Topic: Christmas candy

Watch How Handmade Candy Canes Are Made

Watch How Handmade Candy Canes Are Made

Via Foodista, Logan’s Candies in Ontario, California, demonstrates how candy canes are made by hand. The man doing most of the making is the shop’s owner, who began working there when he was just 12 years old and bought the shop when he was 19. He is a career candy cane maker! Or artisan, I suppose. If he were doing this in Brooklyn instead of Ontario, Cali., people would definitely call him a candy cane artisan. More »

Christmas Gift Guide Gallery: 8 Stocking Stuffers for Women

Christmas Gift Guide Gallery: 8 Stocking Stuffers for Women

Christmas stockings are underrated. The best presents are inside them: Makeup, perfume, tights, scratch-off lottery tickets, jewelry, candy, underwear, and, of course, chocolate Santas. We love stockings because they’re way more fun to open than the presents under the tree. (Take that, sweaters.) Plus, Kris Kringle has room to fill our stockings with many lovely little things, and we can take our sweet time opening every single one of them over a hot cup of coffee. But because some people have trouble coming up with inventive stocking stuffer ideas, we created a gallery of eight stocking stuffers for women (and bourbon lovers). A few items are even eco-friendly, and all are lots of fun. Just make sure that sock is plenty big and long – and can bear some serious weight. More »