Twice Baked Ranch Potato Poppers
Twice Baked Ranch Potato Poppers are a crowd-pleaser with light and fluffy mashed potatoes mixed with Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning and light sour cream in a potato skin topped with shredded Parmesan for the perfect bite-sized appetizer!
- Prep5 minutes
- Cook50 minutes
- Total55 minutes
- Serves8
Twice Baked Ranch Potato Poppers
I am so excited to be teaming up with Hidden Valley Ranch to bring you three amazing appetizers this week just in time for the big game! Check out their post with Wings, Poppers & Dips 3 Ways for more great appetizers.
I don’t know that I have ever met someone who doesn’t love twice baked potatoes. It is understandable why they are such a universally loved side dish. Cheesy whipped potatoes in a salty potato skin. So good!
I decided to take this classic side dish and turn it into a bite-sized appetizer that is sure to please any crowd. I opted to keep these little red skinned potatoes on the lighter side with just a dash of Parmesan cheese and light sour cream. Some Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning is the finishing touch for a nice punch of flavor!
While mashed potatoes are quite easy to make, there is one singular way you can screw them up. Mixing them too much. I learned this the hard way unfortunately. One time while I was making a batch of potatoes, I had my food processor on the counter, half cleaned from making something else and figured I may as well just make the potatoes in there instead of making more dishes… NOT a good idea.
I let the potatoes and cream blend for quite a while until I figured it must be nice and creamy at that point. I snapped off the lid of the processor excited to see a nice light whipped potato. Boy was I disappointed when what I found instead was a gooey, glue like substance. In my novice mashed potato making days, I didn’t understand that if you beat potatoes just slightly too much, the starches would release and turn them into a gooey mess.
So be wise and learn from my mistake. Mash your potatoes by hand or ever so carefully with a hand mixer, but NEVER EVER with a food processor!
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