Maple taffy is a Canadian candy made by boiling maple syrup and pouring it onto clean snow.
The syrup is heated to a concentrated stage so that it becomes thick and elastic as it cools. It is then poured in strips over packed snow. A wooden stick is placed at the edge of each strip, and the cooling syrup is rolled around it to form a soft maple candy.
The snack is closely associated with sugar-shack season in Quebec and other maple-producing regions of Canada. It is usually made in late winter or early spring, when maple sap is collected and boiled into syrup.
Maple taffy is different from maple fudge, which is mixed and crystallized into a firm confection. The snow provides both a cooling surface and the traditional serving method.