are also available – and sugar stick’s variety of flavors has seemingly inspired new lines of candy canes as of late, including Funfetti and pickle-flavored Christmas candies. The candy canes are free ...

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 ...

Candy canes have a long history that some people say started in Germany back in 1670 when a choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral handed out sugar sticks to a group of youthful choirboys who had a ...

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 ...

Red-and-white striped candy canes have been an indelible part of Christmas for ages ... who had started the A&J Doescher Sugar and Candy Co. at the corner of 12th and Jackson streets in Over ...

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 ...