Of all the sweet treats we associate with Christmas ... candy canes is hazy, mixing recorded history with a good amount of legend. Hard candy has existed for thousands of years. The expense of ...

As Christmas approaches ... industry. Candy canes likely spread during that time as a popular tree ornament, according to Susan Benjamin, a writer and historian of sugar, sweets and candy.

cookies colored with brown sugar, gilded nuts, and (probably all-white) candy canes. People flocked to see it, and soon both trees and candy canes were on their way to becoming Christmas traditions.

The popularity of candy canes and ribbon candy has a lot to do with 20th-century machines that sped up production D. Lawrence Tarazano, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Some of the most ...

During the Christmas season, the candy cane industry sees an enormous spike ... at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany gave young singers sugar sticks during the Living Cheche ceremony to keep ...

Nothing says Christmas quite like a candy cane ... One batch makes about 400 small candy canes and has 25 pounds of sugar. This is a quick process. Once the candy canes are cut, they harden ...

If you like doing traditional things at Christmas ... And the process for gourmet candy canes is almost as wonderful as the product. A sugar, water, and syrup mixture heads to the vacuum pump ...

It's an iconic staple and treat during Christmas ... into Purity Candy's kitchen as staff make candy canes by hand. A tradition that goes back more than 100 years. "We cook up our sugar and ...

So what’s the origin of candy canes, and how did they become the most dominant confections of the Christmas season ... The expense of sugar made it a rare treat, shared on special occasions ...