When I was in second or third grade we made Molasses Taffy at school and I remember being enthralled with the way the color lightened into a golden brown as we pulled it. I never saw a recipe or made it again until a couple of years ago, when I saw it in a cookbook in Florida. It is an unusual taffy, flavored with molasses.

2 cups sugar
1 cup molasses
1/4 cup water
2 tsp vinegar
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 tsp baking soda

Add sugar, molasses and water to a large pot. Bring to a boil and add vinegar. Cook until the mixture reaches 268 degrees. (Hard ball stage.)

Remove from heat, add in baking soda and butter.

Turn out onto a buttered tray and butter hands. Once taffy is cool enough to handle, start pulling and twisting it. It will get a light golden color and get quite soft. Pull it into ropes about 1/2″ thick, and snip 2″ sections. You can wrap them in little rectangles of waxed paper, twisting the ends like a hard candy.