If you’ve ordered maple candy this holiday season, you may have noticed something different in your box. In addition to the standard small and large maple leaf shapes, we now have our own custom Nova candy mold! Back in October we 3d printed ~75 plastic copies and set them in two part silicone. We currently have three mold sheets that we use with every batch.

In other news we’re finishing up prepping in the woods right now. If the weather cooperates we’ll start tapping next week!

For this year’s annual cookie exchange that I participate in, I decided to put a maple twist on the classic thumbprint cookie. Instead of filling the thumbprint with jam, I used our maple cream, and topped each one with a maple roasted pecan. They turned out to be a hit!

Are there any recipes you’ve added a maple twist to recently? If so, please share in the comments!