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Salt water taffy, contrary to what I believed as a kid, contains no saltwater from the ocean. In fact, my preferred salt water taffy, from Shriver’s in Ocean City, New Jersey, contains no salt at all ...

According to Tootsie Roll Industries, the Tootsie Roll was invented by Leo Hirschfield in New York City in 1896, named after ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Sunday, May 23 is National Taffy Day, and local candy makers are celebrating the nostalgic sweet. Saltwater taffy, which is made from boiled sugar and butter and features swirls ...

BROCKTON — At Hill-Top Candy here, a team makes 75,000 pieces of salt water taffy a day. With its bright colors, simple paper wrapping, and old-fashioned box, the confection is an American classic.

Do you know the story of Taffy the cairn terrier, Australia's first union-registered dog? In the 1970s Taffy became Geoff King's loyal four-legged apprentice at the postmaster-general's department. Mr ...

When most of us see a taffy-pulling machine cranking away on a touristy boardwalk, we think of sweet, sweet sugar. Jean-Luc Thiffeault thinks of sweet, sweet math. As an applied mathematician at the ...