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Taffy is a type of chewy candy
Candy

Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added....
. Taffy is made by stretching or pulling a sticky mass of boiled sugar, butter
Butter

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermentation cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications such as baking, sauce making, and frying....
, flavorings, and coloring until fluffy. When this process is complete, the taffy is rolled, cut into small pastel
Pastel

Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation....
-coloured pieces and wrapped in wax paper
Wax paper

Wax paper is a kind of paper that is made moisture proof through the application of wax.The practice of oiling parchment or paper in order to make it semi-translucent or moisture-proof goes back at least to medieval times....
 to keep it soft. It usually has a fruity
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 flavor
Flavor

Flavor or flavour is the sensory impression of a food or other chemical substance, and is determined mainly by the chemical senses of taste and olfaction....
, but other flavors are common as well, including molasses
Molasses

Molasses is a thick by-product from the processing of the sugar beet or sugar cane into sugar. The word molasses comes from the Portuguese language word mela?o, which comes from "meli", the Greek word for "honey"....
 and the classic unflavored taffy.

Salt water taffy
Salt water taffy

Salt water taffy is a soft Taffy originally produced and marketed in the Atlantic City, New Jersey, New Jersey, area beginning in the late 19th century....
 was a noted invention of Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino, sandy beaches, shopping centers, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly , Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean....
, and became a common souvenir of many coastal resort towns.






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Taffy is a type of chewy candy
Candy

Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added....
. Taffy is made by stretching or pulling a sticky mass of boiled sugar, butter
Butter

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermentation cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications such as baking, sauce making, and frying....
, flavorings, and coloring until fluffy. When this process is complete, the taffy is rolled, cut into small pastel
Pastel

Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation....
-coloured pieces and wrapped in wax paper
Wax paper

Wax paper is a kind of paper that is made moisture proof through the application of wax.The practice of oiling parchment or paper in order to make it semi-translucent or moisture-proof goes back at least to medieval times....
 to keep it soft. It usually has a fruity
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 flavor
Flavor

Flavor or flavour is the sensory impression of a food or other chemical substance, and is determined mainly by the chemical senses of taste and olfaction....
, but other flavors are common as well, including molasses
Molasses

Molasses is a thick by-product from the processing of the sugar beet or sugar cane into sugar. The word molasses comes from the Portuguese language word mela?o, which comes from "meli", the Greek word for "honey"....
 and the classic unflavored taffy.

Salt water taffy
Salt water taffy

Salt water taffy is a soft Taffy originally produced and marketed in the Atlantic City, New Jersey, New Jersey, area beginning in the late 19th century....
 was a noted invention of Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino, sandy beaches, shopping centers, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly , Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean....
, and became a common souvenir of many coastal resort towns. Modern commercial taffy is made primarily from corn syrup
Corn syrup

Corn syrup is a syrup, made using cornstarch as a feedstock, and composed mainly of glucose. A series of two enzyme reactions are used to convert the cornstarch to corn syrup....
, glycerin and butter. However, the Laffy Taffy
Laffy Taffy

Laffy Taffy is a brand of Taffy manufactured by Nestl? and sold under their The Willy Wonka Candy Company brand. Laffy Taffy is a brand of candy first produced in the 1970's....
 and Airheads brands do not contain any animal-based products. The "pulling" process, which makes the candy lighter and chewier, consists of stretching out the mixture, folding it over and stretching it out again.

In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, taffy has no real identity in its own right, but can be found in the form of popular names such as Chewits
Chewits

Chewits are a United Kingdom confectionery manufactured by the Leaf Corporation, and were originally launched in the UK in 1965. Chewits are a type of confectionery known as Taffy and come in a variety of flavours including Strawberry, Fruit Salad, Blackcurrant, rarer Orange , Lime and Lemon flavours and also come in an Xtremely Sour range...
 or Starbursts
Starburst (confectionery)

Starburst is the brand name of a chewy, cuboid-shaped, fruit-flavored candy manufactured by Mars, Incorporated. Starburst also exist as jellybeans , lollipops, confectionery, confectionery, candy canes, and lip gloss ....
.

Caramel candies are sometimes referred to as taffy (taffy apples, taffy colored hair), but are very different from common Salt water taffy
Salt water taffy

Salt water taffy is a soft Taffy originally produced and marketed in the Atlantic City, New Jersey, New Jersey, area beginning in the late 19th century....
.

See also

  • Caramel
    Caramel

    Caramel refers to a range of confectionerys that are beige to dark brown in color and derived from the caramelization of sugar. Caramel is often made when cooking sweets....
  • Toffee
    Toffee

    Toffee is a confection made by boiling molasses or sugar along with butter, and occasionally flour. The mixture is heated until its temperature reaches the hard crack stage of 150-160?C ....
  • Amezaiku
    Amezaiku

    Amezaiku is Japanese candy craft artistry. An artist will take multi-colored taffy and using his hands and other instruments such as tweezers and scissors will create a sculpture of his choosing....
  • White Rabbit Creamy Candy
    White Rabbit Creamy Candy

    White Rabbit Creamy Candy is a brand of candy manufactured by Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food, Ltd. in The People's Republic of China....
  • Mary Jane (candy)
    Mary Jane (candy)

    Mary Jane is a peanut butter and molasses flavored Taffy candy with peanut butter in the center, originally made in 1914 by The Charles N. Miller Co., later by Stark Candy Co., and now manufactured by NECCO....