![]() ![]() This maple candy is also known as maple wax. Maple taffy is maple syrup-based candy made when you heat maple syrup to a temperature of about 240 degrees Fahrenheit and then rapidly cool it in the snow. ![]() You can test to see how hard the candy is by placing some on a plate to cool. Simmer for 5-10 minutes or use a candy thermometer and heat to hard crack. They would pour the thick hot syrup over the snow, which quickly cools it down and turns it into taffy. Find Maple Syrup Snow Candy stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Snow Candy 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/8 cup butter In a sauce pan, heat up the maple syrup and butter on low and allow to bubble. The marvelous, buttery, toasted sugar flavor is easier to enjoy if you resist the urge to chew. Tapping the trees, catching the sap, tending the fire, and boiling down the sap required many volunteers and helping hands came in all sizes: “Usually several neighbors will drop in during the evening, and while the boys tend the fire and skim the sap the older men will smoke and tell stories that make the boys hug closer to the bright firelight” ( Wausau Pilot, 1903).įor the children the highlight of maple sugar season was its end when they “gathered around the steaming kettle of sirup with their dishes and little paddles whittled out of basswood, eagerly waiting for the word when the sirup is thick enough to stir into sugar.” As maple sugar season usually took place between mid-March and mid-April, the children would find some snow left on the ground sheltered by the trees. If you’ve got a pristine patch of freshly-fallen white stuff sitting pretty on your patio, you can just make your candy right there. Heres how you too can make old-fashioned maple syrup snow candy. ![]() The production of maple sugar was oftentimes a communal event. ![]()
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