# Did this kind of striped candy (mints?) have a specific name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810 "2018-09-05T17:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810/1 "2018-09-05T17:08:06Z")
[Pic](https://depositphotos.com/1459071/stock-photo-striped-candy.html) for reference. Shaped like small pillows. My aunt always kept some of them in a jar, but I don’t see them around as often now. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810/2 "2018-09-05T17:58:08Z")
Never mind…only just realized there was a pic. That’s old-fashioned hard candy. Or “grandma candy”. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810/3 "2018-09-05T19:19:24Z")
They are called “candy pillows” or “mint/peppermint pillows”. References: Here’s a manufacturer of [an organic version with a special ingredient for what ails ya](https://www.apollyon.nl/en/cbd-oil/cbd-candy/), and here’s a [scathing indictment of the old-fashioned kind as "disgusting Christmas candy](https://grub.gunaxin.com/ten-disgusting-pieces-christmas-candy/107425). Here’s a manufacturer of [a gourmet version under the name “rock candy pillows”](https://www.theprofessors.com.au/search.php?findify_limit=24&findify_q=rock%20candy%20pillows). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810/4 "2018-09-06T12:06:05Z")
Werther’s Original, sorta. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810/5 "2018-09-06T12:13:27Z")
They’re humbugs that haven’t been twisted enough… oh, wait, do these have a liquid centre? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810/6 "2018-09-06T12:28:00Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Werther’s Original, sorta. 😕 😕 You been ingesting a few too many of those CBD candy pillows from my earlier link or something? Because Werther’s Originals are round dimpled caramel-colored caramel candies, while candy pillows are four-cornered striped mint-flavored (or fruit-flavored) hard candies. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810/7 "2018-09-06T12:41:31Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > 😕 😕 You been ingesting a few too many of those CBD candy pillows from my earlier link or something? Because Werther’s Originals are round dimpled caramel-colored caramel candies, while candy pillows are four-cornered striped mint-flavored (or fruit-flavored) hard candies. I’d propose that any candy your grandmother has in her candy dish be called Werther’s Original. She’s half senile and won’t notice. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810/8 "2018-09-06T13:49:12Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Never mind…only just realized there was a pic. That’s old-fashioned hard candy. Or “grandma candy”. And when you try to retrieve one you find it’s fused to all the others in a big candy mass and you have to snap it off, all the while thinking grandma should buy Buttermints as they are so much less hassle. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-kind-of-striped-candy-mints-have-a-specific-name/820810/9 "2018-09-06T13:51:37Z")
Thanks, all.