Can Candy Canes Completely Compete?

The greatest treat of the holiday season, comes with dozens of benefits and flavors.

December 18, 2023

The illustration is the visual representation of all that’s good with candy canes.

What comes to mind when one thinks of the holiday season? The beautiful Florida snow, perhaps the farm of slowly dying trees at Home Depot? No, the delicious concoction of sugar glucose and red 40 dye that we call the candy cane.

The humble candy cane. It symbolizes all that is pure and joyous of a wonderful Christmas time. They are great for you, great for your family and great for the holiday season. They are simply wonderful due to their delectable taste, the many benefits in health and their innateness to the Christmas spirit.

With many kinds of candy canes, they serve as a very multi-functional candy with many flavors. Root beer, citrus and caramel are all staples alongside the candy cane’s most commonplace flavor: peppermint. The taste of the candy cane is comparable to the swirled delight of sweetness, with a sharp minty finish. Truly, the most wonderful of flavors is the original.

There are numerous health benefits to the highly alluded candy cane. Regarding most of these candies, they are only 50 calories and 10 grams of sugar. The small treat can squash cravings, ease headaches and even treat bad breath.

It is also apparent that candy canes can also cure literal cancer. There are many evaluations proving this highly general and even implausible statement. Along with all this, the candy cane does not discriminate against anyone. Even the vein of the world, the notorious vegan, is free to relish in the completely artificial material that is the candy cane.

Candy canes also symbolize the true spirit of the holidays. Whenever one thinks of the holidays, nothing would be more fitting in a Christmas stocking or the decks of a drawer than the humble candy cane. The shape of the striped candy represents that of J, for Jesus Christ; the treat has always had its roots in the Christmas spirit.

No other candy can come close to the impact this subtle Christmas treat has had on our fabric of society. With its amazing flavors, robust health benefits and even its innateness to the holiday’s spirit, candy canes are merely comparable to the bible in grandeur. In other words, candy canes can certainly compete.

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