The Maple Delights

While strolling along Rue Saint-​Jean several times over the first two days, I kept passing by this shop regardless of which side of Saint-​Jean I shuffled my feet, and for some reason I kept hesitating to go inside.
Finally at the keen recommendation of a dining companion on the second evening, I decided to give this place a try for dessert and a caffeine fix after dinner on my last evening in Quebec.
The store places alot of emphasis on the use of maple in many of their products including their baked goods and more notably the gelato, the name tags on alot of the flavors mentioned maple syrup to some degree. In the back are displays of products like spreads and candy made with maple syrup.
After looking around for abit I decided on a maple flavored cookie and a maple flavored custard-​like flan tart and also a maple latte: yes, maple, mAPle, MAPLE :-)
The latte was carefully layered with the maple syrup as the base flavored and you can see the different layers of syrup, cream, coffee and foam which was really neat, but the strength of the coffee overwhelms once you start drinking. But I really liked my tart which even though it was sweet enough was light in flavor and texture, I just enjoyed it.
I’ll just say that if your hotel is in the area, The Maple Delights is a convenient place to come indulge in some maple treats, but for me I would really need to be craving for maple syrup to return here on a future trip to Quebec City.

If you have any maple dreams, you can find them materialized here. They have nearly any maple product you can imagine — from steamed milk maple drinks to maple vinegar pearls for cooking. Plus all kinds of delicious confections.
Feeling uneducated about the ways of the maple? There is a museum upstairs to tell you all about it.

You want maple???
this is the place to be. The staff are FANTASTIC… so friendly and helpful, and there is a maple tasting corner, where you can try EVERY product you’d like… maple pepper, maple salt, maple vinegar, all the syrups, maple butter… oh man its all fantastic and delicious.
I recommend after going to the counter and getting the maple steamed milk drink (if you have a sweet tooth like me)… have them add some of the maple grand marnier to it as well. WOW so delightful. I myself had the latte — there is a maple syrup box on the counter so you can add more, and I totally did, with maple sugar too of course. But my boyfriend had the maple milk drink as he does not like coffee, and I think it was the winner, a WAY better way to taste the maple, although his sweet tooth is bigger than mine.
next time i totally need to try and maple and cream shooter, we found out AFTER we were ready to leave, and sadly time did not permit a second visit.
Upstairs is a maple museum of sorts so you can check it out while you are waiting for your drinks or if you are escaping the chill outdoors.

We stopped in for a maple hot chocolate and ended up with 2 maple hot chocolates and 2 gelato. The maple hot chocolate was great and you could add more maple syrup if you chose which was a nice touch. The syrup was with the cream and sugar. The kids had a Nutella gelato and a maple cookie gelato which were great as well. There is a maple museum which we did not check out, but seemed interesting fin downstairs. The staff was very friendly.

The maple with hot milk is absolutely a splendid treat after a nice walk in Quebec’s winter streets. A smooth blend of steamy milk and sweet maple syrup, I took the first sip expecting a lot of sweetness; but I was wowed. We also had the maple muffin, which was a lovely crunchy dessert. Highly recommend this place as a sweet stop from an afternoon stroll.

«Maple syrup everything» in a nutshell. This is your one-​stop shop for maple syrup souvenirs. For example, maple vinaigrette pearls, cookies, taffy, sugar, creamed maple, ice cream, candy, jams, and so on and so forth. I would say one of the most unique products is the maple vinaigrette pearls that can be used on salads or the make-​your-​own maple taffy on a stick stand. Very Québécois — or so I’ve been told. Note: ask one of the staff to let you sample before you buy. There’s a counter designated for sampling. Stroll a few more blocks up the street to catch J.A. Maison — the oldest grocery store in North America (well worth the visit).

Inviting shop on Rue Saint Jean.
If you did realize it based on the maple leaf sign above the entrance or the window display, this place is full of every thing maple. From glass jars to cans filled with setup. They even off an array of gelato.
They have a maple tasting in the middle of the store if you wish to try prior to making the purchasing commitment.
If you have a maple lover in your life, this would be a must stop for you.
If your looking for a place to escape the heat or warmup, enjoy a drink, or take it to go. Just don’t forget the maple syrup as a little addition as a quick sugary pick me up.

