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Dec052010

Candy Canes Suck. Try These Instead!


It's a well known fact that candy canes suck. Why? Well, a cane shape is perhaps the worst of all possible orientations for candy, and come on, peppermint candy is nothing special anyways. Why unhinge your jaw like an Emerald Tree Boa Constrictor just to fit a damn breath mint in your mouth? Then it shatters and you have shards of freshness piercing your tender gums. And it's a damn mess. Nobody wins with a candy cane.

Fortunately, the good (I might even say inestimable) people at Tootsie (and my colleague AH, whom I have now proclaimed "most knowledgeable holiday candy person within a 40 foot radius of me at work") have brought us an amazing treat -- both an improvement on peppermint candy in general but also an alignment of said candy more consistent with, say, the way a human face works


It's a peppermint tootsiepop. Unlike candy canes, they are NOT awkward, painful, and ultimately sticky experiences, AND they are filled with tootsie chocolate. WORD. 

My sneaking, sinking suspicion, however, is that they're seasonal.

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BUY IN BULK!

December 5, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKate

I have to ask AH where she got them. They are AMAZING.

December 5, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterHungry Sam

That looks way better than the candy cane. However, does it hang on a tree?

January 3, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterPete

Good point, Pete. But then, I blame the tree, not the Tootsie Pop.

January 3, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterHungry Sam

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