They used to be white sugar sticks.
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.
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.
they were shape like a hook
In the process of making the candy canes, they put red dye in the mixture, and while they are pully the canes, it forms into lines.
Candy canes are hard sticks of candy that are bent into a cane shape. It is the cane shape that makes a candy cane a candy cane.
The first candy cane was not made in the shape of a cane. It was white, completely straight and only flavored with sugar. Legend has it that in 1670, the cane shaped candy became historical when a choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany bent the sugar-sticks into canes to appear as shepherd's hooks.
The Christmas tree was first. Martin Luther in the mid 16th Century is thought to be the first to decorate an indoor tree. The first candy canes -- all white sugar candy in the shape of a shepherd's staff -- were handed out to children at Christmas in Germany in 1670 during a long church service. Interestingly enough, candy canes were used to decorate trees shortly thereafter.
The cane shape is traditionally credited to a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany, who, legend has it, in 1670 bent straight sugar sticks into canes to represent a shepherd's staff, and gave them to children at church services. Another theory is that, as people decorated their Yule trees with food, the bent candy cane was invented as a functional solution. Candy with red stripes first appeared in the early 1900s. Postcards before 1900s show only white colored candy canes. The cane shape is traditionally credited to a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany, who, legend has it, in 1670 bent straight sugar sticks into canes to represent a shepherd's staff, and gave them to children at church services. Another theory is that, as people decorated their Yule trees with food, the bent candy cane was invented as a functional solution. Candy with red stripes first appeared in the early 1900s. Postcards before 1900s show only white colored candy canes.
The Red And White For The BODY And BLOOD O Christ And The Cane Shape To Be a J
candy canes are yummy ---- Long ago, people created a hard rock candy that will symbolize Jesus. The shape J is the first letter of his name and the white shows his purity. The red stripes shows the blood he shed for us.
Legend has it that a candy maker wanted to make a candy that was a witness to his Christian faith. He made the canes in the shape of a "J" for Jesus. When turned over they reprsent the staff of Our Good SHepherd.
Yes, candy canes are said to represent a shepherd's hook.