Yellowman (candy)

Yellowman or yellaman is a chewy, toffee-textured confectionery produced in Ulster, in Northern Ireland.

Traditionally it was not coloured yellow with food dyes however since vendors at the Lammas Fair wished to sell it in large quantities, the production of Yellowman became commercialised and the traditional ingredients and method of production were lost to a cheap version made from sugar, water and food colouring, (sometimes vanilla was added).

[1][2] Yellowman is similar to honeycomb toffee, except that the more solid 'rind' usually consists of at least half the quantity.

It will also only acquire its unique bubbly and crunchy consistency when a reaction occurs between the vinegar and the baking soda, which vigorously adds carbon dioxide gas throughout the mixture.

Ingredients of yellowman are commonly quoted as including brown sugar, golden syrup, butter, vinegar and bicarbonate of soda but there are many local commercialised and non-traditional variations in ingredients such as sugar, glucose, water, yellow food colouring.