Honey Cream Taffy

Total Time:Prep: 1-3/4 hours + cooling

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Iliene Taylor

Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Updated on Oct. 16, 2022

An old-fashioned favorite, this golden taffy gets my whole family pulling together in a special way! We wrap the melt-in-your mouth confections in twists of waxed paper and give them out to our holiday visitors.

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Honey Cream Taffy

Yield:about 5 dozen
Prep:1 hour 45 min

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter, softened
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 cups honey
  • 1 cup sugar
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Directions

  1. Grease a 15x10x1-in. pan with butter; place in the refrigerator. In a large deep heavy saucepan, combine cream and honey. Add sugar; cook over medium heat and stir with a wooden spoon until sugar is melted and mixture comes to a boil.
  2. Cover pan with a tight-fitting lid and boil for 1 minute. Uncover; cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 290° (soft-crack stage). Remove from the heat and pour into prepared pan (do not scrape sides of saucepan). Cool for 5 minutes. Using a wooden spoon, bring edges of honey mixture into center of pan. Cool 5-10 minutes longer or until cool enough to handle.
  3. Using buttered hands, pull and stretch taffy until ridges form. (Taffy will lose its gloss and become light tan in color.) Pull into ropes about 1/2 in. thick. With a buttered kitchen scissors, cut into 1-in. pieces. Wrap individually in plastic wrap or waxed paper.