While that wouldn't exactly make headlines if we were living in San Diego or on the Jersey shore, it's pretty rare to find by-the-piece salt water taffy in Phoenix. Sunflower has the usual suspects -- grape, chocolate, cotton candy -- plus a few more creative offerings such as key lime and rum.  

Hurry, before this taffy boat sails away.

​At $2.99 a pound, they're a steal. We scored a bag of the stuff on a trip to Florida last month and prices there ranged from about eight bucks a pound to nearly twelve. If you know anyone who grew up on the coast, you'll definitely earn brownie (or taffy?) points if you stick a few handfuls in their holiday stocking.

Be sure to stop by Sunflower soon, since the little taffy boat will likely be replaced by chocolate oranges and holiday M&M's any day now.