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A traditional candy cane (left) and a Nestlé Spree version (right).
A candy cane is a hard cane-shaped candy stick. It is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint or cinnamon (also known respectively as a peppermint stickor cinnamon stick);[citation needed] however, it is also made in a variety of other flavors and may be decorated with stripes of different colors and thicknesses. The candy cane is available year-round, but traditionally surrounds the Christmas holiday, particularly in the Western world.
Contents[hide]In North America, the first documented example of the use of candy canes to celebrate Christmas occurred in 1847, when a German-Swedish immigrant by the name of August Imgard hung the candy canes from the branches of a Christmas tree. Christmas cards from the following decades show Christmas trees decorated with candy canes, first white canes, then striped ones in the 20th century. This then spread to the rest of the continent, where it continues to remain a popular Christmas tradition.[8]
Candy canes are primarily used as a decoration for Christmas trees. This is done by using the "hook" shape of the candy cane to hang them on branches of the Christmas tree. A single tree can have many candy canes.
Red stripes and peppermint flavorThe stripes are made similar in fashion to a barber's pole, with the red stripes twisting around the white stick of sugar.[9] These signature stripes did not become part of the candy cane until the 20th century.[10][11] It is uncertain who first started using the stripes, but evidence of their use only appears after the turn of the century. At around this time, candy makers began using peppermint as a flavor.[12]. One of the first documented candy canes in this form is the polkagris, invented in 1859. Mass productionBobs Candies was the first company to successfully mass-produce and distribute candy canes while preserving their freshness. Lt. Bob McCormack began making candy canes as special Christmas treats in the 1920s.[13] That decade also saw the company's use of cellophane as a wrapping to keep moisture from damaging the candies, and by the 1950s, they were using a candy cane machine invented by his brother-in-law Gregory Keller to mass-produce them. These two inventions made it feasible to mass produce, ship, and distribute candy canes.[14] The following years saw further refinements in packaging and design to protect the candies from being broken, making it more practical to store them and ship them for longer periods of time.[15] Modern reinterpretationsThere is a modern allegorical tradition that reinterprets the candy cane's shape as a "J", standing for Jesus Christ or the right side up standing for the sheperds that came to visit baby Jesus. The stripes are said to represent his sacrifice, with the red being blood, and the white being purity. However, no historical information to support any claim that the cane was originally made with this allegory in mind has been produced, so it is regarded as an urban legend.[16] Other uses of the patternCandy cane stripes have been used as a daymark for lighthouses. See White Shoal Light. Indeed, the phrase "Candy stripe" is a generic description of the candy cane color scheme. Candy striper is a generic name for a hospital volunteer. This is a helical pattern reminiscent of Barber's poles.[17]Well, candy canes started out non-striped (but they were always bent to look like a Shepherd's crook) and they were given to children to keep them quiet during services in Church. So they got associated with Christmas because of Church (y'know, Jesus Christ)
because if u flip it upside down its a J for jesus
They weren't always. In the 1700's when they first appeared, they were straight candy sticks and took a lot of time to make. It wasn't even until the 1920's when people started to use them as Christmas treats. At that time, they were still tedious to manufacture and were not as widespread as today. During the 50's the candy cane machine was finally invented and candy canes became extremely popular.
They are used as Christmas treats for a few reasons. According to some legend, the cane shape was invented because it looked like a Sheppard's cane. They were handed out to children to remind them of Jesus, who represented himself as a Sheppard. Another legend is that cane shaped candies are just easier to hang on trees. Some say that the upside down candy cane is a "J" for Jesus. Though stripes were not added to candy canes until the early 1900's, they have been said to represent Jesus' blood sacrifice to us with white being purity.
No one knows the historical significance for sure, but they do taste great!
To help kids sit still in church during a long Christmas sermon
Because they are minty and come in christmas colors.
it relates the red and white to xmas colours..
It tastes good and cheers you up
at year 200
Candy corn was founded in Canada and made for special holidays such as Halloween, Valentines day, and more. More history of candy corn can be found on Wikipedia.
The Goelitz family invented candy corn.
He invented Candy corn while working at Wunderlee Candy Company.
Candy corn was invented in the 1880s by a man named George Renninger with the idea of mimicking the appearance of corn kernels. You can find in depth information about this on Wikipedia at the following link address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_corn.
George Renninger invented candy around 1880 while an employee at the Wunderlee Candy Co. The Goelitz Candy Co (now Jelly Belly Candy Co) began manufacturing candy corn as a commercial product in 1900.
Both candy corn and candy pumpkins are made by various candy makers. Currently Jelly Belly claims they're the oldest manufacturer. There are 2 reasons it's called candy CORN: First, because someone got the idea to shape it into a multicolored kernel shape when it was initially invented. And second, because the primary ingredients are water, corn syrup, and corn starch.
It looks like kernels of corn.
The candy corn is about 0.2220 pounds
There isn't a slogan for candy corn. For more on candy corn see the links in related links.
A kernel of corn. Candy corn contains corn syrup which is not real corn, but a product manufactured from corn starch.
WAL-MART is the place to get candy corn after Halloween.