candy cane

noun

US
: a stick of hard red and white candy with a curve at the top

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Another pasta, striped like a candy cane, is filled with chicken from a farm at the city’s edge and strewn with local lemon balm, shiso, and cilantro. The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025 Icicle Shimmer Collection Included in the Icicle Shimmer Collection is a holly jolly snowman juggling snowflakes, an adorable twinkling candy cane adorned with a big red bow, and a toppling tower of presents waiting to be unwrapped. Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025 Kehoe scrambled into red and white candy cane pajamas for Christmas. Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Green yellow color and aromas of candy cane and limes. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for candy cane

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“Candy cane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/candy%20cane. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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