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Potato Candy Pinwheel
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The potato candy pinwheel, sometimes shortened to just potato candy, is a rolled candy prepared by mixing mashed potatoes with large amounts of powdered sugar to create a dough-like consistency, and then adding a filling, traditionally peanut butter, and rolling the confectionary to produce a log-like product. Potato Candy does not require baking and is instead refrigerated in order to fully harden the Candy, though it can stay at room temperature following the refrigeration process. Most sources indicated that the Potato Candy has a shelf life of roughly one to two weeks. Potato Candy does not have a concrete origin, though it is cited as originating from European immigrants to the Appalachian region and that it became a popular Depression-era recipe in the region due to the few and relatively cheap ingredients it utilizes. There are numerous variations to the original recipe, with some calling for the addition of vanilla extract to add some flavor, and some utilizing sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes. Additionally, for the filling, though peanut butter is seen as the traditional filling, it may be substituted with other spreads such as Nutella. 
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