Saltwater Taffy

Submitted by grandma2969

"have not had a chance to make this yet..want to with grandchildren"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 1/2 lbs

ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄4 teaspoon food coloring
• 3⁄4 teaspoon extract, of your choice

directions

1. Combine sugar, corn syrup, salt and water in a 2 quart pan.
2. Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly till sugar dissolves.
3. Heat mixture without stirring, until it reaches a hard boil stage.260* --
4. Remove from heat mix in remaining ingredients.
5. Pour into a lightly buttered jelly roll pan.
6. Cool until just able to handle.
7. Butter hands -- gather taffy into a ball and pull.
8. Continue to pull until light in color and hard to pull.
9. Divide into fourths.
10. Pull each fourth into a 1/2" thick rope --
11. Cut into 1" pieces using buttered scissors --
12. Wrap individually in waxed paper -- .

Reviews

[reachpaul]

This recipe does NOT work. I got cuts and painful slices all over my hands! The taffy hardened before I could do anything with it. Never making this recipe again! Don't waste your time on this

 

[Deborah B.]

This recipe does not set into anything you can pull. Something is missing. I tested it three times with my students before giving up. I do not recommend you waste your time or ingredients on this recipe. We were very disappointed.

 

[Jill B.]

I made Taffy when I was 12 with a neighbor friend of ours and it was a lot of work. This recipe was really easy to do and I was able to do it with my four-year-old grandson and he had a lot of fun I recommend it to everyone.

 

[DeliciousAsItLooks]

I've never made taffy before and have always been a little afraid of candy-making, but this recipe worked remarkably well! I used Watkins cherry flavor and red food coloring (to make it pink). Pulling the taffy wasn't terribly complicated, but it was a lot of physical work. I basically pulled the warm mixture into a rope, folded it over on itself, then pulled again, folded it, etc. It was very sticky and I kept having to butter my hands, but after a while it started to get less sticky. You know it's almost ready when you don't need to butter your hands anymore. I shared this with my co-workers and they loved it and kept coming back for more. It is quite delicious and addicting!