Candy canes began to be commercially manufactured in the 1920s by Bobs Candies, a sweets company based in Albany, Georgia. The factory’s owner, Bob McCormack, made "candy canes as special ...

More than half the people surveyed – 54% – said the proper way to eat a candy cane is to start with the straight end first. But 30% of those surveyed said eating from the curved end first is ...

Prominent candy cane sellers in the early years of the sugary treat included Doscher's Candies and Bobs Candies. Doscher's Candies, a company started by Claus Doscher in Cincinnati, Ohio ...

It's pulled, twisted, bent . . . and sweet! Nothing says Christmas like a fresh crop of candy canes. So how did a peppermint stick with a hook come to be a symbol of the season? The tale, it seems ...

Lt. Bob McCormack began making candy canes for his kids in the 1920s, and they were such a hit he decided to start mass-producing them. With the help of his brother-in-law, a Catholic priest named ...

ALBANY Ga. -- A few months ago employees of the world's largest candy cane manufacturer didn't know if they would have jobs this holiday season. Bobs Candies Inc. a mainstay of the Albany economy ...

Enjoy candy canes? Perhaps you have had a cane or two made by Bobs Candies, which has been making the iconic Christmas treat with Christian meaning for years. Did you know there is a Catholic ...

December and candy canes just go together, and it looks like it’s been this way for hundreds of years. According to the National Confectioners Association, the minty confection is believed to ...