saltwater taffy
Noun
Meaning
saltwater taffy (uncountable)
(cooking) A kind of soft taffy characteristic of the eastern United States, made with butter, glycerin, corn syrup, salt and water but not seawater.
Examples
All those years ago, while my grandmother was in a shop buying saltwater taffy, my father wandered down the boardwalk and would up in front of an old palm reader.
It reminded me of when we went to Manzanita last summer and you ate that whole gigantic barrel of saltwater taffy in less than 30 minutes.