

See? Sugar on snow is not just for maple syrup makers – DIY or otherwise – but for anyone who can get their hands on a container of 100% pure maple syrup. Gluten Free Apple Cider Donuts by Gluten Free on a Shoestring Vegan Apple Cider Donuts by Choosing Chia
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Cider and pickles are easy to come by, but the right kind of donut is imperative! This is important! If you’re going for the full experience, here are some recipes for the right kind of sugar on snow donut:īaked Apple Cider Donuts by Sally’s Baking Addiction Here in Vermont, sugar on snow is traditionally accompanied by hot apple cider, apple cider donuts, and dill pickles. Remove your snow or shaved ice from the freezer (or proceed to your clean snow patch) and drizzle the maple syrup over the top.Īllow the syrup to cool for a minute, and then peel off the maple taffy with a fork or tongue depresser and eat! This will be the “cream” reading on your maple syrup thermometer and correlate with the “softball” stage on a candy thermometer. The temperature of a candy thermometer inserted into the syrup should range between 235 and 245 degrees F (112 to 118 degrees Celsius). To create Sugar on Snow, maple syrup is heated and then poured over a mound of snow. To form a firm ball, place a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water over medium heat until it begins to bubble. This liquid is reduced and thickened to form a syrup. Making maple candy or maple taffy this way is a popular winter tradition here in Canada. The cold snow instantly stops the syrup from cooking, and cools it to the consistency of taffy in seconds. It’s made by pouring boiling maple syrup on a clean bed of snow.

Then pour some maple syrup into a saucepan and bring to a boil.īoil the syrup until it reaches 235 degrees Fahrenheit (or 23 degrees above the boiling point of water). Bring maple syrup to a boil in a large saucepan. Maple syrup snow candy is candy in its simplest form. (Either that or find a nice, fresh, clean snowbank nearby!) To make sugar on snow, first fill a baking pan or large bowl with clean, fresh snow or shaved ice and store in the freezer. Our Vermont maple sugar candy is hand made using 100 pure and natural Vermont maple syrup with absolutely no additives or preservatives, therefore it has a. You don’t even have to be an amateur! Neither do you have to live in Vermont, New England or sugar country generally! All you need is a candy thermometer or maple syrup thermometer, some fresh snow or shaved ice, and some maple syrup.
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You don’t have to be a professional maple syrup maker to enjoy sugar on snow. In this episode, I show you how simple it is to make Maple Taffy, otherwise known as: 'Snow Pops', 'Maple Candy', or 'Sugar on Snow'.
