Candy Easter Eggs

"limey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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: I'm looking ahead to Easter! Just ran across a recipe for
candy Easter eggs
: using mashed potatoes, which has intrigued me for a long time.
:
: I haven't made candy before - just which method do I use for
dipping the
: eggs in chocolate? Spoon, fork? All the recipe says is "dip
in chocolate
: mixture". I'd like them to look attractive, rather than
messy. Many
: thanks.
:
: Dora
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Fondue or Seafood forks should work nicely...

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I'm looking ahead to Easter! Just ran across a recipe for candy Easter eggs using mashed potatoes,
which has intrigued me for a long time.

I haven't made candy before - just which method do I use for dipping the eggs in chocolate? Spoon,
fork? All the recipe says is "dip in chocolate mixture". I'd like them to look attractive, rather
than messy. Many thanks.

Dora

Perhaps a toothpick? Easier to patch the hole.

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Quoted message said:

I'm looking ahead to Easter! Just ran across a recipe for candy Easter eggs using mashed potatoes,
which has intrigued me for a long time.

I haven't made candy before - just which method do I use for dipping the eggs in chocolate? Spoon,
fork? All the recipe says is "dip in chocolate mixture". I'd like them to look attractive, rather
than messy. Many thanks. Dora

There are dipping forks made for such use -- some look like an egg-shaped loop at almost a right
angle to the long handle. Mine's copper. Try Wilton.
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limey said:

I'm looking ahead to Easter! Just ran across a recipe for candy Easter eggs using mashed potatoes,
which has intrigued me for a long time.

Recipe? It sounds interesting.
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It's Tis Herself

Thank you, everyone, for all the tips. Sorry - I meant to post the recipe but hit the send button
too soon. Here it is!

Candy Easter Eggs

3/4 cup mashed potatoes
4/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3-1/2 cups confectioner's sugar 8 ounces semisweet
chocolate 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

In mixing bowl, mix potato, salt and vanilla. Gradually mix in sugar. Cover and refrigerate until
cold. Shape 1/2 tablespoon of mixture into an egg shape.

Heat chocolate and oil until chocolate melts. Dip eggs into chocolate oil mixture. Set aside on wax
paper in refrigerator to harden.

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Thank you, everyone, for all the tips. Sorry - I meant to post the recipe but hit the send button
too soon. Here it is!

Candy Easter Eggs

3/4 cup mashed potatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3-1/2 cups confectioner's sugar 8 ounces semisweet
chocolate 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

In mixing bowl, mix potato, salt and vanilla. Gradually mix in sugar. Cover and refrigerate until
cold. Shape 1/2 tablespoon of mixture into an egg shape.

Heat chocolate and oil until chocolate melts. Dip eggs into chocolate oil mixture. Set aside on
wax paper in refrigerator to harden.

Did you make this up, or don't you remember where you got it from?

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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[email hidden] (limey) wrote in news:13b426af.0312130706.375fb761 @posting.google.com:

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Thank you, everyone, for all the tips. Sorry - I meant to post the recipe but hit the send
button too soon. Here it is!

Candy Easter Eggs

3/4 cup mashed potatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3-1/2 cups confectioner's sugar 8 ounces semisweet
chocolate 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

In mixing bowl, mix potato, salt and vanilla. Gradually mix in sugar. Cover and refrigerate
until cold. Shape 1/2 tablespoon of mixture into an egg shape.

Heat chocolate and oil until chocolate melts. Dip eggs into chocolate oil mixture. Set aside on
wax paper in refrigerator to harden.

Did you make this up, or don't you remember where you got it from?

Do you need to have your doctor adjust your medication AGAIN?? what a forktwit.

limey said:

Thank you, everyone, for all the tips. Sorry - I meant to post the recipe but hit the send button
too soon. Here it is!

Seriously? Mashed taters inside? Wow...this could get interesting. Tell me how it turns out?
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Omitted attribution: mimi hiller's cyberkitchen. Thanks, Wayne - I knew I would hear from you.

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Quoted message said:

Thank you, everyone, for all the tips. Sorry - I meant to post the recipe but hit the send button
too soon. Here it is!

Candy Easter Eggs

3/4 cup mashed potatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3-1/2 cups confectioner's sugar 8 ounces semisweet
chocolate 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

In mixing bowl, mix potato, salt and vanilla. Gradually mix in sugar. Cover and refrigerate until
cold. Shape 1/2 tablespoon of mixture into an egg shape.

Heat chocolate and oil until chocolate melts. Dip eggs into chocolate oil mixture. Set aside on
wax paper in refrigerator to harden.

Fondant is a traditional center for Easter eggs. It's pretty easy to make. The mashed potatoes just
don't do it for me - it's sort of creeps me out like that Velveeta fudge.

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Fondant is a traditional center for Easter eggs. It's pretty easy to make. The mashed potatoes
just don't do it for me - it's sort of creeps me out like that Velveeta fudge.

Traditional Needham candy recipes (sort of like Almond Joy or Mounds) use mashed potatoes in
the filling.

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Thank you, everyone, for all the tips.

Sorry - I meant to post the recipe but hit the send button too soon. Here it is!

Candy Easter Eggs

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Fondant is a traditional center for Easter eggs. It's pretty easy to

make.

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The mashed potatoes just don't do it for me - it's sort of creeps me out like that Velveeta fudge.

I had the mashed potato eggs years ago and really liked them but had never seen a recipe until I ran
across Mimi Hiller's. I mentioned some time back that mashed potatoes go into Italian icecream and
that had surprised me, too. Velveeta fudge, Vox? Wow - that would be hard to take!

Dora

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> Thank you, everyone, for all the tips.
Sorry - I meant to post the recipe but hit the send button too soon. Here it is!

Candy Easter Eggs

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Quoted message said:

Fondant is a traditional center for Easter eggs. It's pretty easy to

make.

Quoted message said:

The mashed potatoes just don't do it for me - it's sort of creeps me out like that Velveeta
fudge.

I had the mashed potato eggs years ago and really liked them but had never seen a recipe until I
ran across Mimi Hiller's. I mentioned some time

back

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that mashed potatoes go into Italian icecream and that had surprised me, too. Velveeta fudge, Vox?
Wow - that would be hard to take!

Yep, here it is in case you have a surplus of Velveeta someday: Velveeta Fudge
a.. 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
b.. 8 ounces pasteurized process cheese, Velveeta, cubed
c.. 1 1/2 pounds confectioners' sugar, about 5 cups unsifted
d.. 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
e.. 1/2 cup non-fat dry milk
f.. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
g.. 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts In a large saucepan over medium heat melt butter and
cheese cubes together, stirring frequently; remove from heat. Sift together confectioners' sugar
and cocoa; add to cheese, mixing well. Stir in non-fat dry milk, vanilla and nuts. Turn into a
9x9x2-inch pan; chill until firm and cut into squares. Makes about 3 pounds of Velveeta Fudge.