The girls and I are avid readers of the Laura Ingalls Wilder series, "Little House on the Prairie." In the first book, we read about how those early pioneers would drip hot syrup onto cold snow and enjoy a sugary treat. So, of course, we had to try it!
First, we had the girls (and Cousin Alice) collect snow. We had them pile the snow into a foil caserole dish, but anything with ample surface space would work.
Next, I heated a half-cup of finished maple syrup in a sauce pan until it was boiling. Then, we used a spoon to drizzle ribbons of hot syrup across the cold snow in our caserole dish.
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| Drizzle the hot syrup in thin ribbons on to the cold snow. |
Once the hot syrup made contact with the cold snow, it started to firm up quickly. We had the girls use kabob sticks to roll the cooling sap onto the end of the stick. This wasn't really a necessary step, but it made eating much less messy.
The last and final step is to eat your maple syrup candy! The kids enjoyed this activity and the delicious outcome. The syrup had a chewy, taffy-like consistency once it cooled on the stick.
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| Addy and Caitlin enjoying their maple candy. |
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