That gives us 600 candy canes.”Some popular new candy cane flavors include eggnog, root beer, sugar plum, birthday cake, and strawberry. The 105-year-old company makes everything from traditional ribbon candy and lollipops to gourmet chocolates to their colorful candy canes. If they’re making a traditional peppermint candy cane, they’ll divide the candy jacket into two different pieces—red and white. “We train cooks to just put their hand on the piece of candy and make the hook by grabbing one end and turning it.”If the cooks are making a lollipop, the candy making process is almost exactly the same. Shaping a candy cane’s hookAfter they get their signature hook, the candy canes are packaged, shipped, sold, and perhaps placed in a lucky person’s stocking.