Look What I Got!

This:
arrived yesterday from RobinH, my partner-in-insanity last year with the 100 projects goal.  There is NOTHING knitters do as well as gifts for other knitters, and what could be better than celebrating reaching crazy goals than by swapping gifts?  

Aside from some fantastic LOCAL yarn,
Robin sent me REAL maple syrup (drool), something called Maple Cream which I haven't heard of but sounds marvelous
and now will inspire me to find a really good muffin or waffle recipe worthy of such amazing-sounding stuff.  And....
these are milk chocolate maple creams.  Having only had really hideous maple-flavored mass-produced chocolates, I had no idea how amazing these would be.  OMG!  Seriously, these are incredible--and I'm not even a huge sweets person.  In fact, they are so incredible that here's the link to their website: 


I just can't describe it. 

THANKS ROBIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comments

Meredith said…
Toni, you are one lucky girl, and I thank you so much for your supportive comments.
Have a really wonderful weekend and enjoy your treats.
Meredith
March 26, 2011 at 2:27 PM
tinebeest said…
Lucky lucky you!

Enjoy all that goodness, you deserve a treat after years of dedicated project mayhem madness/cold sheeping.
March 26, 2011 at 3:24 PM
RobinH said…
Maple cream is the intermediate stage between syrup and granulated maple sugar. It's a spread, a bit stiffer than frosting. Despite the name there's no dairy in it. Both the syrup and the maple cream are made by boiling down maple sap (with a little filtering to get pieces of bark and stuff out of it). Neither should count as processed foods. You could maple it in your own kitchen if you had a sugar maple to tap.

The chocolates are, in my husband's words, a menace to society. It was waiting for my local sugar houses to open up that delayed this package until March. :)

Enjoy! And congratulations again on your smashing success in not just reaching but substantially exceeding the 100 projects goal!
March 26, 2011 at 8:50 PM
RobinH said…
LOL- that should read 'MAKE' it in your own kitchen...obviously I have maple on the brain! Well, it is that time of year!
March 26, 2011 at 8:51 PM
RobinH said…
Oh, and other good substrates for maple cream are cinnamon rolls and spice cake (or spice muffins). It plays nicely with apple spice muffins and the like as well.
March 26, 2011 at 8:55 PM
Ilix said…
Yum... there is drool on my desk.
You are very correct that knitters give the best gifties! You deserve it!
April 2, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Janet said…
Toni, I am so jeleous of you, the chocolates, and the new yarn. Awwwww, I love the pinks. BTW, any chance you know who palmer candy is????? They make the big chocolate bunnies for easter sold all over the states. They are bassed here in Sioux City. Would you like some Easter treats?????Hugs Janet
April 4, 2011 at 9:00 PM
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