January 5

The history of candy canes

Candy canes originated from Germany, the often most common ingredients are known as peppermint, white chocolate, and sugar.

1.8 billion candy canes are made every year, the largest candy cane was made in 2012 and it was 51 feet long, candy canes are sometimes used for crushed ice cream toppings.

 the candy canes go back to the year 1670. a German-Swedish immigrant named August Imgard of Wooster made the first candy cane the first documented case of candy canes was in 1847. Ohio decorated a small blue spruce tree with the candy. when the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany handed out sugar sticks among his young singers to keep them quiet during the Living Creche ceremony,” Schildhaus says. “In honor of the occasion, he bent the candies into shepherds’ crooks.    


Posted January 5, 2022 by douglasc101 in category Uncategorized

11 thoughts on “The history of candy canes

  1. zoeyd08

    i love candy canes they are so good and tasty.That is also so many candy canes people make in a year.The 51 feet candy cane probably took forever to make i also wonder what they did with it?

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