Laffy Taffy

Laffy Taffy is one of the most popular brands of toffee among the children of America. You can get this brand in numerous fruit flavors and colors, and the toffees are packed in many different ways. People call it toffee outside America, where it is called candy. Taffy is nothing but a mixture of sugar and butter. These are boiled together until they become completely sticky. At this stage, they are given various shapes. The Taffy at this stage must be in a form that can be stretched well. No one actually has any idea about the origin of the toffee or taffy. The first time its name was reflected in the English Oxford dictionary in the year 1817. Some people speculate that it was first made in England, some in Scotland, and few believe that it may have come from France. Some even say that since the butter and sugar were quite frequently used by the Romans in the medieval period, therefore it could have emerged out from Roman period. Also, during the Robbie Burn times, the traditional hard toffee was quite famous amongst people of Scotland. In Scotland, the toffee is considered to be very hard that cannot be chewed with teeth, and hence, the toffee were sold as tablets along with a tiny metal hammer that was used to break them into smaller pieces. The soft variety of Taffy that could be chewed became quite famous during 1800. In those times, these were sold as ordinary candies, which could be stored with ease on shelves of candy stores by wrapping them with wax paper. In the early part of 1800, people used to organize social events that included preparation of Taffy which extended throughout the U.S.