Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. Cape May, New ...

Its taffy pull machines work tirelessly, winding away to stretch out salt water taffy 20 pounds at a time, and now that shop could earn a national title from the USA Today reader’s choice contest.

We're just days away from one of the biggest candy days of the year. Here comes Halloween, trick-or-treaters and lots of mini-sized Snickers, KitKats, Butterfingers, M&M's and Skittles; the top seller ...

BROCKTON — At Hill-Top Candy here, a team makes 75,000 pieces of salt water taffy a day. With its bright colors, simple paper wrapping, and old-fashioned box, the confection is an American classic.

After 20 years at its spot along Dolliver Street in Pismo Beach, an iconic taffy shop is moving because it can no longer afford the rent. “We had to get out of here because the rent went up so high we ...