How to Make Maple Taffy in the Snow - No Thermometer Needed!
Winter Camping allows for unique experiences, such as making maple syrup candy on the snow. Here's how I make Maple Taffy over a campfire - with or without a thermometer!
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 217kcal
Equipment
- Large pans I usually use cake pans
- Glass measuring cup
- Popsicle sticks
Ingredients
- Clean snow
- 1 cup Maple syrup
Instructions
- Pack CLEAN snow into large rectangular cake pans. Set in the freezer, or leave aside - away from the fire - while you cook the maple syrup.
- Get a medium-hot fire going. You don’t want it roaring, but you do want it to sustain a boil for 15-20ish minutes.
- Pour your maple syrup into a medium pot, and place the pot over your fire. Affix a candy thermometer - if you’re using one - and bring the syrup to a boil.
- Without stirring, allow the maple syrup to boil until it thickens a bit. If you’re using a thermometer, boil until it reaches 240 F (115 C).
- If you’re not using a thermometer - I usually don’t, when camping - have an extra pan of packed snow on hand. Once the syrup starts thickening, test it every once in a while - drizzle a small line of hot syrup over your snow. If it’s not ready, it’ll ... look like snow you don’t want to eat, if you catch my drift.Once it hardens mostly on TOP of the snow - as pictured in the post - it’s ready to go!
- Once your maple syrup is ready, remove it from the fire.
- Using a heat proof measuring cup or ladle, pour boiled maple syrup over the snow, in thin lines.
- Allow taffy to set for a few seconds, affix a popsicle stick to one end of the maple syrup strip, and quickly roll the line of maple syrup onto the stick.
- Eat immediately, as they will melt!
Nutrition
Calories: 217kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 181mg | Sugar: 48g | Calcium: 88mg | Iron: 0.1mg
