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Yes, you heard right—potato candy. Of course, by the time you have added chocolate and coconut and other good things according to the recipe given here, the result is more appropriately named Coconut Fruit Drops. The taste: As delectable as any sweet that ever graced a candy dish! Try it once, and you will think twice be fore you ever throw out any left over mashed potatoes in your home. COCONUT FRUIT DROPS 1-4 cup hot mashed potatoes 1 teaspoon melted butter 1 3-4 cups (% pound) sifted con fectioners’ sugar % teaspoon vanilla Dash of salt 1% cups shredded coconut 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted 1-4 teaspoon grated lemon or orange rind. Mix potatoes and butter together in bowl. Add sugar gradually and beat until thoroughly blended. Add vanilla, salt, coconut, and choco late, and grated lemon or orange rind. Drop from teaspoon onto waxed paper. Let stand until firm. Makes about 2 dozen drops.
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Beckley Post Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sat, Dec 13, 1952
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