Gloria P wrote:

>> As a kid I took a school trip to Canada once. We stopped somewhere up
>> there and they bought us something maple and it was like taffy in a
>> small cup with a wooden spoon. To die for!! To this day I wish I could
>> get a hold of some more. I can still taste it.
>> Creme Brulee is one of my favorite desserts also.
>
>
> Was your treat perhaps maple cream? DH's aunt from Alaska used to send
> us a jar of it every year when we were first married and it was like
> lemon curd in texture. I think it was just maple syrup concentrated
> much, much further.
>
> I think I have seen it in the King Arthur catalog.
>
> gloria p

Oh I wish I knew what it was! I just assumed it was maple straight out
of the tree or something? It was heavenly. Very sticky.
We also got maple sugar candy molded into maple leaf shapes which were a
granular sugar type confection.
I was barely 13 so just didn't pay attention to details...dammit!!