What is Maple Sugar Candy?
When maple syrup is heated to make maple sugar candy, the color of the syrup lightens and the syrup starts to become a bit firmer in consistency. The lighter color and thicker consistency means that the syrup is starting to crystallize. At that point, the syrup is placed into molds. Rubber candy molds are often used in making maple sugar candy. Maple sugar candy is sold in many shapes such as people, animals and Christmas designs, but the maple leaf shape is probably the most popular and common shape of maple sugar candy available. Maple cream is also made with only maple syrup, but it is very different from maple sugar candy. Maple cream is whipped and sold as a spread in jars and it is heated at a lower temperature than is used to make maple sugar candy. Some people use maple cream as a cake frosting, but it is commonly served on toast. Maple cream is also sometimes available as a filling in some packaged cookies. Maple cream differs from maple butter in that maple butter has butter
