Valentine's Day doesn't have a monopoly on boxed chocolate candies nor is Halloween the only time of year you'll encounter fun-sized Snickers and Twix. The candy cane, however, is pretty inextricably ...

(USA Today) It's the candy that screams, "Holiday season." Tuesday is National Candy Cane Day and legend has it that the hook-topped candy has been part of Christmas celebrations since 1670, according ...

I like the look of candy canes sitting in a jar at Christmas time. I use them as decorations on wrapped packages and as ornaments on the tree. I rarely eat them. Neither do the two other human members ...

Today is National Candy Cane Day, and with bowls still full from Christmas, people look for simple ways to put those extra ...

Recently we came across one of the most bizarre food crossovers ever concocted: the novelty site Archie McPhee‘s mac and cheese-flavored candy canes. That unholy combination of otherwise beloved ...

is a Christmas mascot built on a kind of delicious deception. It looks so wholesome — a cheerful red-and-white curl of peppermint, practically jingling with innocence. It hangs from trees, fills ...

There's something weirdly magical about the way that the holiday season gives us a sense of predictability. When Thanksgiving rolls around, I know that I can expect my dogs to spend the day begging ...

Candy canes are a holiday staple with roots dating back to the 1600s. The story suggests that in 1670, a choirmaster in Cologne, Germany, gave children these sugary sticks shaped like a shepherd’s ...

Candy canes are slowly but surely turning into the pumpkin spice of winter -- but in reverse. Sure, there are some goofy peppermint-flavored foods that hit shelves every year, but nothing over the top ...