Saltwater taffy, a product that contains no actual saltwater, is neither fully solid nor fully liquid. Researchers put the sticky, sweet confection to the test to understand the physics behind this ...

In a single corridor of the Hyde Park Art Center, Vesna Jovanovic has served up a collection of paintings full of substances ...

Ferrara Candy Co., the Illinois-based confectioner behind Laffy Taffy and other popular sweets, including Nerds, Jelly Belly, and Red Hots, admits that for years customers have wanted better wrappers ...

A new candy just dropped. And it's oh-so-Midwestern. We see you, salt water taffy, and raise you with Lakewater Taffy, which is infused with Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy and real Great Lakes water. The ...

Going to the edge of the Pacific Ocean is a sensory experience. The smell of seawater, the sounds of gulls and crashing waves, the warm feeling of sun on your skin – or a crisp breeze may be more ...

There’s a whirling machine that stops people who pass by it, pulling globs of molten sugar into bites of beach time sweetness. OPB’s “Superabundant” team visited Bruce’s Candy Kitchen in Cannon Beach, ...

One of the most hands-down beloved candies of the 1990s and 2000s was Laffy Taffy. Originally produced by Beich's Candy Company before Nestlé purchased it for its Willy Wonka Candy Company line in ...

Business has picked up for the Taffy Shop, a family-owned store in Estes Park, since it earned the No. 1 spot on USA Today’s list of top 10 candy stores in the nation. “Another business owner told me ...

When San To Chan successfully defended their PhD thesis, they received a gift of saltwater taffy to celebrate and couldn’t help being intrigued by the taffy’s unusual consistency: somewhere between a ...