Crushed Candy Canes.

My girlfriend and I were making some Christmas treats this weekend that called for crushed candy canes. I volunteered to do it because it sounded like fun. First, I started out by leaving the candy canes wrapped up and dropping them on the counter. That did crush them but I couldn't get the pieces small enough and it was difficult to unwrap them. Next (her suggestion) I unwrapped them and put them in a plastic bag and beat on them with a rolling pin. That worked but it was noisy and the pieces made little holes in the baggie, creating a mess. After that (my idea) I put them in a blender and turned it on. It was very noisy and it resulted in what I call "candy cane sand" and "candy cane smoke." That is by far the most fun method of crushing candy. I may go into business selling little boxes of crushed candy canes. I think they would sell about 1 month out of the year.