Have you dreamed about whipping up homemade candy for the holidays? Here’s one to try this season: old-fashioned potato candy! It may sound unusual, but it’s a nostalgic delicacy that’s quite simple ...

Use a fork to prick the potato all over. Place on a microwave-safe plate and microwave until easily pierced with a paring knife, 8 to 10 minutes, rotating halfway through. If the potato is still too ...

Struck by the spirit of the holiday, I decided to whip up these “Irish Potato Candy” treats and take them into the Newsroom Taste Testers on St. Patrick’s Day. To be clear, there is not a shred of ...

Virginia Cox of Baltimore was looking for a recipe for making sweet potato candy, sometimes also known as cinnamon logs. Anna Wilkinson, also of Baltimore, sent in her recipe for this “melt in your ...

1. Combine mashed potatoes, butter, vanilla, salt and one cup sugar in a large bowl. Stir until combined. Mixture will liquefy when first sugar is added then gradually begin to thicken as you add more ...

What luck, we have a totally different way to make potato candy today, thanks to a delicious remembrance and how-to combo from Everett cook Judi Ramsey. “I have read your column for years,” she writes ...

Virginia Cox of Baltimore was looking for a recipe for making sweet potato candy, sometimes also known as cinnamon logs. Anna Wilkinson, also of Baltimore, sent in her recipe for this “melt in your ...

If you crave the comfort of homemade holiday candy, but don’t know the difference between the thread stage or hard ball, let alone own a candy thermometer—don’t despair! Potato candy is the perfect ...

At this time of year, boxes of truffle-like candies called Irish Potatoes sit near the Irish soda breads and green-frosted cupcakes at the supermarket. brown lumps are an oddity. “It just comes out ...