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••••SNOW DAY SNOW TREATS❄️!!
••••MAPLE SNOW CANDY 🍁
SERVES 8!!
While it’s still snowing, place a clean baking sheet or cookie sheet outside to collect the fresh flakes. When the sheet is full, pack down the snow and allow it to fill up again. Pack down one more time.
2. In a small saucepan, heat 1 cup of real maple syrup over medium heat until it boils (or a candy thermometer reads between 235F and 245F).
3. Take the pan off the heat and drizzle the syrup over the packed snow in long strips. Let the syrup strips cool and become firm for 3 to 5 seconds. Pull the candy strips out of the snow, and eat while still a little warm.
REAL SNOW CONES (Makes 4)
In a small saucepan, boil 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water, until the sugar has completely dissolved. Let cool to room temperature.Then add your favorite unsweetened juice, sports drink, instant coffee, or any colorful flavor you like. Once completely cool, drizzle it over scoops of fresh snow.
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SNOW CREAM (Makes 4)
While it’s still snowing, place a large mixing bowl outside to collect the fresh flakes. When the bowl is full (or you’ve gathered about 8 cups of snow), stir in ½ cup sugar and 1½ tsp. vanilla extract (or to taste). Stir in about 1 cup milk, until you’ve reached the desired consistency.
••••SNOW-FOGATO❄️
Affogato is a simple Italian dessert where espresso is poured over ice cream. Use snow as a stand-in. Pack together fresh snow to make a tight snowball about the size of a baseball. Put in a large coffee cup. Pour in sweetened condensed milk and then strong coffee. Top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings and eat quickly!!
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Snow Halo Halo
A Southeast Asian dessert whose name translates into "mix mix," so it's "everything but the kitchen sink." Dress up snow at home and make your own version of halo halo. Pack a parfait glass about 3/4 of the way full with fresh snow. Drizzle with evaporated milk to taste. Top with a scoop of vanilla or black raspberry ice cream (to mimic the traditional purple yam kind). Decorate with chopped fresh fruit, like pineapple or mango, large tapioca pearls, toasted coconut and your favorite crunchy cereal (the fruited kind is fun!). Dig in. ...
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