Martha Washington Candy
Legend has it that the first First Lady was quite the cook, so as you might expect, this recipe for Martha Washington Candy is one of the best recipes for candy we've found. With the delicious tastes of buttery coconut, condensed milk and pecans, there's little room for improvement on this old-fashioned easy dessert recipe. Best of all, each scrumptious candy bite is dipped in chocolate to create the ultimate heavenly sweet. Add this to your collection of no bake dessert recipes because everyone loves this candy creation!
Cooking MethodNo Bake
Ingredients
- 1 can condensed milk
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 2 pounds confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 7 ounces coconut
- 4 cups chopped pecans
- chocolate, for dipping
Instructions
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Mix all ingredients, except chocolate.
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Form into little balls and place on wax paper.
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Melt chocolate according to package instructions and dip balls into chocolate.
- Return to wax paper and let set until chocolate is hardened.
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brenda27537 306524 0
Oct 31, 2013
You can call the candy anything you like, but my grandmother and great grandmother called it Martha Washington. I bet there is a great story behind that name. The candy is easy to make ands always a welcomed treat.
darrylswearingen 3 688109
Sep 19, 2013
I made this year's ago and it was a big hit.....not hard to make .....and I love the name.......
sweetfuzz 7594776
Mar 11, 2013
This candy is probably tasty, but I doubt that Martha Washington had access to refined sugar, especially confectioner's sugar, and nobody had canned condensed milk. Vanilla would have been a real luxury, if it was available at all, so why is this called Martha Washington Candy?
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