Salt Water Taffy Recipes

Peppermint Salt Water Taffy

2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 tablesp. butter or margarine
1/4 tsp. oil of peppermint
7 drops green food coloring
Combine sugar, syrup, salt, and 1 1/2 cups water in 2 quart saucepan. Cook slowly, stirring constantly, till sugar dissolves.
Cook to hard ball stage (260) without stirring. Remove from heat; stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into buttered 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 inch pan.
Cool till comfortable to handle. Butter hands; gather taffy into a ball and pull. When candy is light in color and gets hard to pull, cut in fourths; pull each piece into long strand about 1/2 inch thick. With buttered scissors, quickly snip in bite-size pieces. Wrap each piece in waxed paper. Makes 1 1/4 pounds

Homemade Salt Water Taffy

Start by mixing 1 cup white sugar and 1 Tablespoon of white corn syrup, 1 Tablespoon butter and 1/2 cup water. Cook over moderate heat until putting a few drops in a dish of cold water, the mixture will form a ball and hold it's own shape(or 254 on a candy thermometer)
Remove from heat and add food coloring and flavoring if you wish. Pour mixture on a buttered platter.Cool until you can easily handle. Butter your hands and start to pull the taffy. Pull it till it becomes light in color. Then pull into a roll, snip off bits and wrap in individual pieces of wax paper.