Yo, yo, yo! Happy Monday!! As you all know, I’m a Mom of 4 kiddos and we are ALWAYS looking for a fun activity to keep the kids busy these days. If you are like me, summer is KILLING me. HA. Having the kiddos home for the summer is awesome, but keeping them from saying, “I’m bored” is darn near impossible.
My awesome MIL made homemade pulled taffy with the kids a few months ago and they haven’t stopped talking about it since. So in order to prove that I’m just as cool as Grandma, we made it ourselves. {Yeah right, I could never be as cool as grandma, I make them do chores!}
BUT, I’m proud to say that we successfully made it ourselves {without Grandma}. So, if I can do it, believe me, YOU can do it. I’m a beginner when it comes to candy making.
Homemade Pulled Taffy Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup of light corn syrup
2 tsp glycerin {I bought mine at Michaels’, and I promise you want this ingredient. We tried it without it and it was a MAJOR recipe fail.}
1 tsp salt
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and cook {stir constantly} until it reaches 258 degrees {use a candy thermometer} .
Remove from heat and add 2 Tbls butter and 1 tsp of vanilla, and pour onto a buttered cookie sheet.
Wait for the taffy to cool for a few minutes. Once it is cooled enough to handle break off a big piece and start pulling. Pull and fold the taffy until it turns a pearly white color.
That’s pure joy on that face peeps.
I’m telling ya, you will make your kids’ day if you make this recipe.
After your taffy is a pretty pearly white color, place it on wax paper and let it cool completely. Break off a piece and enjoy! I hope this will be a fun activity to do with your kiddos this summer!
PS, the taffy will be hard like a sucker when you get done. It’s not supposed to be soft. Enjoy!
xoxo, Brooke
My mom has a similar recipe but with honey. We’ve been making is every Christmas (and sometimes during the year too) for as long as I can remember. It’s a fun tradition!
FUN!
We are headed to my momma’s house this weekend–totally going to make this! looks yummy and fun!! My kids will totally love this 🙂 and I hear ya on having the kids home all summer, especially in this southern utah heat!!
Hello, I’m a long time reader of All Things Thrifty and I know you did that post before of vacationing in Disneyland…we are traveling to St George next month and I was wondering if you could share some fun things to do, good places to eat, maybe your favorite home decor stores to visit 🙂 St George seems to be somewhat of a hot spot for summer getaways so I thought many of your readers would benefit from a post you’d write if you’re willing. Maybe you already have? Point me in the right direction! So far our vacation is pretty much a blank slate, other than hanging out at the pool. Thanks!
Great idea! I’ll totally write one! Stay tuned!
Do you have a tutorial on that cute apron your daughter is wearing?
My husband has a recipe for this candy, different from this one. It was his father’s, and he use to make it and sale to make his house payments when there was no work in the coal mine’s, this was back in eastern ky. It has a long history in his family. And it has been passed down. Now our son-in-law makes it.
Please share! Merry Christmas!
Looks great! Going to try making it for favoprizesTo Brenda
(who wrote March 3rd 2014) Do you have the recipe for yur father in law?made the not
Looks fun and sounds deleesh! Going to try it for favors at an upcoming Famiy Reunion : )
To Brenda-who wrote March 3rd, 2014-it would be neat to have your father-in-law’s recipe, to compare.
Hey Brooke, Totally had an epic fail on this one 🙁 I followed the directions but my taffy ended up hard like a sucker? Did I heat it too much or let it cool too long? Not sure, still delicious though! Thanks for the fun idea.
Jody! Not sure how I missed your comment on this post so long ago! That’s actually what this type of taffy is! It’s hard like a sucker. It’s not soft like salt-water taffy. So you unknowingly didn’t fail! That’s exactly how it was supposed to turn out!
When I was a little girl we had taffy pulls. I never knew the ingredients but I remember we buttered our hands , paired up in twos, one on each end of a portion of taffy and pulled!! It was great fun. Silly music played as we “worked”. Once it was just so, we put it on wax paper to cool then cut. I can’t remember the details. Those that would have passed away. Please help.
This recipe would definitely work for that. Have fun!
My grandmother always made vanilla and sometimes molasses taffy for us as kids. I know that for some people, body chemistry is vital. I have some relatives who couldn’t pull the taffy and have success if their bodies didn’t like it 😉
Candy gloves can help too. Always had greater success when it was cold outside and you can pull the candy in a cool place. Marble slabs probably also help cool the candy down.
I’ll be trying this again soon! Thank you for sharing.