Not all candy is pulled, but much of it is,” Justice William Howard Taft wrote in the 1921 Supreme Court decision Hildreth v. Mastoras. That high-profile patent dispute over rival improvements to salt ...

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.

Medha Imam: Saltwater taffy is synonymous to summer days, and this chewy, soft candy is the pride of Jersey Shore. We're headed to Ocean City, New Jersey, to see how this treat is made. Jersey Shore ...