

While we strive to obtain accurate product information, we cannot guarantee or ensure the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of any product information. The mexican candy has a rich caramelize, gooey and sugary texture and a rich combination of bitersweet flavors with touches of spicy chili powder. In 2012, Bonomo introduced two new flavors, Blue Raspberry and Wild Cherry.īonomo's Turkish Taffy is certified kosher by the Orthodox Union, the world's largest kosher certification agency.This is a delicious froster with the fruity flavor of watermelon pulp. Flavors Ĭurrent flavors of Bonomo's Turkish Taffy include Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry and Banana.

A press release issued by The Warrell Corporation on April 8, 2010, said the product would be available in stores in July 2010 and samples were available for preview to the confectionery industry at the National Confectioners Association's annual "Sweets and Snacks Expo" May 23–27, 2010.īonomo's Turkish Taffy made its official re-debut to the general public July 2, 2010, at IT'SUGAR in Atlantic City. In 2003, Bonomo Turkish Taffy, LLC created a website proclaiming the return of Bonomo Turkish Taffy and accepting advance orders. In 1980, the candy became part of the Tootsie Roll Industries of Chicago line of candies. Tico Bonomo specifically cited the decision to use television as instrumental in the popularity of the candy-bar sized taffys. In 1949, Turkish Taffy became one of the first forms of candy advertised and marketed on television when Bonomo created and sponsored The Magic Clown on NBC Television. By that time, it was marketed by Gold Medal Candy Corporation of Brooklyn, New York. Since the pieces were both chewy and slow-melting in the mouth, it was a favorite for the frugal customer. This property of being shattered or broken by sudden shock but still pliable and soft when chewed is possible because the candy is a non-Newtonian fluid. In the late 1940s, the company released a version in candy-bar size which the purchaser could whack against a hard surface to break into bite-sized pieces. Turkish Taffy was originally sold in large sheets to Woolworth's stores, where pieces were broken off with a ball-peen hammer at the counter and sold by weight. It has been marketed in vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and banana flavors. It was also not Turkish but was created after World War II in the Bonomo factory. Īccording to Tico Bonomo, son of Victor, Turkish Taffy "was not really a taffy, but what is technically known as a short nougat," consisting of a batter of corn syrup and egg whites that was cooked and then baked. Bonomo, had emigrated from Izmir, Turkey, and founded the Bonomo Company in Coney Island, New York, in 1897 to produce saltwater taffy and hard candies. Schwarz & Sons of Newark, New Jersey, which were acquired in 1936 by Victor Bonomo, a Sephardic Jew whose father, Albert J. Turkish Taffy was invented in 1912 by Austrian immigrant Herman Herer, who sold the rights to M. Turkish Taffy Is a "chewy" (usually hard and crunchy) taffy-like candy bar, which comes in several flavors.

Unwrapped taffy Early label of Bonomo Turkish Taffy
