Around the country, it’s known as honeycomb toffee, cinder toffee, seafoam candy, or hokey pokey — but around Stefanelli’s headquarters in Erie, PA, it’s known as sponge candy. Our most popular confection gets its signature air bubbles from baking soda added late in the cooking process, aerating the toffee for an irresistibly light and crisp crunch. Caution: May be habit-forming!
Sponge Candy is Erie's signature candy and it's simply delicious. In other parts of the country it's also called seafoam, honeycomb or cinder toffee, or hokey pokey. Each bite offers the creamy smoothness of Stefanelli's Candies Milk Chocolate with the melt-away crunch of toffee filling.