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Corn/wheat/egg/soy/nut free salt water taffy!!!


•2 cups sugar
•2 tbs. potato starch
•1 cup golden syrup
•3/4 cup water
•2 t tbs. butter
•1 tsp. salt
•3 drops food coloring
•1/4 to 1 tsp. flavoring, such as vanilla, maple, mint or lemon

Original recipe taken from
How to Make Salt Water Taffy | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_2098894_make-salt-water-taffy.html#ixzz1TG4kAU8d


Put all ingredients except flavoring (vanilla or maple), baking soda and food dye in a large pan. Put the pan on the stove over high heat and stir the ingredients until all of the sugar dissolves.

Stir the mixture continuously. Stirring, until the temperature reaches the soft ball stage on a candy thermometer. (it is ok to go over a LITTLE, however we've found that going all the way to the soft crack stage makes the taffy too hard to work air into once cool)


Remove the pan from the stove and add any flavorings or food colorings that you desire and gently stir them into the hot syrup. Then add baking soda (this will create bubbles)

Pour into a greased metal bowl and use 1 or 2 wooden spoons to stir. The more you stir the more air you will work into the candy. Once the candy is cooled enough to handle it with your hands (slather in butter) work it like you would dough. Twist and pull and play with it for 10-15 minutes. Eventually after quite the workout you will have ropes of taffy! (it's fun to do 2 colors and then twist the 2 ropes together!) Let it rest half an hour or so and then cut into 1/2 inch pieces and wrap up in plastic.

A helpful hint for the dishes, let soak in hot hot water :) Melts all the stuck on taffy.