Regional Names
It is known by a wide variety of names including:
- cinder toffee in Britain
- honeycomb in South Africa, Australia and Britain
- puff candy in Scotland
- golden crunchers
- hokey pokey in New Zealand (especially in the Kiwi classic Hokey Pokey ice cream).
- sponge candy ("tire éponge") in Quebec, Canada, St. Paul, Minnesota, Western New York, and Northwest Pennsylvania, USA
- sea foam in Maine, Washington, Oregon, Utah, California and Michigan, USA
- fairy food candy or angel food candy in Wisconsin, USA
Cinder toffee and bonfire toffee are also used to refer to brittle treacle toffee. Yellowman in Northern Ireland is very similar to honeycomb toffee.
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