Third Time Is NOT A Charm

For the last 3 years, 'Making Taffy' has been added to our summer list. And for the last 3 years, we've failed.

Last year, it was too soft. Gooey globs were everywhere:

This year, I was positive that we would have the perfect taffy. It's a simple recipe, with straight forward instructions, so how hard can it be? Apparently, too hard. This year our taffy quickly formed into hard shards of glass:

The kids still found a way to eat it and I just walked away from the whole mess. Will this activity make the list next summer? I may just need a cooking class before I make that decision.