I’m the one that can’t quit sugar in my house. It’s not my primary vice, but it’s a lingering issue. My husband can walk away from just about any type of sweet except for one. He loves maple anything.
Even though he’s not a big sweet eater, he’s been known to enjoy the occasional maple sugar candy. Which in the giant realm of sweets is probably one of the sweetest, so maybe he’s really the one with the sugar problem? Or, his all-encompassing love of maple outweighs anything else.
I was excited to find a maple candy when I visited the holiday open house at Baxter’s Essentials this past December. I knew it would be the perfect treat for my husband, and would fit nicely into his Christmas stocking. It’s not that I only buy appropriately sized stocking stuffers for him. I use the stocking as more of a suggestion than a guide. Even so, it’s nice to have some things that will actually fit and not be relegated to the overflow pile.
Baxter’s Fine Candies makes drop-rolled candy using antique equipment from the 1800s. The name of this confectionery is pretty descriptive of the process. The slightly cooled candy mixture is fed through the antique drop roller which creates sheets of dime sized round candies. After they have cooled, you drop the sheets onto the counter and they break automatically into individual round candies. The candies are rolled, and then dropped.
I apologize for the limited number of candies shown in the picture. The package comes with more, but my husband ate most of them before my photo session. Since it was his candy, I guess I can’t be too upset.
They are all the same style of round, hard candies based on the roller mold that Baxter’s Fine Candies uses. The drop rolled candy listed on their website all are made with delicious sounding flavor combinations including –
Black Tea & Lemon
Five Spices
Orange Anise
Smoked Paprika & Clove
Tarragon Mint
The maple spice drop rolled candies that I bought are only available in the store and not online. It was a hit and my husband clearly loved them.
One of the things that I especially enjoy about these candies is that they do not use corn syrup, colorings or artificial flavors but rather create their flavors with herbs, teas and extracts.
While you can buy their candies on their website, they are also sold at a few area stores as well. However, if you’re local, I recommend going to their store location in Portland. It’s a large, light filled space where they sell a few other local products. If you’re able to swing by their shop, you’ll also be treated to ReginaSpices which shares the space with Baxter’s Fine Candies.
In addition to the maple candies from Baxter’s Fine Candies, I also snagged a few spice sets from ReginaSpices including maple mustard rub and sweet smoky fire. They too fit beautifully in my husband’s Christmas stocking.
Do you have a favorite candy?
| things to know | |
|---|---|
| Name | Baxter’s Fine Candies |
| Location | 26 Brackett Street, Portland, Maine 04102 |
| Phone | (207) 699-4984 |
| Website | Baxter’s Fine Candies |
| Favorite ♥ | Wholesome Ingredients |
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I definitely have a sweet tooth, but I am not overly fond of maple anything unless it is on my pancakes.
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It’s definitely grown on me probably because my husband is such a fan. Baxter’s Fine Candies had some other delicious sounding flavors too that I am looking forward to trying.
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I am a chocoholic, candy isn’t my thing, though I’ll have one occasionally, when chocolates are in short supply 🙂
Nilanjana
From Madly-in-Verse
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Yes, that is my favorite too! I always have dark chocolate in the house. I volunteered this past weekend for a local fundraising event called The Chocolate Lovers’ Fling. It’s a great chance to check out all the local Maine chocolatiers and help out for a good cause.
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I’ll pass on the maple, but some of the other flavors sounded very nice.
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Maple is not for everyone although it’s a big thing up my way. Baxer’s Fine Candies does have some other great flavors too. The Black Tea & Lemon sounds good to me.
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Delightful. I’m a chocolate lover myself, but maple sugar candy would do in a pinch.
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Chocolate’s my first choice too, but sometimes a hard candy can be nice especially when they have such great flavors.
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Yum.
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They were quite yummy according to my husband.
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A favorite candy? Does “all of them” count as a favorite?
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Of course! It’s hard to go wrong with candy.
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I’m not a huge candy lover, but I don’t mind a sweet or two.
When I visited Boston this summer, I intentionally looked for Vermont maple candy because we have no such thing here in the Midwest 🙂
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Yes, New England is the right place to look for maple candy. We have it everywhere. A few weeks ago was Maine Maple Sunday so we got lots of delicious maple treats.
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Those sound good, I hope to get to Portland sometime soon. It is only about 2 hours from me.
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It would be a great road trip for you to take. Two hours makes it super do-able.
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I normally prefer chewy “lollies” as we call them in Australia. I can see the advantages of a hard one as it would last a long time. Alas I am restricting myself to some dark chocolate and mints in the car. The flavours sound delicious.
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I like hard candies for a blast of flavor and they do last a bit longer, but I can see the advantages to chewy ones too.
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They all sound amazingly delicious – I love the old fashioned candies – they have such a full flavour to them.
Leanne | cresting the hill
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Old fashioned candies do have that rich flavor. I especially like the unique ones that Baxter’s Fine Candies has put together. It makes it interesting.
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How cool! There’s a company in my hometown that makes tin ceilings the same way they have been making them since the 1800s. I don’t know how they get away with some of the methods, since OSHA would certainly not approve.
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Yes, I would think OSHA might have some concerns. It’s always fun to see people reviving or keeping up with techniques from the past. I find it really interesting.
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Mmm my mouth is watering. I’m partial to maple candy and anything chocolate!
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My husband goes for the maple but it’s growing on me. Chocolate I love but I did switch to dark chocolate so I feel less guilty about it.
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Dark chocolate is the best! And yea, it’s healthy so don’t even worry about it. :p
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