# No Cinnamon candy has Cinnamon **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 13, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261 "2000-06-13T19:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/1 "2000-06-13T19:18:55Z")
I have been interested in finding hard candy that actually has cinnamon in it. What I am getting at is that candies like red hots and fire balls are nothing but chemicals and flavorings. None of them actually have cinnamon in them. Even snooty Altoids new cinnamon tablets (not sure of the name) has no cinnamon. Why is this? Does the nature of the spice ruin the candy making process? Is it comparatively costly? Tinker ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/2 "2000-06-13T19:41:33Z")
First, you have to kill the Sandworm with your Crysknife…THEN, you have to GET to the Spice…oh, sorry. Wrong cinnamon 🙂 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/3 "2000-06-13T19:46:31Z")
In this thread, [Cinnamon (14 replies)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25553), it was suggested that candy might use oil of cinammon. **Tinker Grey** posted: _What I am getting at is that candies like red hots and fire balls are nothing but chemicals and flavorings._ What is cinammon, except a bunch of chemicals? **Everything** is a bunch of chemicals. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/4 "2000-06-13T20:06:07Z")
Thanx for the link Arnold. Thanx for not saying, “Use the Damn Search Engine.” :o Tinker ---
**Author:** ![Alphonse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Alphonse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphonse)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/5 "2000-06-13T20:34:28Z")
Farmer John’s hard candies have the real flavor. And they don’t taste like the red hots. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/6 "2000-06-13T21:03:30Z")
Thanks, **Alphonse** I’ll look for 'em. Tinker ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/7 "2000-06-14T00:13:00Z")
My old SO used to make cinnamon hard candy. I think it was just sugar, cinnamon stick and water, cooked to the “hard ball” stage. She also ground grain for flour to make bread, among other wierd things. Cool, huh? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/8 "2000-06-14T00:30:46Z")
I have consulted the “source” and See’s candies have real cinnamon, the Hot Hearts (Valentines only)& the new cinnamon lolly. There is a web site “[sees.com](http://sees.com)”, and a tollfree #, the lolly is particularly cinnamony. This is an unpaid Public service announcement. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/9 "2000-06-14T00:45:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I have consulted the “source” and See’s candies have real cinnamon, the Hot Hearts (Valentines only)& the new cinnamon lolly. There is a web site “[sees.com](http://sees.com)”, and a tollfree #, the lolly is particularly cinnamony. This is an unpaid Public service announcement. 😃 > \*\* Three Cheers for See’s candies. One company that still does it right. Good stuff. 🙂 🙂 🙂 = 😃 Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cinnamon-candy-has-cinnamon/22261/10 "2000-06-15T00:00:37Z")
When on doubt, ask the expert–the lady who works in a flavor lab. “Cinnamon” candy generally contains natural and artificial flavors. Cinnamon oil is made by rendering whatever is left of the cinnamon tree. The whole tree is cinnamon flavored. The artificial flavor is cinnamic aldehyde, which comes from God-knows-where. I’m guessing coal tar.