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Taffy is a type of candy invented in the United States, made by stretching and/or pulling a sticky mass of a soft candy base, made of boiled sugar, butter, vegetable oil, flavorings, and colorings, until it becomes aerated (tiny air bubbles produced), resulting in a light, fluffy and chewy candy. [1] When this process is complete, the taffy is ...
Laffy Taffy A slab of Sparkle Cherry Laffy Taffy. Laffy Taffy is an American brand of taffy candies produced by the Ferrara Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrero. [1] The candies are small (about 45 grams (1.6 oz)), individually wrapped taffy rectangles available in a variety of colors and fruit flavors, [2] including banana, strawberry, green apple, grape, blueberry, watermelon, blue ...
[4] Inn 1989, the Wisconsin -based Stark Candy Company acquired Miller's holdings and began producing Mary Janes until Stark was bought out by Necco in 2008, effectively returning the candy's production to Massachusetts., [ 5 ] When Necco filed for bankruptcy in 2018, the company's various brands were auctioned off a la carte and no buyer was ...
St. Catherine's Taffy is a candy made by girls in French-Canadian families to honour St. Catherine, the patron saint of unmarried women on her feast day, November 25. [3] St. Catherine's day is sometimes known in Franco Canadian families as "taffy day", a day when marriage-age girls would make taffy for eligible boys. [ 4 ]
Joseph F. Fralinger (October 22, 1848 in Sweetwater, New Jersey – May 13, 1927 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American businessman and confectioner, known for being the most successful merchandiser of salt water taffy. [1]
Maple taffy (sometimes maple toffee in English-speaking Canada, tire d'érable or tire sur la neige in French-speaking Canada; also sugar on snow or candy on the snow or leather aprons in the United States) is a sugar candy made by boiling maple sap past the point where it would form maple syrup, but not so long that it becomes maple butter or ...
This has a soft, chewy texture, and is formed into cylinders approximately 3 cm long and 1 cm in diameter, similar to contemporary western nougat or taffy. Each candy is wrapped in a printed waxed paper wrapper, but within this, the sticky candies are again wrapped in a thin edible paper-like wrapping made from sticky rice. [6]
The wrapper features a yellow and black checkerboard "taxi" pattern since the 1950s. [6] They can be purchased in bulk on the web. They can also be found in candy specialty stores anywhere in the US and Canada. [citation needed] In 2005, Annabelle introduced an apple-flavored taffy variant of Abba-Zaba. [7]