So it’s been snowing ALL DAY and the kids came straight home from school today and I’ve not seen them inside yet….
I was trying to think up a fun snack for them and I wondered if it would be easy to make maple taffy and really….it couldn’t be easier.
You need real maple syrup and snow.
Okay, you need to boil the maple syrup first, but really that’s not difficult. Most of the articles that I read mentioned a need for a candy thermometer but I just winged it and VOILA…….
You boil the maple syrup for a while. It needs to get over 260 degrees Fahrenheit and it needs to thicken up a little, so I probably boiled it for about 10 mins.
Then I took my pot outside and found some clean snow and using a spoon, drizzled some onto the snow. Then I called Jeremy over and asked him to eat some of my yellow snow – which he emphatically declined….until I mentioned that it was maple candy.
Here it is in the snow….
And after a few seconds….it comes out more solid, like this…..
And after you’ve taken a big, chewy bite, it looks more like this…
It’s chewy like toffee but tastes like maple syrup. So Delicious and so easy.
Have you made this before? Am I just really behind the times?
(part 2 of “Getting away from it all” coming soon)
Hi Patti– My Mom use to make taffy for us and fill a tin pie plate with snow and pour the taffy on it. Funny I have not thought about it for years. I am so glad you were able to get away for a couple of days. You are always in our hearts even tho I don”t e mail all the time. Much love to you all Grandma
Yummmm. (If I liked maple syrup!)
Yumm!!!!
I love maple syrup! especially the real Canadian stuff. What a neat idea. I have never heard of anything like that.
We are coming into summer now and if it is anything like the spring it will be hot and dry!!
Earthquake count – 3294 – a Guiness record!!! (not that I have felt one for the last week or so – we must be getting used to them.
Oh my gosh how fun! I love it. And your getaway looks amazing. Can’t wait to see the rest of it.
yummy! this is a BIG Quebec thing.
when i was in ottawa, the other side of the bridge of quebec. someone pour maple syrup over the vanilla ice cream. boy was it ever good. have you tried maple syrup over vanilla ice cream? i never tried maple syrup in snow, i bet it taste good. too many dirty snow over here.
I love maple taffy, but I have never made it. Sadly, our snow is gone now, but next time it falls, I’m all OVER it. Thanks for the directions! 🙂
just had to comment to say your nails look GREAT!!