Irish Potatoes

Happy St. Patty's Night!

I came home from work today with wonderful smells of dinner coming from the kitchen, and a little corner of a little chaos :)

 

Irish Potato Night!

Note the beer and Homer mug :)

I had never heard of "Irish Potatoes" until 2 years ago when my husband was busy in the kitchen making them. I had no idea they weren't real potatoes!  I thought he was baking actual potatoes until he showed me the final product.

These are basically little balls of frosting and coconut rolled in cinnamon. Hello! Yum.

• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 4 oz light cream cheese
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 16oz confectioners sugar
• 7 oz sweetened flaked coconut
• Cinnamon

Cream together butter and sugar.

Add sugar and vanilla and beat until combined. 

Stir in coconut with a spoon.

(This parts take a little elbow grease!)

Take an amount of the mixture, less than half of a golf ball, and roll imperfectly in your palms.

Then roll each little ball in a bowl of cinnamon.

Reserve the last 1 cup or so of mixture, and mix in a few drops of green food coloring.

Make into small balls and roll in the cinnamon.

They look like mini potatoes!

The idea is only a few, special  "potatoes" have been touched by a leprechaun! This is especially fun with kids.

Have fun!

(Oh, and Refrigerate!!)

I cracked myself up with this one, baked potato anyone?