This is a fun candy to make anytime. Try having a taffy pull at your next older kids party, adult party, fall or Christmas party.
Delicious Homemade Vinegar Taffy
2 cups dark corn syrup
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. vinegar
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla or other flavoring
food coloring
Combine first four ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Continue cooking to 260°. Remove from heat and stir in soda, vanilla and a few drops of food coloring. Beat until smooth and creamy. Pour into a buttered pan. When cool enough to handle butter hands and pull until light in color. Pull into long strips and cut into 1 inch pieces. Makes 8 dozen.
This homemade vinegar taffy recipe is from the Dining On A Dime Cookbook. For more yummy recipes like this, check it out here!
Lisa T says
You didn’t ever add the vinegar….?
Jill says
Lisa it is suppose to say the first 5 ingredients so you add at the first.
D.T. says
all i buy is apple cidar vinegar, will that work? the one and only time i made taffy was at my grandma’s church when i was a pre-teen. good memories.
Joy says
Is this a hard candy or a soft candy? I am want a soft taffy recipe. Thanks
Tawra says
Yes it is. It isn’t like soft water taffy.
Kay says
Is additional food coloring to be added a second time after it is boiled with the first 5 ingredients? If so, is this to make it the color you prefer? If not, is it to be added before or after the boiling of first 4 and not first 5 ingredients? Really confused.
Tawra says
Kay when you remove it from the heat just add the soda, vanilla and how much food coloring you want at this time and you are good to go. You don’t even have to add the food coloring if it will be easier for you because it is just for fun and to make it any color you want. Jill
Barb says
I had the same question and I’m confused about the answer. It says to combine the first 5 ingredients, which includes coloring and then add coloring after removing from the heat. You say the food coloring is optional, is there a missing ingredient in the 4th position?
Jill says
Sorry it was my mistake. I fixed it on the recipe. Do the syrup, sugar, butter, and vinegar then add the food coloring at the end. Sorry for the mix up and thanks for the heads up.
Shirley says
Can you add flavors to is for differnet flavors and if so what kind?
Jill says
Yes you can and pretty much any flavor you like.
cathy f says
what type of vinegar is to be used?
thank-you
cathy
Jill says
Regular white vinegar.
dt says
so is it soft? but not like salt water taffy? please clarify
Jill says
If it is cooked correctly it hardens like a hard candy.
Magdalen says
Thank you. I remember reading about “taffy pulling” in some American story when I was little. Now I understand!