The first recorded 'candy stick' comes from at an exhibition in Massachusetts in the USA. They started as straight white sugar sticks and a few years later the red stripes were added. The first time they are documented as being called 'candy canes' comes in ; and their first connection to Christmas comes from Early recipes had them as simply 'sugar' flavored. But we're now used to them being flavored with peppermint or wintergreen.
Photo via Flickr user Pen Waggener. While candy canes are made year-round—to the tune of 1. On the surface, a peppermint hook seems to have as much—or as little—to do with the birth of Jesus Christ as a chocolate egg has to with his death. And yet, every year, the halls are decked with red and white spiraled sugar sticks intended to be sucked on until they become pointy, minty daggers. But why the upside down "J" shape?
We Don’t Know the Origins of the Candy Cane, But They Almost Certainly Were Not Christian
In fact, according to the National Confectioners Association, alwaysatreat. The biggest single week for candy canes? The second week of December.
Almost everyone alive grew up familiar with the hard red-and-white candy with the curved end known as a candy cane, but few people realize just how long this popular treat has been in existence. Believe it or not, the origin of the candy cane actually goes back hundreds of years to a time when candy-makers, both professional and amateur, were making hard sugar sticks as a favorite confection. It was around the beginning of the 17th century that Christians in Europe began to adopt the use of Christmas trees as part of their Christmas celebrations. The original Christmas tree candy was a straight stick and completely white in color. The first historical reference to the familiar cane shape though goes back to