Maple Syrup Snow Candy Food

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!

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!

SNOW CANDY

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a heavy bottomed pot, over medium-high heat.
• Stir as the mixture is heating up, but DO NOT STIR once it starts to boil or simmer.
• Once the mixture comes to a low boil, gently swirl the pot a few times, but do not stir or jostle the pot. Also, do not put a spoon or etc into the pot.
• Lower the heat to low/medium. Simmer for 7 minutes, without stirring.
• Turn off the heat.
• At the five minute mark, have the kids go collect clean snow in large baking pans.
• Drizzle the candy syrup over the snow (a tablespoon or two per serving). It will be cool enough to eat within seconds. With young children, be vigilant.
• This makes enough for five kids to make two or three rounds of snow candy.
• Clean-up will seem awful - but it's just sugar; Soak everything in warm water, and cleaning will be a breeze.
• Flavoring note: I use natural orange flavoring extract; this seems to be my kids' favorite. We've also used no flavor (just the sugar with the lemon juice). Flavoring is a matter of preference; any extract will work - vanilla, peppermint, cherry, etc.

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.