My Gripe with Candy Canes

This year’s Candy Canes. Can I eat them or not? Photo by author.

I love seasonal candy: Candy Corn in the fall, followed by Candy Canes for Christmas, Conversation Hearts (the original Necco kind, please), Peeps. If you’ve suggestions for the rest of the year, please share. It’s a long time between Peeps and Candy Corn.

I generally use the candy as part of my seasonal decoration. I don’t eat it until the season is winding down. So I am just now ready to start enjoying that box of…