Molten syrup being poured on clean white snow to create the soft maple candy.
Alternative names
Maple taffee, tire d'érable, sugar on snow
Course
Dessert
Place of origin
Canada
Region or state
Quebec
Serving temperature
Cold
Main ingredients
Maple syrup, snow
Media: Maple taffy
Maple taffy (sometimes maple toffee in English-speaking Canada, tire d'érable or tire sur la neige in French-speaking Canada; also sugar on snow or candy on the snow or leather aprons in the United States) is a sugar candy made by boiling maple sap past the point where it would form maple syrup, but not so long that it becomes maple butter or maple sugar. It is part of traditional culture in Quebec, Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and northern New England. In these regions, it is poured onto the snow, then lifted either with a small wooden stick, such as a popsicle stick, or a metal dinner fork.
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