The best maple candy money can buy (online)

August 17, 2015 11:45 AM

As a kid, I remember visiting a maple farm, and getting maple candy, and it was delicious. If I don't live near any maple farms now, what's the best stuff I can buy online? The stuff I remember was kind of granular and sugar-crystal-y in texture.
posted by curious nu to Food & Drink (6 answers total)

Best answer: I had to stop buying these because I would eat them all in one sitting when they arrived.
posted by janey47 at 11:53 AM on August 17, 2015

I second janey47 but these are also wonderful.
posted by bearwife at 11:59 AM on August 17, 2015

We have a ton of mom and pop operations here that do maple candy mail order. The big deal is that there are two kinds: 100% and "blended" which has regular sugar mixed in (i.e. not as mapley) and is cheaper. Everyone's got their favorite place. These guys are in my town.
posted by jessamyn at 1:02 PM on August 17, 2015 [2 favorites]

If you are near a Cost Plus/World Market they carry maple sugar candy in their stores--I believe it is the 100% type.
posted by agatha_magatha at 1:33 PM on August 17, 2015

was it opaque and sandy coloured? It was possibly maple sucre à la crème, which is basically maple sugar, condensed milk and butter. Ste Julie Sucre à la crème au sirop d'érable is the big brand here.

(it's basically the same as my Scots Tablet recipe, which I will not self-link to.)
posted by scruss at 1:57 PM on August 17, 2015

Response by poster: Thanks for the suggestions! I will try these out.
posted by curious nu at 6:57 PM on August 19, 2015