How California s oldest candy kitchen concocts candy canes the old fashioned way
Modern candy cane factories make them by the thousands, but Columbia Candy Kitchen makes them the old fashion way. Author: John Bartell Updated: 11:38 PM PST December 25, 2020
COLUMBIA, California Few things are as iconic as the candy cane.
Modern candy cane factories make them by the thousands, but here, in the little gold rush town of Columbia, California’s oldest family-run candy kitchen makes them the old fashion way.
Every day at the stroke of noon and then again at one o’clock, curious tourists peer through Nelson’s Columbia Candy Kitchen window to witness what is known as “big pour.” The beginnings of candy cane start with a copper kettle filled with a 300-degree mixture of corn starch, water and a lot of sugar, 28 pounds to be exact.