953 nut 58,670 #1 Posted Friday at 10:28 AM On May 23, we celebrate our favorite sweet and chewy treat on National Taffy Day. Taffy has a long history as one of America’s native sweets. Common lore has it that in the 1880s, a Jersey Shore candy shop got flooded, soaking the shop’s taffy stock with Atlantic salt water. On a lark, the owner sold the candy as “saltwater taffy” and an American delicacy was born! Today it’s sold on boardwalks up and down the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and has even found its way to landlocked candyshops. National Taffy Day is a day to indulge in the sweet pastime of unwrapping that twisty wax paper and popping a chewy bit of taffy into your mouth. Yum! 2 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 40,944 #2 Posted Friday at 11:31 AM A box of salt water taffy has always been the gift to bring your house and pet sitters after a vacation at the shore. I hate that waxy stuff. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,522 #3 Posted Friday at 04:08 PM I remember sneaking a piece or two while I had braces. Fortunately, I didn't pull any of the pieces parts on the braces out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
