Maple leaf cream cookies (also called maple leaf creme cookies, maple leaf cookies, maple creme cookies, maple leaf cremes, and maple cremes) are

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sandwich cookie A sandwich cookie ( US and Canada), also known as a sandwich biscuit ( UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa), is a type of cookie made from two cookies with a filling between them. Typically the hard, thin cookies known as biscu ...

s. The cream filling is maple-flavoured, and may contain real

maple syrup Maple syrup is a sweet syrup made from the sap of maple trees. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring. Ma ...

. The cookies are shaped like a

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, a national symbol of Canada. Several Canadian companies produce maple cremes, mainly for the domestic market, although they have a growing following in the United States.

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