I decided there was just enough time before Christmas to post one more quick Christmas candy tutorial. When I was a kid candy canes were among the very small amount of candy my mom would actually buy. She wasn't really into candy so she didn't buy me much of it. But at Christmas there were always some candy canes around the house. So for me they are really a sign that the holiday is really approaching.
These are really easy to make and take a minimum number of clay colors. You could get by with just some red, pearl, and translucent if you want. I did add in a tiny bit of green for some of the candy canes today simply because I think those are so pretty. If you don't have pearl you could substitute white for it. I do feel the translucent is a necessary color for this project though. Without the translucent you will find the candies just look too dense and plastic like. With the addition of the translucent clay they look so much better.
For
the mixing ratios use equal parts translucent and pearl and for any
other colors mix 2 parts colored clay (including white) to 1 part
translucent.
The process of making the candy canes is really just making snakes of clay and combining them I like to keep the colored stripes to a minimum. If you add too many stripes they blend together as you reduce the canes and you loose the effect.
I baked all the candies today at 250°F. The candy canes for 5 minutes and the larger candy sticks for 10 minutes. Both the pearl and the red clays have a bad habit of turning dark very quickly in the oven so watch these colors closely when baking them.
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