During the Christmas season, the candy cane industry sees an enormous spike in sales. In 2023, confectionery sales during the holiday season reached close to $7 billion, Carly Schildhaus, director of ...

Along with Christmas tunes sneaking onto the airwaves between pop hits and gingerbread lattes featuring prominently on coffee shop menus, candy aisles filled with red-and-white striped sweets are a ...

If you ask Buddy the Elf, candy canes are one of the four major food groups. And there's no denying they're an iconic holiday treat! Legend has it that it all started with a group of boisterous ...

In 1866, Literature began mentioning the candy cane, and it was first known in connection with Christmas in 1874.

Christmas time may not be as big as Halloween when it comes to the giving and receiving of candy, but it certainly has a significant presence at this time of year between baking, decorating, crafting, ...

Candy canes in a glass jar surrounded by Christmas ornaments - Liliboas/Getty Images Candy canes are a classic holiday treat, but as with many old-fashioned traditions that span centuries, their exact ...

After celebrating its 40th anniversary, Candy Cane Lane announced it raised over $200,000 for Midwest Athletes Against ...

MILWAUKEE - With Thanksgiving behind us, two popular southeast Wisconsin holiday attractions officially turned on their lights Friday, Nov. 24. Country Christmas keeps chugging forward with a ...

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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 ...