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I'm hoping that the universally accepted method is the one I currently use... the girls at the office were making fun of me yesterday.
1. unwrap about 3" of the straight part.
2. Suck/lick until you have a pointy tip. Poke things with it until it breaks.
3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2
4. When you get to the Stage 3 U-shape, put the whole thing in your mouth and work on it very carefully (you can't talk during this, lest you risk peppermint drool all over your white shirt) without compromising the integrity of the U-shape.
5. When the U breaks, THEN you can crunch the rest of it.
This is what everyone does, right?
@missfroggy: One of the IT guys came by while we were debating it, unwrapped one, and just bit into the U part right off the bat. I almost had a heart attack.
hahahah yes! just have to be super careful with the point to not stab yourself with it.
That is how I usually eat candy canes. Sometimes I eat it faster by just biting it but that is rare and I never eat the U part first, always last and as a whole.
I love having that pointy thing in the end! That's how I eat the candy cane...unless it comes broken. 
I think that Candy Canes are one of my favorite parts of Christmas! But for some reason this year they are so hard to find in the store, all I have been able to find are Peppermint, French Vanilla and other fancy kinds...I want the good old Cherry Flavour!!!
@brittsnead23: French Vanilla candy canes... WHAT???????????
@brittsnead23: What?! I though peppermint WAS the normal kind? 
If this is true my feelings about candy canes may have to change...
@MissBoPeep: *poking you with my pointy candy cane end* Hah!
I don't have the patience for that. I bite it off in tiny disc-shaped layers with my two front teeth (augh, I know, probably terrible for them but it's only 2-3 times a yearrrrr). And I often start with the shorter end :x
I am not a candy cane fan, so I pawn them off in someone else!
@Miss Longcoat: Yup! I even asked the lady at the store if they had the normal Peppermint or Cherry ones, she said that they just carried French Vanilla and Gingerbread!
@MissBoPeep: lol, Pepperment or Cherry is normal to me. The "new" kinds are not real candy canes to me!
Although...I will admit that I also like the Blueberry ones :) We used to get them as kids.
@MissBoPeep: I'm with you; peppermint IS the normal kind. Any other is just......wrong, lol.
And yes, I eat them the proper way, as described by the OP.
I crunch through the stick, then pop the curved part into my mouth like a retainer and suck. It sounds dirty, but that's how I do it ;)
I'm not a fan of the peppermint ones, but might have part of one from time to time. I'm a fan of most of the gourmet ones, cherry, blueberry, I don't remember all the fruity flavours. I haven't seen vanilla or gingerbread but they sound good too!
I hated how pointy they got, I used to poke my mouth as a kid. Now, I usually break off a small piece and suck on it like a hard candy. Now worries about getting hair stuck to it or anything like that.
Haha this is exactly how I eat my candy canes! Although I like the U shaped part! I remember when I was little I would pretend it was a retainer lol. Your office people are the weird candy cane eaters, not you!
People just go ahead and bite candy canes?! No no no that is all sorts of wrong!
I do it just like you do :)
Never been much of a fan of candy canes. But I have to bite into them. They are just like hard candy to me and I can't stand sucking on the candy.
I try to start the way you described, OP, but usually I become impatient or distracted halfway through and end up just crunching the rest of it away!
This just reminded me of how particularly fun it is to eat the rainbow candy canes...you know, the ones that turn your tongue a hundred shades of blue, yellow, and green. I need to get some of those!!!
I bite off small sections and suck on them like a regular hard candy. Starting at the long end, of course, and working my way up the U. I've been known to do the U retainer thing but more often than not I just keep biting off chunks.
I cannot stand candy canes. which is really funny cause i pretty much love all candy! LOL
I was such a dork when I was younger... I liked to get all the way to the U-part and pretend it was a retainer.
Yep, dork.
hilarious! But honestly, I'm the type of person that just chomps away at all candy. I can't suck on it...it just gets devoured. Even things like Hall's!
LOL I eat it just like you... in fact I am eating a peppermint one right now... working on my pointy part... HA.
I don't like candy canes, so I voted for candy canes suck. BUT on the rare occassion I decide to eat one, I follow steps 1 through 3 and then throw the rest away.
@mrs_pugetsound: I was just thinking that I should go out and get some of the rainbow ones!
I do this all wrong - I'll only eat one if it's melted into hot chocolate. So I guess I drink them?
Which for the record I've developed a total addiction to
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