<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Cookbook: Salt Water Taffy Media: Salt Water Taffy </Td> </Tr> <P> Salt water taffy is a variety of soft taffy originally produced and marketed in the Atlantic City, New Jersey area of the Jersey Shore starting in the 1880s . </P> <P> The original invention of the candy has several different stories circulating, likely all apocryphal . One relates to an assistant who substituted fresh water with sea water--either through laziness or accident . Another cites a storm which caused ocean water to wash over the candy, which was consequently (and successfully) marketed with the appropriate name . Joseph Fralinger popularized the candy by boxing it and selling it in Atlantic City . Fralinger's first major competition came from candy maker Enoch James, who refined the recipe, making it less sticky and easier to unwrap . James also cut the candy into bite - sized pieces, and is credited with mechanizing the "pulling" process . The candy was also sold mail order; in 1926 sheet music was commissioned by James with the title "Send Home Some Taffy Today!" / Both Fralinger's and James's stores still operate on the Atlantic City boardwalk . Both companies have been owned and operated by the Glaser family since 1947 . </P> <P> On August 21, 1923, John Edmiston obtained a trademark for the name "salt water taffy" (number 172,016), then demanded royalties from companies using his newly acquired name . He was sued over this demand, and in 1925, the trademark was invalidated as being in common use . </P>

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