# Goddamn designer candy canes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193 "2007-12-16T14:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/81 "2007-12-17T20:27:17Z")
Okay, that seriously sounds _good_, **WhyNot**. I know what I’m having for dinner now. 😃 I agree that half and half on the sauce works best. I like to do mixed sauces, chicken, bacon, and onions, but the black olives and pineapple could definitely add that certain _je ne sais quoi_. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/82 "2007-12-17T20:31:44Z")
What’s the ruling on oval candy canes that can be worn as bracelets or round ones with ribbons to make them look like wreaths? Even if they’re peppermint, are they still not _real_ candy canes, therefore somehow inferior? Granted, I don’t see these much any more but still I want to know. What about those ones that sort of look like little puffed up pillows? I want some of those because when you suck on them long enough they get all those little holes in them and then you can bite down on them with a satisfying crunch. Don’t hate on my little candy cane pillows, please! ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/83 "2007-12-17T20:37:23Z")
Can I get a ruling on the horshoe canes, please? You can break them like a wishbone and one generally becomes a straight and one a curved cane. They are mostly old fashioned peppermint. Are they the ultimate in candy cane technology or a threat to the moral fabric of the nation. I nmeed clarification. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/84 "2007-12-17T20:58:44Z")
**IF** (as the OP suggests) candy canes are to be only red and white striped with peppermint flavoring, does it matter how it’s striped? 'Cause in the days of my youth it was RED-WHITE-RED-WHITE\* and now you can find RED-white-red-white-red-WHITE and often RED-WHITE-red-white-RED-white-red-WHITE… \ - KEY: RED = Thick red stripe WHITE = Thick white stripe red = Thin red stripe white = Thin white stripe ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/85 "2007-12-17T21:10:15Z")
Man, now I’m craving a peppermint pizza and pineapple-and-spam candy cane. I think I’m broken. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/86 "2007-12-17T21:31:11Z")
[QUOTE=Skammer] Man, now I’m craving a peppermint pizza and pineapple-and-spam candy cane. I think I’m broken. [/QUOTE] Wow, even I think that’s nasty. It will probably be a huge hit. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/87 "2007-12-17T21:50:43Z")
I think pineapple and spam ought to be Jones Soda’s next novelty drink. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/88 "2007-12-17T21:56:08Z")
_shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/89 "2007-12-17T22:46:33Z")
I agree with Otto: Candy Canes should be some variety of mint (preferably peppermint, but I’ll tolerate wintergreen or spearmint for those who don’t like peppermint). I am not opposed to weird colors. People who want fruity flavors should stick to ribbon candy or those weird circular candies with patterns in the center. Also, pizza with pineapple and Canadian bacon is the devil’s food. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/90 "2007-12-18T00:37:08Z")
[QUOTE=SisterCoyote] Also, pizza with pineapple and Canadian bacon is the devil’s food. [/QUOTE] You say that like it’s a bad thing. 😕 “I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, The sinners are much more fun…” ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/91 "2007-12-18T02:40:04Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] Okay, that seriously sounds _good_, **WhyNot**. I know what I’m having for dinner now. 😃 I agree that half and half on the sauce works best. I like to do mixed sauces, chicken, bacon, and onions, but the black olives and pineapple could definitely add that certain _je ne sais quoi_. [/QUOTE] Yanno, it’s now 9:40 PM. And **CaerieD** hasn’t been back to boast of his/her abomination. Perhaps some smiting went on tonight at the deli… heh heh heh 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/92 "2007-12-18T04:24:17Z")
Yea, I have made my sweet pineapple abomination and ate of it and it was good. Unfortunately, about halfway through I remembered why I don’t put pineapple on my pizza: I’m allergic. :smack: I can laugh about it now, though. Mainly because the feeling is finally coming back to my tongue. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/93 "2007-12-18T04:34:03Z")
**CaerieD** … Yanno, I really wasn’t hoping you were smited. But I can’t stop chuckling. I know this is reserving my seat on the Bus to Hell, but I still can’t stop… I h-hope you feel better soon. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/94 "2007-12-18T04:43:20Z")
**OtakuLoki** , it’s okay. I’m still laughing about it and I’d made the pizza at around 4:30 in the afternoon. How I managed to forget that I’m allergic to pineapple, I can’t explain, but it was definitely one of my finer (and stupid…er) moments. Sad, too, since the pizza tasted really good until my tongue started tingling. Back on topic: Tomorrow, I shall make a canadian bacon flavored candy cane! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/95 "2007-12-18T15:02:28Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] **OtakuLoki** , it’s okay. I’m still laughing about it and I’d made the pizza at around 4:30 in the afternoon. How I managed to forget that I’m allergic to pineapple, I can’t explain, but it was definitely one of my finer (and stupid…er) moments. Sad, too, since the pizza tasted really good until my tongue started tingling. Back on topic: Tomorrow, I shall make a canadian bacon flavored candy cane! [/QUOTE] Oh, no! You \*were \*smote! My son and I both get the tongue tingling, burning, numb and swollen reaction too, but only with fresh pineapple. We’re okay with canned, as long as we keep it moderate. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/96 "2007-12-18T15:09:24Z")
[QUOTE=ChiefScott] **IF** (as the OP suggests) candy canes are to be only red and white striped with peppermint flavoring, does it matter how it’s striped? 'Cause in the days of my youth it was RED-WHITE-RED-WHITE\* and now you can find RED-white-red-white-red-WHITE and often RED-WHITE-red-white-RED-white-red-WHITE… [/QUOTE] The variation in stripage is an excellent response to a restricted palette. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/97 "2007-12-18T17:41:55Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] The variation in stripage is an excellent response to a restricted palette. [/QUOTE] Actually, it’s an evolutionary survival strategy–some candy canes demonstrate their poisonous content to potential predators through vivid coloration (green, orange, etc.). Kinda like Monarch butterflies. Really, you’re only safe eating the red and white ones. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/98 "2007-12-18T17:44:38Z")
ahhh, but just like the Viceroys, there may be tasty mimics afoot, err… a-wing. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/99 "2007-12-18T17:48:27Z")
[QUOTE=Sophistry and Illusion] Actually, it’s an evolutionary survival strategy–some candy canes demonstrate their poisonous content to potential predators through vivid coloration (green, orange, etc.). Kinda like Monarch butterflies. Really, you’re only safe eating the red and white ones. [/QUOTE] Ah, I always thought that was a mating display… ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193/100 "2007-12-18T17:50:52Z")
The colors red and orange are often nature’s way of warning about toxicity. Just think of apples and oranges. no, wait… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-designer-candy-canes/430193.md?page=6)