Happy National Candy Cane Day! On December 26 gives candy lovers a day to celebrate the red and white striped candies found abundantly during the holidays.
In 1844, a recipe for a straight peppermint candy stick, which was white with colored stripes, was published.
However, some stories tell of all-white candy sticks in much earlier times. Folklore tells of the origin of the candy cane, yet no documented proof of its real beginning.
Literature begins mentioning the candy cane in 1866, and it was first known to be mentioned in connection with Christmas in 1874. As early as 1882, candy canes have been hung on Christmas trees.
Fun Candy Cane Facts:
• The average candy cane is five inches tall.
• While most candy canes are not sugar or calorie-free, they do not have any fat or cholesterol.- • Striped red and white candy canes were first introduced in 1900.
- • The first machine to make candy canes were invented in 1921 by American inventor and candy-maker Brasher Omier Westerfield. Until then, they were made by hand.
- • Bob McCormack and his brother-in-law and priest Gregory Keller brought the candy cane to the masses. What started out as candy making for McCormack’s friends and family turned into mass production when Keller invented the machine that enabled Bob’s Candies to go big time.
- • Traditionally the flavor for candy canes is peppermint, but there are a variety of flavors.
- • American pastry chef Alain Roby holds the Guinness World Record™ for the longest candy cane, measuring fifty-one feet long!
HOW TO OBSERVE
Do you have candy cane traditions? Enjoy one from your stocking or pluck one from the tree. Share a candy cane with your sweetheart, neighbor or child in your life.
However you celebrate, be sure use #NationalCandyCaneDay when posting on social media.
HISTORY
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