Center
3/4 cup mashed potatoes
1 16 ounce package powdered sugar
4 cups flaked coconut
1 teaspoon almond extract
Coating
2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine
3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons corn syrup
7 oz* dry Chocolate Fudge Frosting Mix
Mix the ingredients for the centers. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Roll into balls. Chill for 30 minutes to an hour.
After they are chilled, prepare the coating. In a double boiler, melt the butter with the corn syrup and water. Stir in the dry frosting mix until smooth. Heat over rapidly boiling water for 5 minutes. Reduce the heat, but keep the temperature high enough to keep the water hot. Dip the balls to coat and allow them to set.
*Betty Crocker apparently only makes the Fluffy White frosting mix at this point, and I can’t find how many ounces the Chocolate Fudge one was. The Fluffy White is 7 oz, so your results may vary.
I did find that there are several companies making dry frosting mix including King Arthur, Jiffy and Trader Joe’s.
Wonder if Mom ever made these, Daddy hated coconut. He was in the South Pacific during WWII and he got really tired of having only coconut to eat!