Snowy Day Candy

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Kids love the idea of a snow day, and how fun is it when mom actually LET'S them bring snow inside the house?  (Didn't you ever try to preserve snowballs in a ziplock bag in the freezer?)

This is what intrigued us about this recipe submitted by one of the contestants in our Beekman 1802 Heirloom Recipe Contest.

We tried this in our own test kitchen with a group of kids and found they loved the process and the product.

Maple Snow Candy

Put 2 cups of real maple syrup in a pan and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer to 235 degrees on a candy thermometer (if you don't have a candy thermometer, cook until 'soft ball' stage, which means a spoonful of the syrup dropped into a cup of cold water forms a soft ball).

While the syrup is simmering, take a two 9-by-13-inch cake pans and fill them with clean snow, packed down well. When the syrup reaches softball, slowly pour the hot syrup in ribbons onto the packed snow.

With clean fingers, pick up a section of the caramel-like candy and pop it in your mouth.

There's no need to complain about a winter's day.  Make the most of it.

Need more snowy recipes, check out our instructions for delicious Snow Cream