Old Fashioned Maine Needhams

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup mashed potatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 lbs confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 8 ounces flaked coconut
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 (12 ounce) bag semi-sweet chocolate bits
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares
• 1/2 paraffin wax block or 1/2 paraffin wax

Recipe

• 1 filling:.
• 2 pare, cook and mash potatoes, or run the potatoes through a ricer to make certain you have no lumps.
• 3 add salt.
• 4 melt the margarine in a microwave.
• 5 add potatoes, conf sugar, vanilla and coconut.
• 6 it will create a very thick mixture.
• 7 mix well and then turn onto a pan lined with well buttered waxed paper.
• 8 spread evenly.
• 9 place another piece of buttered waxed paper on the top to keep the filling moist.
• 10 place in cool place and let harden.
• 11 the trick to this is to allow the filling to harden 2 or 3 days if possible.
• 12 if they start to get mushy when you attempt to dip them, try putting them into the freezer for about 30 minutes cut into squares and dip.
• 13 chocolate dip: using a double boiler put parafin in the top over boiling water and melt.
• 14 add both chocolates and melt.
• 15 stir well to mix ingrediants.
• 16 using a meat fork or a wooden kabob stick, dip the filling into the chocolate.
• 17 drain each square well before placing onto taxed paper.
• 18 let harden.
• 19 should yield 66 good sized squares.