Okay you’re not going to believe this, because when I got the bill I barely believed it myself.
How much do you think a grand mariner maple shot with real alcohol and locally sourced maple syrup is?
Can you believe $ 1?
Yeah, and I thought I was drunk BEFORE I started drinking these shots!
Normally I don’t drink, but I couldn’t resist their cool shots of maple and liquor.
So I had couple, because it was cold outside. Snow everywhere kind of cold. Or at least that was the excuse I gave myself to drink more.
The staff here was super friendly, the girl behind the counter gave me a free maple syrup lollipop thing on a stick, free samples of their ice cream, and syrup.
I was so sugared up, that I needed the shot to bring me back down!

I like this place! It’s a chain, and I went to the one in Montréal as well.
We tried their maple sugar (where you make it yourself on a stick as you ice it up with snow!), their maple tea and of course, their maple gelato. All were yummy. Yay for maple! Haha: P

Miam ! Un lieu très sympathique qui né sent pas l’arnaque à touristes ;) l’accueil est convivial et chaleureux. Les produits dégustés très bons et originaux (thé, gelée, bonbons…). Et il y a même à l’étage un mini musée qui présente les process d’extraction du sirop d’érable et les outils utilisés. Une belle escale gourmande ;)

Great maple chunks ice cream

We were looking everywhere for the pulled maple syrup on ice. In June that was nearly impossible to find, but we did! Friendly staff. Carried everything maple!

Had double scoop gelato, wild berry and banana mango gelato, pretty good. However the unique experience was their maple candy that they make in front of you with ice and maple syrup. Never seen anything like this, nor ever tried this before. It you haven’t tried it, it’s a must. Sweet, sticky, but really good.

I’ve been to this location and the one in Old Montréal. Both are nice. Of course they are tourist places so I’m sure the prices are a little higher, but I had some delicious treats for myself and my husband here. I love maple anything so I was in heaven! Over the course of a few days and a few trips here, we had a custard, maple cookies, maple candy, maple croissant, and muffins. I bought gifts such as the maple cream and I heard nothing but rave reviews.

While this place has prices to befit the Quebec City tourist market, it is still quite a little gem.
Where most places have a few maple leaf shaped bottles of syrup tucked behind some T-​shirts next to some license plates, this store is all maple (and some honey).
There are a wide range of maple syrups in a variety of sizes. What is more of a surprise are the other maple sweetened treats such as cookies and about 20 choices of maple syrup sweetened ice cream.
The service is very good as well. Definitely worth a mid-​afternoon snack or a unique Canadian souvenir.

i was looking foreward to this one, but its not all its cracked up to be. the choice for maple syrup is good… if you wanna pay for it with a kidney. the Gelato is really good, good flavours… but semi-​melty and lets be honest… i like to eat gelato not drink it. they had some pastrys nd cookies and fudge but meh. regular tourist trap.

Comment vivre au Québec et se passer de sirop d’érable? Je suis peut-​être biaisée car en grandissant je me suis habituée à aller à la cabane à sucre de mon grand-​père chaque printemps pour aider avec la fabrication du sirop d’érable. Ceci fait qu’à l’année longue, j’ai toujours un pot de sirop frais dans mon frigo qui m’attend pour des bons déjeuners de crêpes. Évidemment, j’ai complètement adoré ce petit magasin dans le Vieux Québec. Quand je suis de passage, j’aime bien y arrêter pour m’acheter des petits bonbons à l’érable. Ils sont délicieux et d’une très bonne qualité. Faites le plein de produits d’érable ici! Il né manqué certainement pas de choix.

