Mackinac Island Fudge
Mackinac Island is a small island in Lake Huron between Michigan's Lower and
Upper peninsulas. There are about 500 people who live on the island all year,
but there are many more who come to visit the island in the summer. Mackinac
Island is special because there are no cars allowed on the island. To get from
place to place you have to ride a horse, ride a bike, or walk.
Mackinac Island fudge was first made in 1887. A carpenter named Newton Jerome
Murdick loved his mother's fudge and thought visitors to the island would, too.
So he started making and selling it. The fudge became so popular that other
people on the island started making and selling their own fudge, too!
To this day, you can find many different fudge shops on Mackinac Island. In
fact, visitors to the island are called "fudgies" because they love Mackinac
Island fudge so much.
See how Murdick's
Mackinac Island Fudge is made!
Michigan Maple Candy
Another
delicious candy made in Michigan is maple candy. Maple candy is made from maple
syrup, and maple syrup is made from maple trees. It takes 40 gallons of sap
slowly dripping from maple trees to make just one gallon of maple syrup.
The Algonquin Indians called maple sugar "sinzibuckwud," meaning "drawn from
wood." They made maple sugar each spring during the "Season of the Melting Snow"
when the sap began to flow from the maple trees.
Learn how maple syrup
gets from the tree to your breakfast table!
Maple syrup can be used to make delicious snacks and desserts. Try this easy
and tasty recipe for Michigan Maple Apple Crunch. Ask an adult to help with
the stove and slicing the apples, have fun and enjoy.
Michigan Maple Apple Crunch
Ingredients:
8-10 graham crackers, crushed
1/2 cup butter or margarine
4 Michigan apples
1/2 cup Michigan maple syrup
Mix cracker crumbs and butter thoroughly. Slice apples. Butter a 1-quart baking
dish and place apples in bottom of dish. Pour maple syrup over apples and add
cracker and butter mixture. Bake at 325° F for 25 minutes. Top with whipped
cream or ice cream.
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