7/4/2023 0 Comments Maple candy![]() You can use tin candy cups or candy moulds. Prepare moulds ahead by buttering thoroughly. When the syrup boils it can overflow so make sure the pot is deep enough. Use a large heavy saucepan with at least a 3 litre capacity. Maple leaf molds are available but you can use shaped ice cube trays. Prepare the candy moulds by buttering thoroughly. A recipe uses 2 cups of maple syrup for 12 ounces of candy. You can make it yourself in an hour, so the dollar savings works out to a good hourly rate for your time. Maple sugar candy is a fudge-like candy that you put into moulds to harden. It is crunchy on the outside and melt-in-your-mouth creamy on the inside with intense maple sweetness. Running about $40 per lb, making your own saves you money and gives you control over the process. Since meeting Rene, we’ve been buying Maple Sugar Candy for Christmas Stocking treats. I buy the dark Maple Syrup, Grade B, in 1 litre glass bottles for a rich maple flavour. Rene sells several grades of Maple Syrup, as well as maple butter, and maple sugar candy. Maple Syrup from the grocery store is often thinned with sugar. If you love Canadian maple syrup, you need to get it from the farm. Rene makes maple syrup at his family farm in Quebec every winter and brings it back to Kelowna to sell at the Farmer’s Market there. Today, I buy Maple Sugar Candy from The Maple Man in Kelowna or at the Oliver Christmas craft fair. For a child, living on the edge of poverty, Maple Sugar Candy was a treasure. A piece of Maple Sugar Candy, poured into the bottom of a muffin cup, cost 5 cents, so we needed a case of 6 pop bottles to buy one each, with 2 cents left over for Double Bubble gum. ![]() If we were lucky and came across any pop bottles we would trade them in for Maple Sugar Candy. Empty glass pop bottles were worth 2 cents apiece and we would look for them on the way home from school. My brother and I used to walk together past the corner store, with the Coke Truck, picking up glass bottles from the store, parked in the alleyway behind the store. I lived in the basement of a duplex at the corner of Bayview and Sheppard and walked along Sheppard avenue, past the People’s Church, on the way to school. When I was a child of 6 or 7 years old, there was a corner store on the way to school in the North York area of Toronto. These are a great option for stocking stuffers, and holiday gift giving – if you can manage not to eat them all first! These traditional candies combine soft and firm textures, with a rich creaminess that is unique to maple sugar candy. Craft your own maple sugar candy this holiday season, and enjoy the sweet taste of maple at home.
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