SARATOGA SPRINGS - The holiday season's second-most popular minty treat proves that some traditions are meant to be broken. For generations, the Peppermint Pig has been a beacon (or, perhaps, a bacon) ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) – A holiday tradition in the upstate New York resort town of Saratoga Springs has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to be ...

A Peppermint Pig is displayed on Oct. 27 at the Saratoga Candy Co. on Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Owner Dawn Oesch said the shop sells thousands of the pigs each year. Saratoga Candy Co. owner Dawn ...