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Candy cane

A candy cane is a cane-shaped stick candy often associated with Christmastide as well as Saint Nicholas Day. The canes are typically white with red stripes and flavoured with peppermint, but the canes also come in a variety of other flavours and colours.

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Alternative names
Peppermint stick
Main ingredients
Sugar, flavoring (often peppermint)
Place of origin
Germany
Type
Confectionery

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Use during Saint Nicholas Day

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Candy cane

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples80
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
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Candy cane

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related to Production · 23
Candy cane → Albany, As, Bobs Candies, Bunte Brothers, Candy, Caneworking, Chicago, Diocese, Examples, Famous Candy Company, Georgia, Gregory Harding Keller, In, It, Keller, Keller Machine, Little Rock, McCormack's, Mills-McCormack Candy Company, Robert McCormack
related to Religious affiliation · 15
Candy cane → Christian, Christmas Eve, Christmastide, Cologne, Cologne Cathedral, Europe, From Germany, Germany, In, Jesus, Living Crèche, Mass, Nativity, The, This
related to Further reading · 12
Candy cane → AnnaKate, Candy Bites, Candy Canes, Hartel, ISBN, New York, NY, October, Retrieved, Richard, Springer New York, The Science Experiment
related to history · 11
Candy cane → Babyland, Baker, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, Christmas, Described, However, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Pastry-Cook, The Complete Confectioner, The Nursery, Tom Luther's Stockings
related to Use during Saint Nicholas Day · 6
Candy cane → Christian, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Nazareth, On Saint Nicholas Day, Saint Nicholas
related to External links · 4
Candy cane → Candy Canes, Nicholas Day Blessing, The, WiktionarySt
related to Animal deterrent · 3
Candy cane → Christmas, It, Peppermint
Alternative names · 1
Candy cane → Peppermint stick
Main ingredients · 1
Candy cane → Sugar, flavoring (often peppermint)
Place of origin · 1
Candy cane → Germany

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candy canes cane peppermint stick nicholas day also often children saint germany used white jesus caneworking christmastide stripes sticks earliest

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Candy caneAlternative namesPeppermint stick1.00infobox
Candy caneMain ingredientsSugar, flavoring (often peppermint)1.00infobox
Candy canePlace of originGermany1.00infobox
Candy caneTypeConfectionery1.00infobox
Candy caneis acane-shaped stick candy often associated with Christmastide as well as Saint Nicholas Day0.90text
Candy canerelated to Animal deterrentPeppermint0.60section
Candy canerelated to Animal deterrentIt0.60section
Candy canerelated to Animal deterrentChristmas0.60section
Candy canerelated to External linksThe0.60section
Candy canerelated to External linksWiktionarySt0.60section
Candy canerelated to External linksNicholas Day Blessing0.60section
Candy canerelated to External linksCandy Canes0.60section

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