Imagine the peppermint ice cream of your childhood. Maybe it was pink in hue, studded with chunks of candy cane. Maybe it was a snowy white, swirled with minty red and green flakes. The colorful ...

BOYERTOWN – The Peppermint Stick is once again holding its “Candy for Our Troops” event, this year honoring three local active military members. The event — in its 10th year — kicked off on Wednesday, ...

The peppermint stick, or candy cane, has long been a delicious symbol of the holidays. Many legends associate its origin to a cathedral in Cologne, Germany, in the late 17th century. In America, the ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X In author Roald Dahl’s children’s fantasy, “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory,” Willy Wonka was the candy man. In ...

The Peppermint Stick Candy Store in Boyertown announced that plans are underway to expand the candy store into the neighboring dentist office, opening an old-fashioned ice cream parlor with a vintage ...

Let’s get this straight: The Piedmont Candy Co. doesn’t make candy canes. Candy canes are shiny. They’re crunchy. They stick to your teeth when you chew them. Piedmont Candy, the maker of Red Bird – ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Whether you make your hot chocolate from cocoa ...