Coombs Family Farms 100% Pure Maple Candy Maple Leaf - 1.5 oz. (32g) Coombs Family Farms 100% Pure Maple Candy is naturally gluten free and contains only Coombs Pure Maple Syrup which is then boiled down, stirred and poured into molds for hardening.Coombs Family Farms offers three 100% Pure Maple Candies, all based on recipes from Arnold"s grandmother and made with only the finest all natural ingredients. Quite simply, it"s the finest 100% Pure Maple Candy, period! One bite of this delicious treat with its smooth creamy texture and you"ll be hooked. While it is impossible to make pure maple candy using only organic ingredients, Coombs Family Farms uses only the finest all natural ingredients. The Craft of Sugaring Cold, clear nights. Warm morning sun melting the snow on the ground. The first songs of birds, returning from their winter migrations. These are the sights and sounds that quicken the pulse in the sugar maker, because these are the signs that the maple sap is beginning to run. For the most part, the craft of maple syrup production in New England has been a family affair, and dates back to the very early 1600s. Native Americans used maple syrup and sugar for food and trade and passed on their sugar making skills to early settlers. Time To Tap In order to produce the best maple syrup, Coombs Family Farms watches for signs to know when it is time to tap our maple trees.While the typical Vermont sugaring season begins in March and lasts from four to six weeks, there is no set time to tap maples. First and foremost, the maple farmer must be aware of the weather. The length of the winter, the amount of snowfall, and the temperature are just some of the variables that influence when the sap begins to run - and how long the run will last. To know when it"s time, you must watch for the signs. When freezing winter days give way to the milder daytime temperatures and melting snows of spring, the sap begins to run.