With giddy delight, I recall eating a lemon stick as a child. This delightfully sweet and sour treat is also called lemon peppermint stick, Baltimore lemon stick, and lemon and peppermint stick. The locals lovingly call them lemon sticks.
I remember eating them on the National Mall during summer celebrations, so I thought everyone knew what they were.
I lived in Baltimore, Maryland, while attending culinary school. The Baltimore Flower Mart (hosted by the women’s civic league) is held in Mount Vernon every May Day. It marks the beginning of the growing season.
You will find ladies donning fancy hats (hoping to win the grand hat contest), glorious flowers, and lemon peppermint sticks.
The eating, licking, sucking, and slurping of the peppermint candy stick will herald in spring and flower planting.
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Lemon Sticks
How to Make Baltimore Lemon Stick
I moved away from the area and had a tough time finding the right type of peppermint stick for this treat. I searched for a peppermint stick I could use to make this treat for my family, and I finally find them.
Supplies:
- 3 Lemons fresh (large)
- 6 Peppermint sticks (these are the best ones)
Peppermint and lemons
This recipe takes only minutes to prepare.
Gather a cutting board and lemons
Cut your lemons in half width-wise.
Cut lemons in half
Cut a cross in the centers of the cut side of the lemons. This is to make a space for the peppermint stick.
Cut a cross in the lemon
Place a peppermint stick in each lemon half.
Trim off the end of the lemon
Lemon Stick
Ingredients
- 3 each lemon
- 6 each peppermint stick
Instructions
- Wash and dry 3 large lemons.
- Cut lemons in half width-wise.
- Cut a small cross in the center of the cut section to insert the peppermint stick.
- Insert the peppermint stick in the center of each lemon half.
Nutrition
Lemon Peppermint Stick
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The lemon stick is fun to serve with fresh-squeezed lemonade.
Lemonade
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[email protected] says
First, it’s super neat to learn that you went to culinary school. Second, when and if my taste buds recover and sweets taste good to me again, I’m making these for sure. I love a Bob’s or King Leo peppermint stick. Combining lemon with peppermint sounds so good!
Kippi says
Thank you so much for your visit today. I hope you are feeling better everyday!!!
Hugs,
Kippi
Marie B. says
I have never heard of a lemon stick before. Okay, this Canadian prairie girl is so confused. How the heck do you eat them?
Kippi says
Thank you so much for your visit today. The peppermint stick in the lemon serves as the straw. It is porous and allows the lemon juice to be sucked through it. You are going to love it.
Hugs,
Kippi
Marie says
I have never heard of these! They look really cute and festive!
Sean O'Hern says
Great recipe thanks for sharing.
hemp flowers says
Wow, what a mix! Lemon and peppermint sticks, very interesting. I am a lover of lemon, any lemon-flavored sweets. But I have never saw this kind of appetizers. Definitely will prepare it for my next book club meeting. Thanks, dear.
Margie says
Yes, I can relate to this topic, having been born in Baltimore and lived in Maryland my entire life !
Baltimore sticks…YUM.
Thank you for the nostalgia…and the reminder to make some soon !
Deana Landers says
My grandchildren will love these, Kippl. Thank you
JOoy says
This sounds wonderful! I’ve never heard of it but now I want to try it. Thanks for sharing the inspiration!
[email protected] says
This looks like so much fun! I can’t wait to try them for my grandchildren.
Anita holland says
I have never heard of them, they sound great.
Maria says
Lemon stick are such a great snack for the summer. We made them form y kids.
Linda Johnston says
i have never heard of this but what a fun treat! The other recipes especially loved the lemon blueberry muffins one.
Sj says
Kippi,
Greetings from NC. Just discovered your website and this fun sounding lemon sticks recipe. Will be making them for Memorial Day Weekend.
Sj..
Cherryl Ehlenburg says
I’ve never heard of anything like this before! It sounds good, though!
Rachelle says
Kippi, I want to make these, but how in the world do you eat them?????
Goodness, I can’t even picture it girlfriend 🙂
Jenny DeRemer says
Oh my goodness, I have not seen this anywhere in years! We used to get these as children at my Grandmother’s house and I remember fondly as a very special TREAT! Used to keep us occupied (while we got very sticky!) on the back stoop and out of adults hair 🙂
Nancy says
Oh this is so fun! I think I recall doing this with oranges as a kid. Thanks for sharing!
Meegan says
Oh wow! Two of my favorite flavors. I never would have thought of combining them. I am excited to make these for my grandkids when they visit next weekend!
Also a fun fact to know that you have been to culinary school. Thank you for sharing.
Have a great weekend.
Maria says
I did this at my kids swim meets. It’s a great snack for summer:
Sara says
I’ve never had this, but these are two of my favourite flavours so now I must try it!
Anita Holland says
Very interesting recipe, I love the sound of having the sweet and sour together.
Michelle Leslie says
I’m so going to try this, it sounds absolutely fascinating. My taste buds are doing a little dance at the thought of slurping up lemon juice through a peppermint stick 😀
pool says
Thanks sharing this article
Kate @ Rooted + Free says
WOW! I have never heard of these but can’t wait to try! I love all things lemon so my mouth was watering this whole post. =)