I remember helping nana with the pulling and actually enjoying it. Now i have my lil guy help me! Its a bit of work but worth it in the end!! You can use many flavors for this peppermint, orange, vanilla, molasses, coffee, coconut, lemon, banana, lemon etc. Use your imagination! You can also use food coloring to color the taffy according to the flavor. you can wrap the taffy in small papers and twist and tie ends and make little boxes as gifts or favors for parties. You can also twist two different color ropes or two different flavored ropes together and then cut or form into shapes to come up with even more unique flavors.

2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup white corn syrup
1 t salt
2 t glycerin (you should be able to get this at walgreens cvs etc in the pharmacy department)
1 t vanilla (or whatever other flavor you prefer)
2 t butter


1
Put all ingredients except the vanilla (or whatever flavor you use) and butter into a heavy sauce pan.
2
Bring your taffy to a boil over medium high heat. Let it keep on a boiling until your candy thermometer reaches 258 degrees. This should take about 35-40 minutes. (if you put a bit of taffy on a spoon and run some cold water over the top it should look kind of stiff if it is ready to go..over cooking makes it hard to pull and under cooking makes it too sticky to pull)
3
Remove taffy from heat and add vanilla. Then add butter and stir until all the butter has melted.
4
Butter a cookie sheet and Pour the taffy onto the sheet (it should be a golden yellowish color)
5
Let taffy cool until it is cool enough to handle. Now pinch taffy on sheet into about 12 seperate sections. (little circlish shapes on the sheet)
6
When the candy is cool enough to pick up everyone gets a piece and it is time to start pulling and folding. Pull and stretch the taffy and then fold it into itself. pull and fold over and over until your taffy is a nice white color.
7
Now stretch these pieces into ropes and put on wax paper. Now break it into pieces and wrap in wax paper twisted at edges. (A grandma tip: hold rope in palm of your hand and tap it with the back end of a butter knife or similiar object. this should break the taffy easily.
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Note: If adding food coloring to taffy add it at the same time you add the flavoring.

Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas

Although there are much more complicated ways to do this and also ways that use top of the line chocolate, my lil guy couldnt tell Godiva from Hersheys or Nestles. When he wants a frozen chocolate covered banana he wants it yesterday. So we do ours with Magic Shell and sprinkles. He gets the fun of rolling them in the chocolate and sprinkles, nuts etc all on his own and they only take a few minutes. Since we always have bananas in the house they have also proven to be a great way to keep my lil man and his friends occupied for a while when they decide they are bored with the video games, fort building and tad pole catching. so although I prefer my strawberries and such dipped in a much richer tastier chocolate, my son thinks these are the best!!

What You Need

Frozen bananas or mini bananas (on sticks) (i use popcycle sticks or 1/2 a wooden shishkabob stick) You may want to cut large bananas in half before inserting stick and freezing, they are easier for little handles to handle.

Magic shell chocolate, Peanut butter chocolate, chocolate peanut butter, orange creamcycle and/or vanilla cupcake flavored, depending on your preference

Sprinkles in asst. colors or crushed nut or angel flake coconut

Empty magic shell into bowls good for dipping, roll banana into magic shell and if necessary spoon additional over banana to cover. Immediately roll in desired topping and then return to freezer for a few minutes till magic shell sets.