Unfortunately, there's no simple answer. There are a lot of stories about where candy canes originated, but they're not well-documented, so it's hard to assess their truthfulness. Let's start with ...

The popularity of candy canes and ribbon candy has a lot to do with 20th-century machines that sped up production D. Lawrence Tarazano, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Some of the most ...

Hammond's pumps out millions of candy canes each year, and today, I'm gonna learn how they do it. Customer: Going to see how they make candy. Joe: Yeah, you excited? Customer: Yeah! Customer:: I'm ...