What Are Candy canes and How Can I Use Them?

Candy canes is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store them, what to substitute, and 12 recipes to get you started.

In Chinese:	糖果手杖
British (UK) term:	Candy canes
en français:	cannes de bonbon
en español:	bastones de caramelo

Recipes using candy canes

There are 12 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Candy Cane Ice Cream

What's for dessert at Christmas day? How about some homemade candy cane ice cream? It's made of low-fat milk, egg yolks and crushed candy cane. It's creamy and silky, crushed candy cane adds some crunch and minty sweetness. Don't have to pay high price for hagen daz, this is as good as hagen daz, and it's lower fat.

Awesome Candy Cane Christmas Cookies

These turned out perfect—crushed candy canes make them nice and crispy on the outside, with a soft melt-in-the-mouth explosion on the inside. I was really impressed a bit like shortbread with a minty twist.

Garnishes for Drinks

Drink garnish guide covering frosted glasses, sugar and salt rims, plus garnish ideas for fruit, vegetable and coffee drinks. Old-school bartender finishing touches that turn ordinary drinks into something proper.

Peppermint Hot Cocoa

The rich, creamy chocolate paired with peppermint candy canes is great, especially to use leftover candy canes or when you take the candy canes off the tree.

Amazing Peppermint Kisses

Peppermint meringue kisses with crushed red and green candy canes sprinkled over delicate egg-white peaks. The light-as-air holiday cookie that's naturally gluten-free and fat-free.

Chocolate Shortbread Holiday Trees

This winning decorated cookie charmed us with its sophisticated look and pleasing chocolate-pepperminty flavor. It's from Deb Bonfiglio of River Hills.

Christmas Candy Canes

Twisted peppermint candy cane cookies with red and white dough, sprinkled with crushed candy while still warm. A festive holiday baking project that kids and adults both love shaping by hand.

Christmas Candycane's Brownies

Christmas candy cane brownies with a fudgy chocolate base, hidden caramel layer, chopped nuts, and crushed peppermint candy canes on top. A festive holiday brownie with three layers of flavor.

Christmas Cinnamon Hot Chocolate Cookies

These delicious and melted in your mouth cookies don't last long.

Marbleized Mint Bark

Marbled peppermint bark made with melted white chocolate, swirled dark chocolate, and crushed candy canes. A 3-ingredient holiday candy that breaks into shards of crackling mint.