Swedish Candy Canes

Swedish candy canes, are called Polkagris, and their story is an example of some early-day lady entrepreneurial power in Sweden. In the 1830s, when candy canes were soon to see the light as Polkagrisar, Amalia Eriksson, an inhabitant of the little town of Gränna, started making candy sticks after her husband passed away. She kept the recipe secret, and was the only one in town to make the red and white swirly candy sticks that soon became a successful business, continued by her daughter after her death. All travellers on their way between Gothenburg and Stockholm would stop by the little shop in Gränna to get their supply of deliciousness. The recipe was shared later on, and it became a traditional candy for the women of Gränna to make.

Flavors: Peppermint, Sour Watermelon, Caramel, Triple Berry and Violet Licorice. Sold Individually.

Sockerbit (Swedish for "sugar cube") was founded in 2010 by Florence Baras and Stefan Ernberg to bring Sweden's Saturday candy tradition, lördagsgodis, to American shoppers — they source only from European factories with clean ingredients and no high fructose corn syrup or artificial dyes.