Candy canes: A+
The classic and still the best. Personally I prefer the little ones to the full-size version. They are a lot easier to get out of their packaging (just poke them through, rather than the tedious process of picking the plastic off the entire thing, and it always gets wadded up at the bend). And I start feeling a little bit queasy about halfway through a full-size candy cane.
Candy cane in hot cocoa: A-
Is there anything better than hooking your candy cane over the lip of your mug, so that it dangles into your hot cocoa at a jaunty angle? No there is not. A few points removed from its score because a chunk of candy cane always breaks off and falls to the bottom of the mug, where it turns into a weird peppermint sludge that comes up all at once at the end.
Peppermint Joe-Joes: B+
These Oreo-like cookies are available at Trader Joe's and feature candy cane fragments in the crème filling. Delicious! I would give them a higher rating if parking at every single Trader Joe's store wasn't such a nightmare. (What is the deal with that, anyway?)
Candy cane (peppermint) Roca: B-
Almond Roca is one of the world's most perfect treats. I want to like Peppermint Roca because it is pretty darned tasty. But it suffers by virtue of the fact that it is not Almond Roca. Why mess with perfection?
Candy cane/peppermint mocha: C-
Candy canes in hot cocoa are amazing. But when you add in coffee flavor, it comes off as kind of an unsettling mix. But given the popularity of this drink, I'm obviously the only one who thinks so.
Peppermint bark: F
This holiday treat of the damned is just like regular almond bark (which is too sweet and bland) but sweeter, and more pepperminty. Gross.
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