Euh… un produit de l’érable… dans une boutique spécialisée en érable pour touristes…
J’ai des doutes… et pas positifs…
J’ai de la misère… En effet les prix sont bien trop hauts… Du sucre d’érable… Un bar à crème glacée d’érable… Du sirop d’érable dans des bouteilles de «luxe» beaucoup de bouteilles en forme de feuille d’érable… Du beurre d’érable extrêmement cherp our ce que c’est…
Sérieusement… Arrêtez de niaiser les touristes, vos produits viennent des mêmes cannes de l’Intermarché qui sont chères mais pas TROP chères comme vos produits dérivés presque attrape-​touristes…
Non, je né suis pas convaincue…

Le sirop d’érable n’est évidement pas ce qu’il y a de plus difficile à trouver à Québec! Toutefois, ce qui peut l’être, c’est de trouver un endroit aussi sympathique que Les Délices de l’Érable!
En effet, c’est pour moi une des bonnes adresses afin de trouver de bons produits diversifiés en plus d’être biologiques! Leurs différents cafés à saveur d’érable sauront satisfaire les dents sucrées, c’est certains! De plus, né passez pas à côté de leur beurre d’érable! Fabuleux!
Toutefois, l’expérience né serait pas la même sans le personnel qualifié et amical. Ils n’ont d’ailleurs pas hésité à m’aider lorsque je voulais offrir un cadeau typiquement québécois à une famille allemande à qui je rendais visite ce printemps! Je peux vous dire que j’ai fait des heureux grâce à leurs conseils!

Lieu culte du quartier latin pour les amateurs de sirop d’érable et tous ses produits dérivés. Il est certes très facile de s’en procurer un peu partout dans le Vieux-​Québec, mais disons que c’est un très bon point de départ pour le néophyte de la sève miracle. J’aime encourager les produits bio, et on en trouve justement ici (les petits pots de gelée à l’érable sont tout simplement irrésistibles). Je né suis cependant pas très friand du concept qui consiste à l’aromatisation du café; je préfère toujours un café noir, d’autant plus quand il est accompagné d’une viennoiserie à l’érable. Les buveurs de sirop de poteau seront convertis!
Un musée prend place au deuxième.

Trop tentant!

They definitely specialize in maple!
We tried out the maple latte (a MUST try for any coffee fans), waffle and a chocolate almond croissant. I think the waffle would’ve been a bit better if we had it immediately when it was made, but we opted to take it to go so it was a bit soggy.
The choco-​almond croissant had a bit of maple glaze in the middle, which was both surprising and a bit overwhelming considering it was already pretty sweet on the outside.

Maple galore! Great spot to purchase your souvenirs.
For your dessert eating pleasure, they offer gelato, pastries and café to wash it all down.
We enjoyed the Maple Latte, fresh waffle and a chocolate croissant.

This store might as well have my name written on the sign. Maple EVERYTHING? Hello! I came back there twice after my first visit; each time I left I felt wistful that it might be the last. There’s just something about the maple gelato, cookies, pies, butter, tarts, and sauces that feels like… heaven. I bought some «souvenirs» which I promptly ate in the next 24 hours, and had to return for more. Sadly, none of my friends or family will share in my love of maple goodies because I ate all of them :-p
The store manager told me that all the maple syrup products are sourced from a co-​operative group of farmers; this ensures the best quality but it also means the producers get a bigger portion of the profits, which seems right to me.
The only disappointment for me was the maple syrup waffle cookies, which contained more rice syrup than maple syrup!

This place is a nice, big, and clean store. My fiancé and I went inside to look around. From what I can recall, they sold cookies, muffins, gellato, sorbet, maple syrup, and all kinds of dipping sauces. I’m sure that they sell more items too.
In any event, I ordered the mint chip gellato in a waffle cone, and my fiancé ordered the mango/​pinapple sorbet and hazelnut gelato. We thought that the gellato was pretty good. We’d give the gellato a rating of 7 out of 10 points. I would give the store excellent ratings for the way they displayed their food items, store cleanliness, and service.
The person who served us tonight was very friendly and she had a good sense of humor. If you factor in everything, I would have to say that our experience worked out to an excellent rating.

Les Délices de l’Erable offers a great selection of maple-​themed gifts, pastries, and coffee beverages.
We picked up a few souvenirs, including maple cookies (which were really yummy) and bottles of syrup, because we were tourist and wanted syrup from Canada!
We also tried some coffee (my husband a misto) and enjoyed them very much. The man making the coffee was very friendly and asked about our trip.
Definitely take a look inside!