I remember eating a candy as a young child called “chewy fruit” but it wasn’t chocolate flavored. They were little squares of wax paper wrapped soft taffy. (Not toffee, AFAIK, those are 2 different things.) They weren’t as soft as “laffy taffy” nor as hard as “Now 'n Later”, soft, but not fluffy. Very fruity, slightly tangy, and not too sweet. I did try searching for it, but I couldn’t find the candy I remembered. I don’t know if they had fruit flavored taffys mixed with chocolate flavoring or not. That was one of my favorite candies as a kid. I think also there were little sugared jelly fruit slices sold as “chewy fruit” as well. Those were softer than a gumdrop, but looked similar. Am I remembering correctly?