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Toffee vs Taffy - What's the difference?

toffee | taffy | Alternative forms |

Taffy is a alternative form of toffee.



As nouns the difference between toffee and taffy

is that toffee is a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard while taffy is a soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar.

As a proper noun Taffy is

(somewhat pejorative) A nickname for a Welshman.

toffee

English

(wikipedia toffee)

Alternative forms

* taffy (mostly US ) * toffy

Noun

  • (uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
  • (countable) a small, individual piece of toffee
    • a box of toffees

    Derived terms

    * bonfire toffee * cinder toffee * English toffee * for toffee * honeycomb toffee * maple toffee * sponge toffee * toffee apple * toffee-brown * toffee-colored, toffee-coloured * toffee hammer * toffee-nose * toffee-nosed * toffee paper

    See also

    * butterscotch * caramel * fudge

    Anagrams

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    taffy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * toffee

    Noun

  • (US) A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar.

    • Usage notes

    * Taffy is similar to the British toffee, which is a hard candy, but this is a soft candy in America.