OLD FASHIONED EASTER EGG CANDY

Old Fashioned Easter Egg Candy image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/2 cups mashed potatoes
1/2 cups sweet cream butter (salted, softened)
5 cups confectioners sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
18 ounces semisweet chocolate (I use 1 1/2 bags semisweet chocolate chips

Steps:

With electric mixer, combine mashed potatoes, butter, and 1 cup sugar.
Add in remaining sugar, 1 cup at a time.
Stir in vanilla.
Refrigerate filling for at least 30 minutes.
Once chilled, roll into egg shape and place on wax-paper lined cookie tray. Return to refrigerator while you prepare the chocolate coating
Pour chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and heat at 25 second intervals, stirring in between, until chocolate is melted.
Dip eggs in chocolate to coat and return to cookie sheet.
Refrigerate until chocolate coating has hardened. Keep eggs refrigerated.