Christmas Candy

A couple of weeks ago, I realized with horror that no one was going to be making any Martha Washington candy for me. I was disappointed, but I knew that we have Dad's recipe, and we could make them if I had to have them. I mentioned the lack of candies to a friend on the phone and one of the girls overheard me. From the look on my daughter's face, I knew we had to get busy making Martha Washingtons soon. But I still didn't do it. 

Then, my friend called to ask if she could help make the candy. We set a date to make Martha Washingtons. We gathered our supplies, including the tiny paper candy cups into which each candy ball is carefully placed. 

Marcus found a recipe for peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate, and we decided to make those, too. Dad did not usually make peanut butter balls, but he did have a nickname for them. 

Most people call them "Buckeyes", but not Dad. 

He called them "Rosalynn Carters." You see, if our traditional candies are "Martha Washingtons", and these are very similar size, shape, and outer coating, they must also be named for a First Lady...and since they are made of peanut butter, they must be named for the wife of the President who was a peanut farmer. 

Only Dad could find a way to work Presidential trivia into candy-making.