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Jan 8, 2020 · Stripes. About 50 years later, the first red-and-white-striped candy canes appeared. No one knows who exactly invented the stripes, but based on historical Christmas cards, we know that no striped candy canes appeared prior to the year 1900.
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A striped candy cane being made by hand from a large mass of red and white sugar syrup. As with other forms of stick candy, the earliest canes were manufactured by hand. Chicago confectioners the Bunte Brothers filed one of the earliest patents for candy cane making machines in the early 1920s. [13]
Dec 22, 2019 · 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.
Dec 12, 2022 · In 1847, a German-Swedish immigrant named August Imgard of Wooster, Ohio, decorated a small blue spruce with paper ornaments and candy canes. It wasn't until the turn of the century that the red and white stripes and peppermint flavors became the norm.
Dec 26, 2023 · Initially, candy canes were purely white, their sweetness derived from sugar. As their popularity soared, inventive confectioners began adding flavors like peppermint and wintergreen, transforming them into the familiar striped confections we know today.
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Traditional candy canes have always been recognized for their iconic red and white stripes and peppermint flavor. It was around the year 1900 when this classic design became a favorite, pairing a minty taste with the festive appearance.
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Dec 25, 2011 · Candy canes would not earn their characteristic stripes until around 1900. No one knows who first gave candy canes those well-known, bright-red stripes twisting around the candy stick like the stripes of a barber's pole.
