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L.O.V.E. Shaped Candy Canes

We’re spelling LOVE with our left over Holiday candy canes. I posted last year how to make Candy Cane Hearts, so this year for Valentines I thought we’d shape them into Love Letters.

  • Take off the plastic on your candy canes. It doesn’t matter if these break from opening, as they need to be all different sizes anyway.
  • Place the candy cane pieces onto a tray lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
  • Put the tray into a 250 degree oven for 10 minutes.

  • Shape them (be careful, hot) right out of the oven. They are movable for a minute or two. You can put them back into the oven if you need to reshape them again.
  • Some letters kept breaking, so you can just use them as lines and form the letters that way as well.

Here’s a tutorial for making these candy canes into heart shaped lollipops!

Marie

Marie is a mom of 3 living in Seattle, WA. She's been the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes for the last 16 years, sharing DIY tutorials for home, family, and fun. Author of Make and Takes for Kids, Early Childhood and Elementary graduate, and currently teaching 2nd grade in Seattle!

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23 comments

  2. This is a great idea for December candy canes that are leftover for Valentine’s Day. I am excited to get started on these, it would be so neat to spell out ” I love you” or my kids names for Valentine’s Day. Great Idea! I had no idea you could bend them by putting them in the oven–very cute.
    -Sylvia

  5. I was just about to throw away the candy canes I had in a glass from Christmas. Thanks for the great idea! Feel free to check my blog to see how I used them–
    JE

  11. What a CUTE idea! I love your posts, I have no idea where you get your never ending inspiration from… but I could sure use some :)

  15. I love this idea. Thank you!
    I have two dozen candy canes sitting in a mug on our kitchen counter that I couldn’t bear to throw away and now they have a purpose.

  17. Cute!
    You can also take two mini candy canes, and put them together like a heart. Use royal icing to glue them together.

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