Candy Cane History =)

In 1670, the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral Cathedral gave sugar sticks to his young singer to keep them quiet during the long Living Creche ceremony. In honor of the occasion, he had the candies bent into shepherds' crooks. In 1847, a German-Swedish immigrant named August Imgrad of Wooster, Ohio, decorated a small pine tree with paper ornaments and candy canes. At the beginning of the 1900s red and white stripes and peppermint flavors become the norm for candy canes. Supposedly, the white and red are symbolic to those of the Christian faith.

In 1920s, Bob McCormack began making candy canes as Christmas treats for his children, friends, and local shopkeepers in Albany, Georgia. It was a difficult process-pulling, twisting, cutting and bending the candy by hand. It could only be done for local sales.

In the 1950s, Bob brother-in-law, Gregory Keller, a Catholic priest, invented a machine to automate candy cane production. Packaging innovations y other members of the McCormack family made it possible to transport the delicate canes. This transformed Bobs Candies, Inc into the largest producer of candy canes in the world.

Thanks to the modern technology has made candy canes accessible and plentiful and a Christmas tradition for many.

I love Candy Cane!! ^^