The Christmas Candy Cane originated in Germany about 250 years ago. They started as straight white sugar sticks.
A story. Says that a choirmaster in 1670, was worried, about the children sitting quietly all through the long Christmas nativity. Service. So he gave them something to eat to keep them quiet! As he wanted to remind them, of ChristmasHe made them into a 'J' shape like a, shepherds crook to remind them of the shepherds that visited the baby Jesus at the. First Christmas. However the earliest, records of 'candy canes' comes from over 200 years later so the story although,,, Rather, nice probably isn 't true!
Sometime around 1900 the red stripes were added and they were flavored with peppermint. Or wintergreen.
.Sometimes other Christian meanings are giving to the parts of the canes. The 'J' can also mean Jesus. The white of the. Cane can represent the purity of Jesus Christ and the red stripes are for the blood he shed when he died on the cross. The. Peppermint flavor can represent the hyssop plant that was used for purifying in the Bible.
Around 1920 Bob McCormack,,, From Georgia USA,,Started making canes for his friends and family. They became more and more popular and he started his own business called. Bob 's Candies. Bob McCormack' s brother-in-law Gregory Keller who, Harding, was a Catholic priest invented the, Keller Machine. That made turning straight candy sticks into curved candy canes automatic, In 2005!Bob 's Candies was bought by Farley and Sathers but they still make candy canes.
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