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	A '''lollipop''', '''pop''', '''lolly''', '''sucker''', or '''sticky-pop''' is a type of ] consisting mainly of hardened, flavored ] with ] mounted on a stick and intended for ] or ].<ref>{{cite web \| title = Lollipop \| work = How Products are Made \| publisher = Advameg Inc. \| year = 2007 \| url = http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Lollipop.html \| accessdate = 2007-08-19 }}</ref> They are available in many ~~flavors~~ and shapes.		A '''lollipop''', '''pop''', '''lolly''', '''sucker''', or '''sticky-pop''' is a type of ] consisting mainly of hardened, flavored ] with ] mounted on a stick and intended for ] or ].<ref>{{cite web \| title = Lollipop \| work = How Products are Made \| publisher = Advameg Inc. \| year = 2007 \| url = http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Lollipop.html \| accessdate = 2007-08-19 }}</ref> They are available in many flavours and shapes, and don't ever let anyone from Australia tell you they can be stickless.

	== Types ==
	Lollipops are available in a number of colors and flavors, particularly fruit flavors. In the ], ], and the ], ]-flavored lollipops are also available, but these are largely unknown in other parts of the world. With numerous companies producing lollipops, the candy now comes in dozens of flavors and many different shapes. They range from small ones which can be bought by the hundred and are often given away for free at ]s, barbershops, etc., to very large ones made out of ]s twisted into a circle.

	Some lollipops contain fillings, such as ] or soft candy. Some novelty lollipops have more unusual items, such as ] ]e, embedded in the candy.<ref>{{cite web
	\| title = Edible insects
	\| url = http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2005/4/edibleinsects.cfm
	\| last = Fromme
	\| first = Alison
	\| date = July/August 2005
	\| publisher = Smithsonian National Zoological Park
	\| accessdate = 2007-03-24}}
	</ref>
	Other novelty lollipops have non-edible centers, such a flashing light, embedded within the candy; there is also a trend of lollipops with sticks attached to a motorized device that makes the entire lollipop spin around in one's mouth.

	Some lollipops have been marketed for use as ]s, although their effectiveness is untested, and ] of weight loss may be due to the ].<ref>{{cite web
	\| title = Lollipop Diet helps woman shed pounds
	\|url = http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa060208_kd_lollipopdiet.63fd4f8e.html
	\| last = St. James
	\| first = Janet
	\| publisher = WFAA News (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas)
	\| date = February 8, 2007
	\| accessdate = 2007-03-24}}
	</ref> Flavored lollipops made with children's medicine have also been created in order to effectively give kids medicine without fuss. Drugmakers have also developed lollipops containing ], a powerful analgesic.

	== History ==
	The idea of an edible candy on a stick is very simple, and it is probable that the lollipop has been invented and reinvented numerous times.<ref name=lolly></ref> The word "lolly pop" dates to 1784, but initially referred to soft, rather than hard candy. The term may have derived from the term "lolly" (tongue) and "pop" (slap). The first references to the lollipop in its modern context date to the 1920s.<ref></ref> Alternatively it may be a word of Romany origin being related to the Roma tradition of selling ] sold on a stick. ''Red apple'' in the ] is ''loli phaba''.<ref name=googlebooks></ref>

	The first confectioneries that closely resemble what we call lollipops date to the ], when the nobility would often eat boiled sugar with the aid of sticks or handles.<ref name=lolly/> The invention of the modern lollipop is still something of a mystery but a number of American companies in the early 20th century have laid claim to it. According to the book "Food For Thought (Extraordinary Little Chronicles of the World)" they were invented by George Smith of ], ], who started making large boiled sweets mounted on sticks in 1908. He named them after a racehorse of the time, Lolly Pop.<ref>Pearce, ''Food For Thought: Extraordinary Little Chronicles of the World'', (2004) page 183.</ref>

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Revision as of 13:25, 29 May 2010

For other uses, see Lollipop (disambiguation).

A particularly large lollipop. (Note the swirling patterns and layers that circle around it. This is especially common in larger lollipops.)

A lollipop, pop, lolly, sucker, or sticky-pop is a type of confectionery consisting mainly of hardened, flavored sucrose with corn syrup mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. They are available in many flavours and shapes, and don't ever let anyone from Australia tell you they can be stickless.

"Lollipop". How Products are Made. Advameg Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-19.