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Kessler’s company name York Cone Company. The name York originates from both the city in which the peppermint patty was originally created as well as Mr. Peppermint Patty candy was created in 1940 by Henry Kessler of York, Pennsylvania. What is the history of the Peppermint Patty? However, if you have a fridge full of leftover mashed potatoes, you should skip the other homemade candy and try this homemade Peppermint Patty recipe instead! This year, you’re probably making homemade caramels, peanut brittle and candied nuts.Īll of which are delicious and make great gifts. If you have different results, please let me know! I should put a disclaimer here that I’ve tried several kinds of mashed potatoes and every time all I taste is a homemade peppermint patty. The potatoes will absorb the flavor of the extract and that will overpower any flavor of mashed potatoes you start with. If you’ve never used peppermint extract before then I’ll clue you in to why your flavor of mashed potatoes doesn’t matter. Instead of whipping up a fresh batch of mashed potatoes, you can purchase some pre-made REAL mashed potatoes, OR just bake or boil up some potatoes and use those! What if you want to make these but don’t have leftover mashed potatoes on hand? No flakes, or substitutes, we’re talking the real deal. The trick to these is you need to use REAL mashed potatoes, made with REAL potatoes. Instead they taste just like a peppermint patty. Nor do they taste like grandma’s dry mashed potatoes. They do not taste like last nights garlic mashed potatoes. That’s because these TASTE LIKE a peppermint patty. They can’t seem to wrap their minds around the fact that they are eating highly sugared mashed potatoes dipped in chocolate. These Leftover Mashed Potato Peppermint Patties has them all stumped though. My Leftover mashed potato cinnamon rolls are hands down the best ever.ĭespite my kids disliking mashed potatoes, they sure do like these Leftover Mashed Potato Peppermint Patties. They refuse to eat them and are pretty sure I’m trying to poison them every time I serve them.ĭespite their dislike of mashed potatoes they LOVE all the recipes that I make that have mashed potatoes hiding inside. Here’s a fun fact, you may or may not relate to. I feel a bit like a parent hiding a vegetable inside a smoothie or cookie, just to get my kids to eat them. Questions like that always make me smile. When I take food to my daughters school, it’s not an uncommon question for them to ask if mashed potatoes are hiding inside the baked goods. I say re-purpose them into tasty new recipes that will make your taste buds do a jig!Īdding mashed potatoes into various recipes is smart thinking and a great way to use them up! However, sometimes you make too many mashed potatoes and ask what to do with leftover mashed potatoes. Which is why there is an unwritten rule that you must make twice as many potatoes as you need. Mashed potatoes are a year round side dish that just about everyone loves. It’s been one of my goals over the last 2 years to create recipes that re-purpose leftover Mashed Potatoes into new and exciting recipes. Or perhaps you’ve searched Google or Pinterest for ‘Leftover Mashed Potato Recipes”? Have you ever asked the question, “What can I make with Leftover Mashed Potatoes?” These Leftover Mashed Potato Peppermint Patties have only 4 ingredients and are so easy to make! Use any flavor of mashed potatoes to create this simple candy that taste just like a York Peppermint Patty!
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