Blogwatch: Culinary Fool's Maple Cream Cookies
This time of year, it seems the leaves are falling into my path at every corner. There is one leaf, however, that—as I wade through puddles of red and crispy orange—I have yet to encounter.
Brenda Pederson of Culinary Fool blogs that elusive fall leaf, Maple Cream Cookies. A Canadian delicacy, the leaf-shaped cookies are filled with maple cream, made from 100% pure maple syrup. This cookie is a definite Canadian seasonal supermarket must. Has anyone tried them or found them in the States?
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17 Comments:
Are these the Dare brand maple cream cookies? If so, I think I've seen them around supermarkets here in NYC...
Kathy YL Chan at 10:51AM on 11/13/08
Wegmans has a few different maple cream cookies:
http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchResults?Ne=5&Ntt=maple+cookies&Ntk=All&langId=-1&storeId=10052&searchField=&Ntx=mode+MatchAllPartial&N=0&catalogId=10002&Nty=1&#
dhorst at 11:00AM on 11/13/08
We used to have them up in New Hampshire in our college convenience store. I spent quite a bit of dining hall money on these maple goodies.
Enmalkm at 11:25AM on 11/13/08
When I was in high school the retirement home I worked at served the Voortman's brand. We probably ate more of those cookies than the residents!
cm82 at 11:35AM on 11/13/08
I will have to try making these at home ...
KarynMC at 12:59PM on 11/13/08
I usually grab some at Tops or Wegmans....ironically I found some really good ones at the Dollar Tree of all places. They were thick w/cream....don't care much about the outsides...I'm on of those who licks out the middle and often throws away the cookie part.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to find the good ones lately.....
mepolo at 3:18PM on 11/13/08
We have them in Pittsburgh too (made by Dare, which also make a lemon cream with a ridiculous cockatoo on the packaging).
I love them. And for christmas, a friend of mine covers them in chocolate for me.
Geeka at 3:26PM on 11/13/08
Yup... I get them at Wegmans every time I go home to my parent's for the holidays :-)
habitat67 at 4:42PM on 11/13/08
I've seen them around the Philadelphia area in the Acme stores, under the Essensia brand. I think the Safeway stores carry them too. And yeah, they're fantastic.
shale at 5:20PM on 11/13/08
I second the Voortman's available year round in Northern Indiana, have no clue if they use real maple syrup they're tasty anyways.
Sigilum at 5:56PM on 11/13/08
I'm with habitat67, always get the Voortman's leaves at Wegmans when I'm home. SO good. There's also a recipe for pecan cut-out cookies sandwiched with a maple filling in the Joy of Cooking Christmas Cookie book (and probably elsewhere) from years ago that is a delicious substitute for store-bought.
Amanda Clarke at 6:08PM on 11/13/08
They have these at the gift area at Cracker Barrell restaurants also. Just put your blinders on to get past all the other "gift items" and go in on a mission and get 'em!
gourmetgal at 7:44PM on 11/13/08
Rodman's in DC has the Dare maple cookies. Yum!
emilydev at 9:20PM on 11/13/08
I think I am going to make a maple shortbread and then a simple frosting with powdered sugar and maple extract ... I do love my maple!
KarynMC at 12:29PM on 11/14/08
I live in California and I buy them all the time from Trader Joe's.
cupcakekelly at 1:40PM on 11/14/08
I've lived in both Seattle and Orlando, and Cost Plus' World Market has these yummy cookies in both places (as well as a TON of other fun stuff). I buy them for my mom's stocking every Christmas -- she's Canadian and misses them!
adowney23 at 3:56PM on 11/14/08
A recent visitor from Las Vegas brought me Maple Cream Cookies (by Manning) and they were fantastic. She tells me they are available at 99 cent stores in the Vegas area. I have found the Dare Maple Creams at Walmart, but I don't think they are as good as the Manning brand.
gigi36 at 12:39PM on 10/02/09