Old Candy Critic Articles - The 12 Candies of Christmas Part 1

I've decided to take down several old articles from the candycritic.org and re-post them here on the Candy Critic blog.  This article I've decided to re-post a little differently.  Since it's a special post for Christmas, the 12 days of Christmas in particular, I've decided to split it up into 12 parts and count down the days till the fat guy's going to bring me some sweet gifts.

'Tis the season to eat candy fa la la la la la la laaaaaa. As we all know Santa's Sack includes candy, and you know it's always what I want for Christmas. The question, with all of the Christmas candy out on the market, is which candy really says Christmas. Well in classic Candy Critic style we're going to tell you, and you better believe we're going to make it as cheesy as possible. Sooooooo.....

On the first day of Christmas (whenever that is) my true love gave to me......

1 Candy Cane

This is the ultimate in Christmas treats. It's perfectly designed for the holidays and screams Christmas spirit. With its hook shape, its easy to hang on any tree or Christmas setup and the taste is minty fun. The interesting thing about candy canes is that they don't they sell them any other time of year. They taste great, and with a cool minty flavour, it could be very refreshing in the summer. I guess it just wouldn't be right, you really need to have these during Christmas, and for reasons I don't know, it just works.

Here's an interesting Christmas fact:

Everybody knows your still using those candy canes from last year, so don't try to cover it up.

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