Toffee Sweets are like ....?

[Fairy Queen]

Hi

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> When I was look through Britsh food websites for Harry Potter 
sweets,
> I can across packages of Toffee, except they didn't look like what I
> preceive toffee to be. Although, I admit the pictures weren't very 
good.
> 
> The toffee I saw appeared somewhat taffy-like; that is, sweet, 
chewy,
> and gooey. What I consider to be toffee is the hard candy found 
inside
> a Heath brand candy bar. Also, what I consider toffee doesn't come 
in
> any flavors other than toffee.
> 
> Can anyone enlighten me?
> 
> bboy_mn

There are different types of toffee in the UK.  The description 
of 'sweet, chewy, and gooey' fits some types, such as 'Toffos', which 
are small, circular and come in various fruit flavours. I have only 
tried Taffy once but, as far as I remember, Toffos are similar in 
consistancy to Taffy, just a little chewier, a bit less gooey. 
Although I haven't a clue what the filling in a Heath Brand Candy Bar 
is like, if it is golden in colour and brittle, but chewable in the 
mouth, then that would also be called 'Toffee' in the UK.  A third 
type of toffee is also hard and chewable, but is not brittle, as it 
comes in lumps.  This only tends to be one flavour, but somtimes it 
has nuts or similar things in. (IMO, this is best, and an especially 
yummy type comes from Thorntons)

I don't know if this helps at all.  Basically I am saying that the 
picture could be toffee, as toffee cam be many different things.
Could you post a link to the picture? If it is of a named UK brand, 
that might provide the answer.

Lucy