NJ Salt Water Taffy

New Jersey Salt Water Taffy…

Like many kids growing up in Jersey and going down the shore in the summer, one of the most amazing smells was when they made the Salt Water Taffy. It kinda smells like caramel corn with a bit of marshmallow kinda almost exactly like the Boardwalk candle. It’s is sweet and creamy with a hint of salt. And as a kid growing up in North Jersey you didn’t have smells like that this was definitely a Jersey Shore thing. My first experience was when our downstairs neighbor went to Asbury Park for the weekend and bought us back a few boxes. I had no idea what in the world it was, It was in 1979 and I was 8 years old at the time and it was the most amazing discovery of my childhood lol…

What is Salt Water Taffy???

Saltwater taffy, a type of taffy (a chewy and soft candy) that started in Atlantic City, Their recipe for saltwater taffy really does not actually include saltwater from the ocean, though it does usually call for salt and water, as well as sugar, corn syrup, butter, cornstarch, flavoring, and coloring.

 saltwater taffy gained its moniker following that offhand comment after the flooding in Atlantic City, there is really no difference between saltwater taffy and regular taffy. There was very little or no salt added to the candy over 100 years ago even till now.

Why is it called Salt Water Taffy Then?

Well from what I have found is that the most popular explanation of the name is that of a candy-store owner, David Bradley, whose shop was flooded during a major storm in 1883. His entire stock of taffy was soaked with salty Atlantic Ocean water. … And well he loved the name “saltwater taffy”, and that’s what it was called from then on.

To be honest I really have to stay away from this stuff, I just simply cannot eat one or two. I can sit and easily shovel almost a full box into my mouth. I even love unwrapping it from its wax paper packaging call me crazy but its like unwrapping a Christmas gift lol it really is. Now you can basically find it in a few places like Shrivers (Pictured Above) and a few other places. I have to be biased here but Shrivers is just my all time favorite, it was the first brand I ever had and the best in my opinion ( Which means absolutely positively nothing) But yes I will travel all the way to their store in Ocean City and get a box or two.

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