in fig4 and 5 to show how water is distributed along the length of the header or trough 23 by way of conduits 31 and then recirculated back to a hot water heater 32 of the system 20 in fig4 and 11 toffee discharger holes or orifices 33 are shown arranged in sets through which orifices the toffee flows whereafter the toffee is continuously drawn into thread like strands and wound into cores in accordance with the invention the holes 33 are similarly sized and similarly angularly positioned for better distribution of the strands 9 when wound onto core forming units 30 preferably the orifices are of a 3 8 34 diameter and are spaced apart from the centerpoint to centerpoint a distance of 9 16 34 and the centerpoints of each set are disposed at a 7 u00b0 angle relative to a horizontal line through the header co axially orientated relative to the core forming units 30 in operation the toffee is heated to a point where strings of toffee may be pulled from the toffee mass 21 in the overhead header 23 through the orifices 33 now those strings will be continuous and the winder will continuously pull strings of toffee through the holes 33 and then wind the strings to form an elongated core member from which the individual core portions 8 are cut excellent results are obtainable where the core strands on the core after being cooled have a diameter of 0 010 34 to 0 012 34 now if the temperature of the toffee is properly controlled in the header in the range of 172 u00b0 to 180 u00b0 f it will allow strings to be pulled through the orifices.