We are always on the look out for fun, family-friendly things to do in St. George. Recently, we found a new favorite at the Taffy Shop. Not only is this an amazing place to purchase nearly every imaginable flavor of salt water taffy, you can also make and design your own taffy colors and flavors at their Taffology Experience. This class is fun for families, date nights, friend groups, and more.
Taffy Shop
The Taffy Shop is located at 2397 Santa Clara Dr in Santa Clara, Utah. When you enter the shop, you’re greeted by the pungent smell of hundreds of flavors of salt water taffy. They have everything from dill pickle to Dr. Pepper. You can purchase a bag, and then jam it as full as possible with all the flavors you want. The only rule is that you have to be able to seal the bag. You can also buy specialty and assorted bags to share. Though the shop is small it is full of fun signs and decorations (i.e. Maybe Black Licorice Doesn’t Like You Either).
Taffyology Experience
The Taffy Shop is fun, but the Taffyology Experience is even better. This requires you to register for the class in advance so they can have everything prepared for you. When our family group arrived, the plain white taffy was all laid out, and the colors and flavors were spread across the table. There were 24 people taking the Taffology class when our family attended, so they can handle a good size crowd.
First, we “worked” the taffy, softening it up by pulling and twisting it together. This activity is easily be done by most ages. They recommend kids under 8 work with an adult on the same tray. After the taffy is warmed up, you can choose your flavors. You can make up to 3 different kinds of taffy, and you can combine flavors to make them unique. You’ll get around a dozen pieces of each of your 3 flavors, so you can swap and share with others.
Once you’ve mixed in flavors, you can choose colors. There are instructions on how to combine colors to make swirls, marbled taffy, and other traditional patterns, but we really liked creating our own styles. Finally, you roll your colored, flavored taffies into a long snake. Then you take it to the cutter. A worker cuts each roll into pieces. Then, you wrap the taffy in paper to save it for later. Of course, you can eat the end cuts (or any other bits) as soon as it is cut.
Booking Info
We loved our candy making experience. It was safe, and everything was provided including aprons, gloves (you’ll use several pair), taffy, color, and wax paper for wrapping. You have an instructor and videos guiding you the entire time. Make sure to book a Taffyology Experience at Taffy Shop for your next trip to St. George. Find all the info and details on their site here: Taffy Shop. We also saw that you can order a Taffy Shop kit to be delivered and make your own taffy at home. Check out this post with all of our ideas of family friendly things to do in the St. George area: Best Things to do in St. George.
