In 1883 a
Vendor on the original Atlantic City Boardwalk was offering a new candy
called “taffy” when an August storm unexpectedly sprayed ocean salt
water over his stock. The innovative vendor changed the candy name to
“Salt-Water” Taffy and sales boomed.
Taffy was made
by hand until 1900-1905 when machinery was created. The Florida Candy
Factory, Inc., is an authentic manufacturer of the original taffy
formulation and actually uses original equipment from the 1900's to
pull, cut and wrap our product. This "old fashioned" formulation is
believed to provide the most desired taste and texture of any of the
salt-water taffy being manufactured. We are proud to be the manufacturer
of this authentic "old fashioned" American keepsake, but we are the most proud to better the original recipe by eliminating all transfat and soy from the product.
Only the best ingredients are used to provide the best tasting taffy
available. And as always, each 270-pound batch receives the personal
attention of our "candy maker" who inspects and accepts only the highest
quality product.
Through our experience,
the twelve- (12) flavors that are most preferred are listed as follows:
