Okay, whoa. This might have just become a scientific experiment of some sort.
There was a big blob of taffy I left unpulled and in a ball earlier, because I like to eat some of it kind of soft. I pulled off some of it and formed it into small balls, which I expected to flatten into little round wafers. They did. However, I found the stuff I’d set aside to be just a little too soft, and so I stuck in the fridge very briefly.
About twenty minutes later, I pulled it out, they were just about right; not too hard or too soft. I had delicious little taffy wafers to munch on that were a little sticky and cold.
So, I leave the tray with the little wafers out on the counter. About an hour later, I check on them, and naturally, they’ve gotten even flatter and stickier, and had a little wet film on them - sweating, I assume, after being in the fridge. It’s all edible to me, so I pull one out and eat it. Yum. They are about two inches apart at this point, and each wafer is a very flat inch and a half.
I leave it again for a little while, maybe two hours or so. I’ve been in and out of the kitchen, each time I take a glance in, but not taking anymore, since I think I’ve had more than enough for tonight. But… but…
Something downright weird happened about five minutes ago.
I was walking by to get a drink of water, and as I was drinking, I glanced down at the tray… and those things were moving. I mean, expanding at a frightening rate. Frankly, it freaked me out a little and made me wonder what the hell was in the water I was drinking. At first, I thought maybe I’d been sitting in front of the computer too long and my eyes were playing tricks on me - you know how when you stare at something moving for too long and focus on a static object, it appears to expand or shrink or otherwise move? It was similar to that. I thought to myself, “Okay. They’re not really moving or exanding this fast or this suddenly, maybe I’m just having a dizzy spell or something. Proof will be when the edges of the circles don’t meet.”
But they did! They really truly were moving! The edges met and the wafers formed a large blob before my eyes!
The thing that is weird to me about the whole thing, is that for hours, they didn’t move much - they obviously had a bit, but it was slow as… er… aheh… molasses. When I saw them begin to move, they were still roughly two inches apart, and the flat wafers were about an inch and half long. Now it’s just one massive blob.
What happened, Dopers? Why did they, seemingly spontaneously, begin to “melt” before my eyes? I saw them before, they didn’t “melt” that damn fast! Did I catch them in the act? Is this just what happens, but we’re not usually around to see it? I thought the process was gradual. 
Or is there really something in the water? 
). It took me somewhere between 10 - 15 minutes. Remove from heat and pour into a greased square pan - I use a long rectangular tupperware-type casserole dish and it works well. I just spray mine down with Pam. Let cool a bit, keep pulling the edges away from the sides with the wooden spoon. When cool enough to handle, and the taffy is holding together well, butter your hands to keep from sticking and form into a large ball. Begin to pull it out from all sides. Pull until the colour turns quite light, then form into a long, twisted rope. With buttered scissors, snip into bite size pieces, wrap each piece in waxed paper and twist the ends shut, and keep stored in a tightly sealed container. Yum!