Irish Potatoes

If you grew up in the Philadelphia area, you know what Irish Potato Candy is. You eat these little cinnamon-coated coconut cream treats on St. Patrick's Day.

Prep time: PT15M

Total time: PT45M

Rating

4.55 stars (40 reviews)

Keywords

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Ingredients

1/2 stick of butter (softened)
1/2 brick of cream cheese (softened)
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups confectioner's sugar
2 1/2 cups sweetened coconut
2 tbsp cinnamon

Cuisine

American
Irish

Steps

Using a hand mixer or electric stand mixer, beat together the butter and cream cheese.
Next, slowly add the powdered sugar.
Add the vanilla extract and mix to combine.
Add the coconut and mix well.
Before rolling the Irish potatoes mixture into balls, you may want to chill it for at least 30 minutes. Doing so will make it easier to form the dough into little balls.
You can use your hands to do this. However, I like to use a small ice cream scoop, like the one shown in the above photo. Keep in mind that Irish potato candies are really rich, so you want them to be small in size.
Roll the mixture into small balls and then roll them through a bowl or plate of ground cinnamon.
Place the Irish potatoes onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 92 kcal
Carbohydrates: 17 g
Protein: 0.2 g
Fat: 3 g
Saturated Fat: 2 g
Trans Fat: 0.1 g
Cholesterol: 3 mg
Sodium: 27 mg
Sugar: 15 g
Unsaturated Fat: 0.5 g

Reviews

Nicole Wyatt on 2024-05-12 (5 stars):
Ummm i put jimmys in my cinnamon. I think "Jimmys" might be Philadelphia too but idk cause us from here dont get out much. Lol. We go down the shore. I love these though and make them all the time.. i had them being from Ireland and made when they didn't have potatoes, and all. i was shocked to learn its just something made in Philly. A little disappointed too because i had this whole old time vision of "faking potatoes" ... Lol. Im still a 5 year old, apparently.. and a lil piggy because i toss mine in vanilla ice cream. .. which is soooooo amazing that I emailed ben and jerrys w a new flavor i invented . I called it "Phillys Irish coconut cream!". Thought "potato " in name would ruin it. They never wrote back. Lmao. I thought it was brilliant!