![]() Rene makes maple syrup at his family farm in Quebec every winter and brings it back to Kelowna to sell at the Farmer’s Market there. Today, I buy Maple Sugar Candy from The Maple Man in Kelowna or at the Oliver Christmas craft fair. For a child, living on the edge of poverty, Maple Sugar Candy was a treasure. A piece of Maple Sugar Candy, poured into the bottom of a muffin cup, cost 5 cents, so we needed a case of 6 pop bottles to buy one each, with 2 cents left over for Double Bubble gum. If we were lucky and came across any pop bottles we would trade them in for Maple Sugar Candy. Empty glass pop bottles were worth 2 cents apiece and we would look for them on the way home from school. My brother and I used to walk together past the corner store, with the Coke Truck, picking up glass bottles from the store, parked in the alleyway behind the store. I lived in the basement of a duplex at the corner of Bayview and Sheppard and walked along Sheppard avenue, past the People’s Church, on the way to school. ![]() When I was a child of 6 or 7 years old, there was a corner store on the way to school in the North York area of Toronto. These are a great option for stocking stuffers, and holiday gift giving – if you can manage not to eat them all first! These traditional candies combine soft and firm textures, with a rich creaminess that is unique to maple sugar candy. ![]() Craft your own maple sugar candy this holiday season, and enjoy the sweet taste of maple at home.
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