Maple taffy

Maple taffy
Molten syrup being poured on clean white snow to create the soft maple candy.
Alternative namesMaple taffee, tire d'érable, sugar on snow
CourseDessert
Place of originCanada
Region or stateQuebec
Serving temperatureCold
Main ingredientsMaple syrup, snow

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.