I don’t recall the Actual use of candy canes. I do remember her using flavoring and food dye. In the green one she used mint and sometimes added mini chocolate chips. Once she added cherry flavor and chopped cherries to the pink ones.

The bailing to a hard ball stage really does intimidate me. And I don’t have a good mixer. Mum had an excellent one that gave up the ghost about 4 years ago. As she was almost 90 she couldn’t see paying for a good quality one and I am not near her caliber of a baker we got a little hand held one. No thermometer either.