June 17, 2025

Bruce's Candy Kitchen

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Two white male candy shop workers hold a kettle and pour taffy mixture onto a metal cooling table. — 1 of 5
Candy maker Kyle Truax, left, and another Bruce's Candy Kitchen employee pour a hot kettle of taffy mixture onto a cooling table at the shop in Cannon Beach, Ore., June 10, 2024.
*Meagan Cuthill / OPB*

Two white-skinned hands roll a batch of pink and green taffy on a metal table. — 2 of 5
At Bruce's Candy Kitchen in Cannon Beach, Ore., Brian Taylor rolls a batch of strawberry taffy on the cooling table, preparing the candy for the wrapping machine June 10,2024.
*Meagan Cuthill / OPB*

Through a window frame inside a candy store, a man operates a taffy wrapping machine in the kitchen. — 3 of 5
Brian Taylor operates a machine at Bruce's Candy Kitchen in Cannon Beach, Ore., that wraps 140 pieces of taffy a minute, June 10, 2024.
*Jenn Chávez / OPB*

A shelf at a candy store hold three buckets with pieces of wrapped taffy, each with a sign for their flavor. From left to right: molasses, molasses mint and hazelnut. A stuffed unicorn toy sits on the shelf next to the candy and a clothes line of T-shirts for sale hand behind the candy. — 4 of 5
Inside Bruce's Candy Kitchen in Cannon Beach, Ore., over three dozens flavors of saltwater taffy are for sale. These were three of the flavors available June 10, 2024.
*Meagan Cuthill / OPB*

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A pile of many flavors of saltwater taffy from Bruce's Candy Kitchen in Cannon Beach, Ore. June 2024
*Stephani Gordon / OPB*

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