Candy Cane Wands

Lorraine Wabs

Do something different with candy canes.  Dip them in chocolate and sprinkle with candies ready for the holidays.

½ cup semisweet chocolate chips or white vanilla baking chips

2 teaspoons shortening

16 candy canes or peppermint sticks, about 6 inches long.

Melt the chocolate chips or vanilla chips together with the shortening.  Dip candy canes in melted chocolate then into crushed hard peppermint candies, miniature chocolate chips, candy decorations, colored glitter, sugars or coarse sugar crystals.