Goomba wrote:
> Gloria P wrote:
>
>> The custard was very creamy and mild but the sugar topping was pure
>> maple sugar (very obviously NOT brown sugar) and the combination of
>> flavors was incredible. I think I am glad I don't know where to buy
>> maple sugar, because I could literally OD on this dessert.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> 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