Difficult: Moderate
Make Homemade Salt Water Taffy
Are you looking for something challenging and chewy in the kitchen? Are you looking to have some good old fashion family fun? Then do I have the treat for you. Salt Water Taffy is a great American treat, but few people really know the secrets to how it is made, or what ingredients it has in it. If you want to be the hit of your household then follow these directions.
-Be ready for a workout. This is not easy work. There is no taffy pulling machine for you, only good old fashion elbow grease.
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar, 2 tbs. cornstarch, 1 cup light corn syrup, ¾ cup of water, 2t tbs. butter, tsp salt, 2 tsp. food grade glycerin, 3 drops of food coloring, 1 tsp flavoring, large 4 qt pan, wood spoon only, candy thermometer, brush, measuring cup, measuring spoons, cooking sheet, butter for your hands, cooking scissors, waxed paper.
Recommended flavoring: vanilla, licorice, lemon, maple!
Remember some quick tips:
Mix together different colors and flavors of taffy ropes for some cool combinations.
Make sure you pull taffy for recommended time.
Glycerin keeps the taffy soft.
Do not overcook the taffy
Make sure it is cooled.
• Mix up sugar, cornstarch, corn syrup, water, glycerin, salt, and butter in the saucepan. Put the pan over medium heat, stir every once in a while until the sugar dissolves into mixture.
• After sugar dissolves continuously stir until pan comes to a boil. Keep cooking until you hit 280 degrees. While this is happening make sure to wipe down sides of saucepan with water and brush.
• Remove the pan from the heat and add flavoring food coloring and stir them in. This is where you can be creative and have some fun with colors for special events or occasions.
• Pour mixture into a greased minimal in depth cooking sheet, and relax for a little until syrup mixture is cool enough to place your hands on.
• Grease up your hands with butter. Pull the taffy for at least 15 minutes. Twist, turn, stretch, pull, with all your might. If you have kids this is a great time for them to get involved. You will begin to see a satiny gloss on the taffy that is when you start to roll it.
• Roll taffy into a rope that is about 3/4 inch diameter, or ½ inch. Then cut the taffy into ¾ inch long pieces. Wrap the taffy in the wax paper twist, twist ends and serve.
- These are tips by the expert in candy Taffyman. You can find us on facebook at Half Moon Bay Salt Water Taffy Co. Or our website halfmoonbaytaffy.com email at: hmbtaffy@gmail.com for questions or comments. Look for these on YouTube.
