It’s the great Candy Cane Crisis of 2021 – IOTW Report

It’s the great Candy Cane Crisis of 2021

NYP: Weakness in peppermint crops and COVID-caused logistical issues have created a problem for Big Candy.

“We only received half of our candy cane order for the holiday season and sold out almost immediately. We currently have zero in stock,” Mitchell Cohen, the owner of Economy Candy on the Lower East Side, told The Post. “Raw material and ingredient shortages globally have had quite an impact.”

It was a first for the store, which has been in business since 1937. Cohen said they sold more than 12,000 candy canes before running dry.

“Since candy canes were invented, we’ve had candy canes,” he said.

Peppermint production in the United States has declined nearly 25 percent over the past decade, according to the US Department of Agriculture. MORE

18 Comments on It’s the great Candy Cane Crisis of 2021

  1. Good!!

    Not in the same status as the Goddamned disgusting Costco Apple Pie (that no one eats and is left behind for me to deal with) or a DVD of A Christmas Story, which will get you tossed off the property if you show up on my door step with either, but something I could live without.

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