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Jan 8, 2020 · The first historical reference to the familiar cane shape though goes back to 1670. The choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany first bent the sugar-sticks into the shape of canes to represent a shepherd's staff. The all-white candy canes were then given out to children during the long-winded nativity services.
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Sugar, flavoring (often peppermint) Media: Candy cane. A candy cane is a cane -shaped stick candy often associated with Christmastide, [1] as well as Saint Nicholas Day. [2] It is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint, but the canes also come in a variety of other flavors and colors.
- Peppermint stick
- Confectionery
The red and white stripes and minty flavor did not take hold as a massively popular treat until the 1950s, when the production of candy canes became automated.
Dec 22, 2019 · One thing that is certain is that the red and white stripes on a candy cane are a modern invention. Candy canes were originally solid white, but during the turn of the 20th century stripes started ...
Dec 22, 2015 · The earliest proto-candy-cane was most likely a plain white sugar stick of the sort used by frazzled parents of the 1600s as pacifiers for fussy babies. The stick got its cane-like hook, one ...
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Dec 18, 2020 · Some believe the stripes came from the candy maker Bob McCormack in the 1920s. The McCormack company became the leading peppermint candy cane producer during the late 1950s. By the end of the ...
Dec 15, 2016 · Striped candy canes began appearing in paintings and drawings after this period. One common story tells the tale of a German choirmaster in the 1670s bending the sticks into “shepherd’s staffs,” as a symbol of Jesus the Good Shepherd. These were given to children to keep them quiet during long nativity scene services.
