maple taffy

Boiled sap candy

Maple taffy is a traditional Canadian treat made by boiling maple syrup and pouring it hot onto packed snow, where it quickly cools into a chewy, stretchy candy.

Also called tire sur la neige (French for "pull on the snow"), it's especially associated with Quebec sugar shacks during spring sugaring season: We rolled the maple taffy onto popsicle sticks.

Related
  • syrupThick sugar liquid
  • sugar shackMaple syrup production building
  • snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
  • borealOf northern regions
  • QuebecFrench-speaking Canadian province

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texture/form

maple taffyrock candy

Crystalline sugar confection

crystallized sugar · hard candy · candy cane · lollipop · peanut brittle

flavor profile

maple taffylemon drops

Tart citrus-flavored hard candy

white sugar · artificial sweetener · saccharin · black coffee · dark chocolate

naturalness/processing

maple taffyartificial sweetener

Manufactured sugar replacement

high fructose corn syrup · saccharin · aspartame · corn syrup

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maple, taffy, maples, taffies

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