Ron Kottemann, 68, started making Roman Candy -- sticks of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry taffy wrapped in wax paper -- 47 years ago. He took over the cart, a rolling, mule-drawn kitchen, from ...

By mid-December Walter J. Williams began his annual project, making 1,500 to 3,000 candy canes in at least 20 flavors including root beer, strawberry, pina colada, grape, eggnog and chocolate.