9 Ways to use a candy cane!

What to do with Candy Canes!  9 ideas on how to use Candy Canes 

This first one is a tutorial on chocolate dipped candy canes.  If you have extra chocolate left over from the Oreo Cookie tutorial this will be perfect for you!

1.  Break your candy cane right before it curves.  Make sure to take off the plastic!

2.  Dip the broken side into the chocolate.  I just used white chocolate candy and melted it in the microwave…thanks Jamie for the info

3.  Add sprinkles while the chocolate is still warm. Use wax paper to lay them on or spray a plate with PAM.  I found out they are ‘delicate’ and will break easy.  So use an easy off method! Stick them in the fridge until the chocolate gets hard…just a couple minutes.

Put a cute bow and enjoy or deliver!

Candy Cane Trivia:

How many candy canes are made each year?

1.76 billion.  Most of which are bought within the four weeks before Christmas

How big was the biggest candy cane ever made?

 Over 36 feet tall!

Here are 8 other ideas

1. eHow Candycane vase

2.  Peppermint Cake from the Candy Blog

3. Brownies from Sugar Plum

4. Cupcake Heart Real Simple

Other ideas:

5.Stir your hot cocoa with a candy cane

6. Stir in broken pieces of candy cane into your milkshake

7. Eat it Plain!

8.  ‘Candy Cane’ someone’s house!  After Christmas when candy canes are $0.10 a box, buy a ton!  Then when it’s dark sneak over to a good friend’s house and decorate their yard with candy canes…without them knowing!!!  The next morning show up with candy cane hot cocoa and help them clean up the mess!  {Thanks Amber for this idea}

Links to the Legend of the candy cane:

1.Candy Cane Poem

2. ChristStory

3.  History of Candy Canes