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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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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.
Dec 15, 2016 · In 1847, a German-Swedish immigrant named August Imgard of Wooster, Ohio, decorated a small blue spruce with paper ornaments and candy canes. At that time the candy canes were completely white in color. At the end of the 19th century, the red and white stripes and peppermint flavors became the norm.
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 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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Dec 26, 2023 · Candy canes were originally solid white, but during the turn of the 20th century stripes started to appear. Prior to the late 19th century, Christmas cards of that period show nothing but plain white candy.
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Oct 10, 2024 · But how did it get its stripes? The answer may lie in a tale that stretches back hundreds of years, involving Santa, his elves, and a desire for a new look. Others say it has a religious affiliation, with the red stripes representing the blood of Jesus Christ and the white, his sinless life.
