

Six dill-pickle flavoured candy canes, green and white, 5-1/4 inches tall, in a box illustrated with a Santa-hat pickle. Archie McPhee, $9.50. The Christmas-pickle joke in a form you can hang or eat.
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A Christmas pickle ornament is a real tradition that novelty companies have been stretching for decades. These canes take the shorter route: green and white stripes, dill flavour, a cartoon pickle in a Santa hat on the box. Six in a box, $9.50, small enough for a stocking and loud enough for a party table. They sit next to ordinary red canes and only become obvious when the colour or the bite gives them away. The site already carries a yodeling pickle, so this is the edible, seasonal version of a joke the catalog has already committed to. Flavour accuracy is the maker's claim, not a tasting note from here. If someone wants mint, these are the wrong canes, and the box is clear about that before the wrapping comes off.
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