Stick candy (also called
candy stick,
barber pole candy, or
barber pole) is a long, cylindrical variety of
hard candy, usually four to seven inches in length and 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter, but in some extraordinary cases up to 14 inches in length and two inches in diameter. Like
candy canes, they usually have at least two different colors (either opaque or translucent) swirled together in a
spiral pattern, resembling a
barber's pole.