Maple Cream Candy

Name: Maple Cream Candy
Yield: Makes about 675 g/1½ lb
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 400 g/14 oz/2 cups granulated (white) sugar; 225 g/8 oz/⅔ cup maple syrup; 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup double (heavy) cream; 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup water; 1 vanilla pod (bean); 1 vanilla pod (bean); 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 40 g/1½ oz/⅓ cup walnuts, finely chopped; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; about 25 walnut halves

Preparation info

Makes about
675
g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

Walnuts and maple syrup are wonderful together, though if you prefer a creamy maple candy with no nuts, you can omit them. These candies have a soft, chewy consistency, and are particularly popular in the US, where maple syrup is a much-loved ingredient in muffins and drizzled over pancakes.

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz/2 cups granulated (white) sugar
225

Method

Place about 25 mini cake or sweet cases on a baking sheet. Alternatively, grease a 20cm/8in square cake tin (pan) and line it with baking parchment.
Combine the sugar, maple syrup, cream and water in a heavy pan. Split the vanilla pod and scrape the seeds into the pan. Add the pod, too. Place over a medium heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved.

Energy 3773kcal/15818kJ; Protein 20g; Carbohydrate 577g, of which sugars 562g; Fat 168g, of which saturates 60g; Cholesterol 222mg; Calcium 366mg; Fibre 7g; Sodium 1060mg