Have you ever tried maple syrup on snow?
Take some pure maple syrup and boil it until it gets almost to the hard
crack stage. Use a candy thermometer.

Go outside and scoop up a large bucket full of freshly fallen snow and
gently pour the cooked maple syrup over the snow. Then use a fork or a
popsicle stick to roll the candy up for eating.

The texture is like taffy, hardish, but gooey at the same time.

Every spring, in this neck of the woods, many of the maple sugar houses
serve this treat for their visitors.

Shaved ice can also be used, if you don't have any fresh snow.

I lived on the second floor and I remember my mother opening the window
to collect the new snow off the porch roof.

Denise