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.
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candy cane
A white peppermint candy without stripes is a plain cane.
Three stripes. They are swisted to seem like more.
John Candy
late 1900
plain cane
plain cane
Ben Casey - 1961 A Memory of Candy Stripes - 1.14 was released on: USA: 8 January 1962
Candycanes have stripes to represent the colors of Christmas like red and white. Christmas colors! The stripes on the candycane represent garlen. Candycanes also have stripes for fun purposes.
Cursed - 2000 ---And Then Wendell Wore Candy Stripes 1-7 was released on: USA: 4 January 2001
it is white with a red stripe. The red has no flavor only the white.
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