the.com/taffy pull

means A gathering where soft, hot candy is pulled and folded by hand (often by two people working it back and forth) until it turns glossy, pale, and chewy.

from Taffy itself is an American spin on 'toffee,' first recorded in the early 1800s, with the exact split between the two words still a bit murky. The 'pull' names the actual technique: once the boiled sugar mass cools enough to handle, it gets pulled, folded, and pulled again — a repeated stretching that works air into the candy and turns it from dark and brittle to light, shiny, and elastic. By the mid-1800s, 'taffy pulls' had become a popular social event in America, especially among young people, since the work required a partner to pull against — making candy-making double as courtship.