A white peppermint candy without stripes is a plain cane.
plain cane
plain cane
plain cane
plain cane
plain cane
The very first candy canes were white and not bent. They were sugar canes, and did not taste like peppermint. They then were bent to look like shepherd's crooks. So they were in the familiar form we recognize today, but without stripes. Later, the peppermint flavor was added.
A red and white treat is a peppermint candy cane.
it is white with a red stripe. The red has no flavor only the white.
Yes, it does!
In 1670 in Germany, but they were not red/white but white only. It wasn't until the 20th century that stripes were added.
The first candy canes were in the shape of a staff or hook like the canes of today and were red and white striped peppermint.
red and white stripes and shaped like a walking stick
They are interpreted as symbolizing Jesus' blood sacrifice for our sins. On a more flavorful level, it gave us a peppermint taste around 1900. The candy was originally a white sugar stick that was shaped into a shepherd's staff by a German choirmaster in the 1670s. That symbolizes Jesus as the Good Shepherd. For more on the candy cane, see: http:/enzperiodzwikipediazperiodzorg/wiki/Candy_cane
Traditionally the red and white striped candy canes hanging on a Christmas tree are flavored peppermint. Today candy canes come in all sorts of flavors and colors. Not all of them taste minty.