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Grandma's Taffy

By: Chocolate Moose  
"A quick and easy recipe for any flavor of taffy you can think of!"

Rating: This weblink has been rated 9 times with an average star rating of 3.8 Read Reviews (7)

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Prep Time:
5 Min
Cook Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
20 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 40 pieces
 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup corn syrup
  • 1 1/2 cups water
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  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon orange, or other flavored extract
  • 8 drops any color food coloring

Directions

  1. In a large saucepan, stir together the sugar and cornstarch. Add the butter, salt, corn syrup and water; mix well. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to mix in butter. Heat to 275 degrees F (134 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped from a spoon forms hard but pliable threads.
  2. Remove from heat, and stir in the vanilla, flavored extract and food coloring. Pour into a greased 8x8 inch baking dish. When cooled enough to handle, remove candy from the pan, and pull until it loses its shine and becomes stiff. Pull into ropes, and use scissors to cut into 1 inch pieces. Wrap each piece in waxed paper.

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Amount Per Serving  Calories: 63 | Total Fat: 1.2g | Cholesterol: 3mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 13, 2004 by Chocolate Moose 
They deleted important information from my recipe after I submitted it! For taffy success it... MORE
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Reviewed on Oct. 2, 2004 by LOCOGURU 
VERY tasty! but it came out hard for me, perhaps I didn't have my thermometer set to the right... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 28, 2008 by rockinmom 
This is a cool, quick recipe that my kids love! MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 14, 2009 by Imhullu 
It was my first try with any kind of candy recipe and it worked! however, it tastes like... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 6, 2009 by HannahB 
Taffy's consistency was too "chewy." It was so chewy in fact that we couldn't chew it because... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 28, 2008 by JP 
I followed the recipe, but the taffy was quite a bit harder than I wanted it to be. I did... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 15, 2007 by Justin 
Didn't turn out for me. MORE

 
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