Maple Snow Candy ~ Recipe

Every winter I make a special batch of Maple Snow Candy for the kids. A delicious little treat of candied maple syrup that nobody can resist *grin*. Last year though we had not one flake of snow so there was double the excitement when I appeared outdoors this afternoon with a steaming pot of pure sweetness and a handful of popsicle sticks :)

Everyone crowded around as I found a clean snow drift and started to pour caramel colored ribbons of the steaming maple syrup directly onto the snow :) The syrup sinks ever so slightly into the surface of the snow and remains nice and soft and stretchy so that you can roll it up like a lollipop on the end of a popsicle stick to suck on.

Mmm, so good and you have got to try making some to!

You will need

1 cup of 100% Pure Maple Syrup

1/4 cup of unsalted butter

a candy thermometer

Make sure that you use pure maple syrup and real butter or it won't turn out properly :) Place all three things into a saucepan and place over medium heat, making sure that you stir constantly. This is very important as you don't want to accidentally burn the maple syrup. Keep boiling and stirring until your thermometer reaches a temperature of 220 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove the pot from the heat and let it sit for a minute or two and then find a nice clean patch of snow and pour :)

Don't worry if you don't have snow. You can do this with a bowl of vanilla ice cream to and pretend that it is snow :)

Enjoy,
Rosina

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