This vintage recipe was clipped from a newspaper and found in a large collection, date unknown but I believe this is from the 1960’s or so. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
Potato Kisses
2/3 cup hot cooked potato
2 tsps. butter, melted
1 lb. confectioners’ sugar, sifted
2 1/2 tsps. cocoa or 1 1/2 squares chocolate
1 tsp. vanilla
few grains salt
1/2 lb. moist coconut
Put hot potato through a ricer to remove all lumps. Beat in melted butter. Place potato in large mixing bowl; add sugar and beat until thoroughly blended. Add cocoa or melted chocolate, which has been cooled, and beat. Mix in vanilla, salt and coconut. Drop by teaspoonsful onto waxed paper. Refrigerate until candy hardens and then place in tightly covered container. Makes about 1 1/2 pounds.