What's your favorite candy cane?!

Jacorre · 11-29-2006

Decided to make some candy canes for Christmas time but was wondering what your favorite candy cane is? Is it the original peppermint flavor or do you like the fruit flavors? I like the strawberry flavored ones myself.

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wombie · 11-29-2006

i've never had one but i would assume there like lollypops and the orange ones are always best so i'll go with fruit

**tamlin** · 11-29-2006

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Originally Posted by wombie

i've never had one but i would assume there like lollypops and the orange ones are always best so i'll go with fruit

I think they're more like what you and I would call seaside rock, so I'll vote for peppermint.

Jacorre · 11-29-2006

Oh sorry guys I shouldn't have assumed people know what they are! They are hard candy and the red and white striped ones taste like peppermint and the various colored ones usually taste like some sort of fruit.

stiney51 · 11-29-2006

It's amazing what different cultures have and don't have... Definitely not the fruit ones. Kind of a travesty that they exist.

Tamlin, wombie, Maybe we should ship some to the UK for you guys to try...

**tamlin** · 11-29-2006

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Tamlin, wombie, Maybe we should ship some to the UK for you guys to try...

Sounds good to me! Maybe we can send you some Blackpool rock in return!

Actually, that reminds me: I've often heard of "salt water taffy", but I've never tried any. What is it exactly? I'm sure it's not as disgusting as it sounds.

class_act · 11-29-2006

Peppermint is traditional but I prefer the fruit if given a choice. But I wouldn't turn down a peppermint one.
A salt water taffy is not made of salty water as some might think. It's just a soft, flavored, chewy candy, individually wrapped. Not a big favorite either. You never leave Atlantic City, New jersey without your box of salt water taffy. Now thats tradition.

Tamlin.....but what is black pool or sea side rock?

**tamlin** · 11-30-2006

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Tamlin.....but what is black pool or sea side rock?

Very much a British seaside tradition - as far as I can tell, it's pretty much the same kind of hard candy as candy canes. The main differences are that sticks of rock are straight, and they usually have the name of the seaside resort running all the way through them lengthways, made of a contrasting coloured candy. Rock is sometimes referred to by the name of the seaside town where you buy it, hence Blackpool rock (Blackpool is a popular seaside resort on the West coast of England) or Brighton rock (as in the title of the Graham Greene novel). Have a look at this: Rock and Seaside Rock - Fruit and Aniseed - Sweets and Rocks UK

So what has salt water taffy got to do with salt water?

wombie · 11-30-2006

lol we've started an internation sweet exchange!

seaside rock is like a hard pole of peppermint type candy, usually with the name of the place you bought it running right through the centre! :P

ps I'd be up for gettin a candy cane

when you said salt water taffy i had images of a welsh sea captain :P

**tamlin** · 11-30-2006

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when you said salt water taffy i had images of a welsh sea captain :P

That's a classic!!

Chamenas · 11-30-2006

mmmm fruit flavored...and europe has some odd things...I've been there...its scary

class_act · 11-30-2006

See if this will answer your questions. I think it might.

Salt Water Taffy at the Jersey Shore

*MoodsR4Cattle* · 11-30-2006

I like both peppermint & fruit flavors ....

I'd like to see some grown-up candy canes ... like Kahlua!

Jacorre · 11-30-2006

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I like both peppermint & fruit flavors ....

I'd like to see some grown-up candy canes ... like Kahlua!

Haha! I'm sure they make those somewhere! If not, patent that and get to it!

All this talk about international candy does make me interested in other things that are similar and different in various countries. Anyone heard of Swedish Fish?! They are small chewy candies in the shape of fish and taste like strawberry. I used to buy them by the bags as a kid. They were a penny each so I'd buy a few bags! I wasn't sure if they were made in Sweden but after some research I found this.

What other candies do you like?

**tamlin** · 11-30-2006

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Originally Posted by class_act

See if this will answer your questions. I think it might.

Salt Water Taffy at the Jersey Shore

Hey thanks class_act - that's solved a mystery for me!