Macaroon Bars (lees Version)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 4 ounces mashed potatoes, cold
• 16 ounces icing sugar (approx)
• 8 ounces dark chocolate chips (approx)
• 4 ounces desiccated coconut (approx)

Recipe

• 1 boil potato until soft; drain and mash well. i know it seem a very small amount but it is all you need (promise). cool this slightly.
• 2 gradually start to add and mix the icing sugar until it becomes very stiff and hard to mix any more. (you may need less or more than in ingredient list; it depends on the potato).
• 3 it is ready when you can roll a ball of it in your hands and it is only slightly sticky.
• 4 have a grease proof or silicone sheet on your work surface (or dust with icing sugar).
• 5 cover your hand with icing sugar to prevent sticking.
• 6 take enough of the mixture to make a thin sausage about 2 or 3" in length.
• 7 place onto the paper. these may not always look staight; it does not matter.
• 8 continue until all the mixture has gone.
• 9 your first ones should now be set (be able to pick up, quite stiff).
• 10 next step is to have a bowl of the melted chocolate and a bowl of coconut ready (side by side is easiest for the dipping).
• 11 now take each piece and dip into chocolate and then roll in the coconut and place back onto the sheet to dry.
• 12 enjoy.
• 13 noone ever believes that this sweet is made with potato and tastes like heaven.
• 14 i have used chopped nuts to cover, as a change from coconut, and this worked well.