Taffy is typically sugar, butter and flavoring mixed and pulled into a sticky mess then dried, chopped up and sold at state fairs and ye olde timey candy shops.
Watching a taffy pulling machine can be hypnotic:
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Wonder if those taffyheads in Wales like salt water taffy?