Maple Snow Candy Recipes

MAPLE SYRUP SNOW CANDY

Steps:

• Find a clean patch of snow and pack it down well with your hands. If you don't have any snow, fill a bowl with crushed ice.
• Over medium heat, heat maple syrup to boiling.
• Stir constantly to prevent burning, and boil until thermometer reads 235 degrees Fahrenheit.
• If the syrup is not hot enough, it will simply seep into the snow and won't turn into candy. If you boil the syrup too long, you will end up with maple sugar.
• Head outside and pour hot maple syrup over the snow (or pour it over your bowl of crushed ice.)
• Move the pot back and forth as you pour, making ribbons of syrup in the snow.
• Quickly use a popsicle stick to collect the maple syrup by rolling it around the stick.
• If you don't do this quickly enough, the candy will become too hard to roll, but you can still pick it up with your fingers to eat it!
• Enjoy!

MAPLE TAFFY

Steps:

• Pack a rimmed baking sheet with snow and place in freezer (or outside, if temperature is low enough). Meanwhile, bring syrup to a boil in a small saucepan with a candy thermometer clipped onto it; cook until thermometer registers 240 degrees. Carefully pour syrup into a liquid measuring cup and let cool about 5 minutes.
• Drizzle syrup in a few 6-inch lines across snow. Let set 25 to 30 seconds (they should be cool and firm, but not hard). Place a 9 1/2- inch skewer or dowel, or an ice-pop stick, at one end; roll up taffy around skewer. Repeat with remaining syrup and snow. Eat immediately, or store, frozen in a single layer in an airtight container, up to 2 days.

PURE MAPLE CANDY

Steps:

• In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring the maple syrup to a boil over medium-high heat stirring occasionally. Boil until syrup reaches 235 degrees F (110 degrees C) on a candy thermometer.
• Remove from heat and cool to 175 degrees F (80 degrees C) without stirring, about 10 minutes.
• Stir mixture rapidly with a wooden spoon for about 5 minutes until the color turns lighter and mixture becomes thick and creamy. Stir in chopped nuts, if desired.
• Pour into molds. Set aside to cool. Once cool, unmold candy. Store in airtight containers up to 1 month.

HOW TO MAKE MAPLE SYRUP SNOW CANDY - 3 SIMPLE STEPS

Steps:

• Pat a layer of snow onto a baking sheet.
• Place maple syrup in a pot on the stove, and bring to a boil.
• Using a candy thermometer, continue to boil until syrup reaches the soft ball stage (235º -240ºF).
• Remove from heat and pour syrup over snowy baking sheet.
• Press popsicle stick into syrup and roll it up into a candy pop.
• Enjoy!

MAPLE SYRUP SNOW CANDY

Steps:

• Pour maple syrup into a pot and bring to a boil.
• Boil for 4-5 minutes, stirring continually to ensure the syrup does not burn.
• In a pan filled with snow, take a metal measuring cut and pour the hot syrup on the snow. If the syrup is hot enough, it should stick and thicken on the snow immediately.
• Keep pouring syrup onto the snow in strips until all the syrup is used.
• Let the strips cool. Once cool, take a knife to gently pry the syrup off the snow.
• Enjoy!

MAPLE SNOW CONE: SUGAR ON SNOW

Steps:

• Heat the maple syrup in a large saucepan over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then, lower the heat to keep the syrup warm while you divide the shaved ice between 6 to 8 bowls.
• Pour the maple syrup over the top of the shaved ice, dividing it equally.

MAINE MAPLE SNOW CANDY

Steps:

• Pour the maple syrup into a deep pot and bring to a boil--but don't let it boil over.
• Boil for 4 minutes.
• Make a snowball out of the one cup of clean snow and put it on a plate or small bowl.
• Test the syrup by pouring a small amount onto the snowball; if it clings to the snow and stops running, it is ready.
• Slowly pour the syrup in short, thin lines onto the packed snow in the pan.
• As it hardens, pick it up and eat it with a spoon or twist it onto popsicle sticks.

CANADIAN MAPLE SYRUP CANDY OR TAFFY

Steps:

• Place 1 cup of maple syrup into small heavy saucepan; clamp candy thermometer firmly on side
• Bring to a boil; wearing heatproof gloves, stir constantly to avoid over flow, until 235F
• Remove maple taffy from heat; sit until bubbles settle; pour over clean snow in thin strips, winding around popsicle strips almost immediately to avoid taffy freezing first (or just eat the frozen strip)

MAPLE SNOW CANDY

Steps:

• Only 2 ingredients are needed to make maple snow candy. - I use 1 cup of maple but you can double it. Just make sure you have enough snow ready. - Fresh, clean snow. I like to use a rectangular pan with a 2-3 inch depth. Like a lasagna pan. 1.) first you fill the pan or pans with fresh Packed snow and set aside either outside or in freezer where it will stay cold. 2.) pour maple syrup into a 4 Qt. pan and heat gradually until syrup begins to boil. Make sure to adjust temp when it gets to a rolling boil so it doesn't boil over. 3.) after a very short time on heat just low enough to keep it a rolling boil, the bubbles will begin to change both color and consistency. There is no need to stir at all but you must monitor constantly. Do not walk away and you will be rewarded! 4.) in the beginning it boils with a lot of large bubbles. It will be a light amber color. If you use a thermometer then heat the syrup to about 234 degrees F. A higher heat will make a stiffer candy. I actually don't use a thermometer. It's how we did it growing up and you can too. 5.) as the hot syrup nears the candy stage, there will be fewer and fewer large bubbles and the mass will become more foamy in consistency. Very quickly after this it should become uniform in consistency and the amber mass will take on a more glassy appearance. This means it is ready to pour - you have attained liquid candy! 6.) grab your pan(s) of snow. Pour the liquid in a thin stream onto the snow. Liquid is very hot so be careful! Try not to pour too much on top of itself as it will be too thick. The candy will cool very rapidly on the snow. The result will be a chewy, glassy looking taffy like candy. You only need to wait 10-15 seconds as the snow will rapidly cool the candy. You can use your fingers or a fork to eat it. 7.) make sure to collect your candy out of the snow if you don't eat it all right away. If you leave it in the snow too long it will begin to melt. Make