min
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 2 hr 35 min

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Ingredients

2 medium potatoes (2 cups total when mashed)
1 stick butter
2 (1-pound) boxes confectioners' sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups melted chocolate

Directions

Boil and mash potatoes, then cool to room temperature. Add butter to potatoes. Mix potatoes, sugar, and vanilla extract, and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour. The mixture should be the consistency of marzipan. Divide into 16 equal pieces and roll into egg shapes. Freeze them for 30 minutes. Dip pieces into melted chocolate to cover, transfer to a rack for the chocolate to harden. Serve cold.

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brenda glen rock, PA 04-12-2009
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we love this candy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

my family has been making potato candy for years.we just never shaped it.we use 2-3 tbsp leftover mashed potatoes(they... already are flavored with butter)add vanilla( we never measure it)stir together slowly add powdered sugar to form dough.this will get soupy just keep adding powdered sugar.we roll the dough out like a pie crust spread with peanutbutter,roll up & slice.depending on the time of year we add a few drops of food coloring to potato dough.i am 44 and have been eating this candy ever since i can remember to everyone with the bad reviews give it a try again.this candy is really good brendaRead more
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kathryn radcliff, KY 04-10-2009
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Recipe Is Wrong!!!!!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Who ever types these needs to get there crap straight! When you read the recipe in her cook book or watch her make these;... it's 1/2 cup mashed potatoes. I love this and grew up with it. I also had it with peanut butter.Read more
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Judy Ada, OK 03-27-2008
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Chocolate Covered Potato Eggs
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

JUST AWFUL..........Wasted 4lbs Powered Sugar plus the rest of ingredients! Was making them for a PArty that night..well... guess what......HAd to go to store and get ingredients for another desert.Waste of Time and MONEYRead more
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Anonymous 03-26-2008
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VERY disappointed
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I was very excited to try this recipe, I watched Paula make it on her show. When I tried it at home, the first batch turned... out soupy, never set. I tried it again with instant potatoes and froze it this time. I was able to get them in the chocolate but the inside melted on the table when i served them. Not a good recipe :(Read more
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Michelle McKeesport, PA 03-26-2008
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Not what the recipe sad
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I made the candy following directions some other people put on the site that had tried it. Use only 1/2 cup of potatoes and... two tablespoons of butter. They were way too sweet for my family. I will not make them again.Read more
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Anonymous 03-23-2008
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chocolate covered duds
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I tried the recipe twice. It did not work. Something is missing.....