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Taffy Recipes

Grandma's Old Fashioned Taffy Recipes Make Rich, Creamy, Chewy Candy

You will love Grandma's old time taffy recipes. Called taffy or toffee, this delicious, chewy treat is one of the world's favorite old-fashioned candies.

Nowadays, people have become so accustomed to buying a package of taffy at the store, they never think of making their own anymore. What a shame when it's so easy to do.

Only a few of today's kids have ever enjoyed licking the pot while waiting for their homemade candy to cool in the pan. And fewer still have enjoyed taffy pulling. That's where these taffy candy recipes come in. Grandma's recipes for taffy will provide affordable fun for your entire family.

Grandma McIlmoyle's English Taffy Recipes

These easy taffy candy recipes are taken from Grandma's old handwritten recipe book, circa 1912.

Of all the homemade candy recipes, these are the ones we used the most when I was a kid. You will enjoy using them too.

Old-Time Taffy Recipe
1-1/2 pints of sugar, 1/2 pint of cream, 1 tablespoon of good vinegar. Boil until it hardens when dripped into cold water.

Old-Time Butterscotch Recipe
Grandma made this traditional English butterscotch candy when they ranched on the Alberta prairie northeast of Calgary. It is simple and easy, and it makes a deliciously brittle taffy.

3 tablespoons of white sugar, 3 tablespoons of molasses, 2 tablespoons of water, 1 ounce of butter, a very small quantity of baking soda. Boil mixture until it is brittle.

Everton Taffy Recipes

These old-time Everton taffy candy recipes are taken from the book "Dr. Chase's Third, Last and Complete Receipt Book, Memorial Edition" by Dr. Alvin Wood Chase, M.D., published by F. B. Dickerson Company, Detroit and Windsor, in 1891.

Both varieties are delicious!

Everton Taffy with Brown Sugar
Put butter, 1/4 lb, into a suitable dish, with brown sugar, 1 lb; stir over the fire for 15 minutes, or until the mixture becomes brittle when dropped in cold water; add lemon or vanilla flavoring after the cooking is completed; cool on flat buttered tins and mark in squares, before cold, so it can be easily broken.

Remarks. --This is a cheap confection, and it is safe to say that no kind of candy brings in so large a revenue to the small manufacturers and dealers from the school children of New York as Everton taffy. --Dr. Chase

Everton Taffy with White Sugar
Put loaf sugar, 1 lb, into a brass pan (any saucepan will do) with a cup of water; beat 1/4 lb of butter to a cream; when the sugar is dissolved add the butter, and keep stirring the mixture over the fire until it sets, when a little is poured on a buttered dish. Just as it is done add 6 drops of essence of lemon. Butter a tin, pour on the mixture, 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick, and when cool it will easily separate from the dish. Mark off in squares, if you wish it to break easily.

Remarks. --If this was not called Everton taffy, after its first maker, I should consider it butterscotch, but under its new name, it will taste all the sweeter. --Dr. Chase

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Just click on the Candy Crate banner and prepare to be amazed at what's available. Nostalgic candies make a great gift for any occasion.

These old fashioned taffy recipes are quite easy to make. Homemade taffy tastes far better than the candy you buy in the stores, and making it can be a fun activity for your whole family. Why not plan to make taffy this weekend?

And, if you would like to experience old fashioned taffy pulling, try some of Grandma's old fashioned Pull Toffee Recipes.

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