candy pull

a social gathering at which taffy or molasses candy is made.

Origin of candy pull

First recorded in 1835–45

Then came the "candy-pull," and very sweetly closed the day's festivities.

American Missionary, Volume 44, No. 1, January, 1890 |Various
Kitty was telling something that had happened that afternoon at the candy-pull from which they were just returning.

The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation |Annie Fellows Johnston
You can't go on adding to the party, though, as if it was a candy-pull!

The Story Of Waitstill Baxter |By Kate Douglas Wiggin
Leslie wanted to have a candy-pull, with apples and nuts and raisins for refreshments.

Cloudy Jewel |Grace Livingston Hill

Instead we are going to have a candy-pull over at my house, and I came over to get you.

Harry Watson's High School Days |Frank V. Webster