candy canes

Striped holiday treats

Candy canes are hook-shaped hard candies, traditionally peppermint-flavored with red and white stripes.

They're strongly associated with Christmas, hung as tree ornaments or given as seasonal treats.

The shape supposedly represents a shepherd's crook.

Other flavors exist, but the classic striped peppermint version remains iconic: The kids grabbed candy canes from the bowl by the door.

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minty · confectionery · stockings · desserts · treat · sweet tooth · sugar rush · ornaments · red · hooked · curved · gingerbread houses · stripes · cinnamon · red and white · shepherd's crook · white · sticky

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holiday association

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Sweet from cacao seeds

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G