This Hard Maple Candy garnered the name “Canadian meth” at my husband’s work. By that nickname, I take it that they 1) liked it, and 2) kept eating it.
![Bready or Not Original: Hard Maple Candy](https://www.bethcato.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Hard-Maple-Candy13_sm.jpg)
On a more personal note, this candy could also work as a shiv, because this stuff is like GLASS. Trust me when I say that if you decide to break this into pieces with your hands, you will get little cuts all over. Ow.
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So maybe tap the candy gently with the butt of a butter knife or use a little mallet, whatever you have that will break the candy apart without harming your pan, counter, or you.
![Bready or Not Original: Hard Maple Candy](https://www.bethcato.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Hard-Maple-Candy11_sm.jpg)
Once you survive that stage, though, wow will you have a lot of candy to enjoy. Definitely make this to share with a crowd, or you just might go into diabetic shock.
![Bready or Not Original: Hard Maple Candy](https://www.bethcato.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Hard-Maple-Candy10_sm.jpg)
It’d be a delicious way to go, but seriously, I don’t recommend going at all. We’ve made it this far in 2020. Hold on a while longer.
Bready or Not Original: Hard Maple Candy
Equipment
- 15x10x1-inch pan (jelly roll pan)
- candy thermometer
Ingredients
- nonstick spray
- 3 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 cup water
- 3 Tablespoons maple flavor
Instructions
- Heavily apply nonstick spray to the jelly roll pan.
- In a large saucepan, stir together the sugar, corn syrup, and water. Start heating up. Set up candy thermometer and stir frequently as the heat rises to 300-degrees, which is hard-crack stage.
- Remove pan from heat. Stir in maple flavoring. Immediately pour candy into the prepared pan. Cool completely, which won’t take long.
- Carefully break into pieces. Note that this stuff is like candy glass, and if breaking with hands, it can and will cut the skin.
- Pack into individual bags or tins for gift-giving, or stack it in a large sealed container with waxed paper between layers. Can keep for weeks.