National lollipop day~@@@@@@@==~^^

Today is National lollipop day...

Today is national lollipop day...
but instead of just giving you a rundown of lollipops and sending you on your way...
I thought it would be fun to see just how far the lollipop has gone.
What is usually just thought of as a bit of hard candy on the end of a stick, is in fact, a much larger culinary trend.
These days it seems that anything round and placed on the end of a stick can be considered a lollipop.
From foie gras to cupcakes and everything in between, here's a roundup of my favorite non-candy lollipops:

Foie gras lollipop~

Idaho potato lollipops~

Fried chicken lollipops~

lamb lollipops~

Coconut crusted tenderloin lollipops~

cupcakes lollipops~

Teriyaki lollipops chicken~

Banana walnut brownies lollipop

History made sweet with character lollipops~
Head popsXD

Now not only can you learn history, but taste it too!
Truly bizarre lollipops in the shapes of Abe Lincoln!!!

(banana-flavored Monkey Mints)

cheese cake lollipop!!!!

both my favourite!!!!

Lollipop drum fruit flavoured

Lindas Lollies

10 Dessert lollies, no prservatives and fewer that 100 calories per lolly and last 1 hour. Flavours include. Cherry cheese cake, Key Lime pie, Chocolate Marshmallow Sundae,Banana Cre'me Pie,Coconut Cre'me Pie, Grasshopper Pie, lemon meringue Pie, Root Beer float and German Chocolate Cake

how many of you out there love ferrero rochers? i know i do. at any one time there would always be a couple of boxes of this beautifully wrapped chocolate candy stashed away at my place.

the thing with the rocher is that not only is it sinfully delicious, it also comes in so many layers. you can savor it layer by layer, or pop the whole chocolatey goodness into your mouth and chew it down greedily at one go.

once you carefully peel open the gold foil, there are so many ways to eat the rocher. therefore one is never enough! i would not be blogging about this yummy piece of chocolate however, but a super distant cousin that looks just as yummy, and i promise would not add anything to your hips.

say hello to the chocolate bon bon candy bears!

don’t they look yummilicious? unless you have an appetite for yarn and felt, these crocheted handicrafts would not make you fat. they make perfect eye candy though.

fancy a cupcake, anyone? there is lemon & strawberry creme available!

puppy lollipop in vanilla raspberry flavor. guaranteed to put a smile on your puppy’s face!

bon bon candy that comes in blueberry, orange, cantaloupe and raspberry flavors!

dango bears! dango is a popular japanese treat made out of rice powder. these little beary candy look good enough to eat!

a pink cherry blossom bon bon candy shaped like a bear. it even comes in a floral heart box. perfect for your sweetheart!

my, my, these are just too cute and too pretty!

Candy Sticks - Cherry Rainbow

What do you want, the moon on a stick?

Lollipop earrings~

Lollipop cookies~

Red Apple Lollipop from Chef Wolfgang Ranner, Conrad Centennial Singapore.


soooooooooooo scary le~
don't dare to snatch her lollipop away from her...
sked me!!!
sked back u ah!!!
guai gu pig!!!

Lollipops - Mystery Tin Collection


The world famous Disney characters appear on colorful lollipops in this mystery tin collection.
I love disney~

Bug Factor Lollipops

The final candy in the Bug Factor trio is the Bug Factor Lollipop. This is a green apple flavored lollipop containing a fake bug inside of it. There are 6 different types of bugs that can come in the lollipops and they are all very realistic. I had to read the ingredients to make sure they weren’t real bugs, they look that good. The green apple lollipop was good, but the real fun for kids will be eating a lollipop with a fake bug in it.

Exploding Lollipop

A China production

Lollipop Girl is Mizna Fadah's first vinyl figure in her Mizna Lens series from Kaching Brands. Her "smypathetic goth" approach is on full display with this piece which comes with a skull-shaped base.

my fav lolli brand...
I'mma huge supporter of chupa chups^^
Every week I sure will buy 5 or more chupa chups lollipops
hehex...
wonder when will all my tooth drop...
& just can eat porridge...
but 1 thing I'm sure...
that is I can be seen licking lollipops that time^^
lollipops doesn't need my tooth

Among all those chupa chups lollipops flavour...
watermelon,apple & cola are my fav...
I want to try d lemon one!!!
but my friend said that temporarily found in KL only...

After you tried chupa chups lollipops...
you will get high & demand for more^^

The History of Lollipops

There are many stories about how the lollipop was invented. Some believe that a form of it has been around since the 1800s. Charles Dickens and other authors referred to a sweet lozenge without a stick in some stories. During the Civil War, it is believed that little pieces of hard candy were put on the ends of pencils for children to nibble.

In 1908, George Smith claimed to be the first to invent the modern lollipop. Smith applied an idea of putting hard candies on a stick to make them easier to eat. He decided to name the treat after his favorite racing horse, Lolly Pop, and later trademarked the name. Lollipops were successful until the Depression. Smith stopped production on lollipops and the name fell into public domain.

A Racine, Wis., manufacturing company claims credit for inventing the first lollipop machine. Racine Confectioners Machinery Co. answered an East Coast candy maker’s call to have a machine make hard candy on a stick in 1908. The company created a machine that automated the lollipop making process and could make 40 lollipops per minute.

However, others claim Samuel Born was the first to automate the lollipop-making process. Lollipop manufacturing grew independently in California and in 1916 Samuel Born invented the Born Sucker machine. This machine automatically inserted the stick, which added to the popularity of the confection. San Francisco awarded Born the keys to the city for his invention.

Over time, lollipops have had different looks. They have been traditional hard candy on a stick and hard candy on a ring, some include bubble gum or chocolate as a surprise center and some even spin or glow. Whether traditional or novel, the lollipop is still enjoyed by many people.

How are Lollipops Made?

The lollipop manufacturing process is a simple one. First, candy makers mix and heat sugar and corn syrup. Once cooked, colors and flavors are added. The mix then goes to a batch roller and press that forms the head of the lollipop and inserts the stick. Today lollipop heads come in many shapes and sizes. Next the lollipops are cooled and wrapped. Finally, the candy is bagged and shipped.

Fun facts of lollipops

• The world’s largest lollipop was certified on June 25, 2002. It weighed 4,031 lbs (with stick), measured 18.9 inches thick and was more than 15 feet tall with stick (about as tall a a giraffe). Can you guess the flavor of the world's largest lollipop?
  CHERRY!
• The word lollipop is used in many different songs including “Lollipop Guild” featured in the movie “The Wizard of Oz,” the Chordettes “Lollipop” and “The Good Ship Lollipop” from a 1934 Shirley Temple movie called “Bright Eyes”
• National Lollipop day is celebrated on July 20th
• The original lollipop machines made 40 lollipops in one minute. At that rate it would take 592 days to make enough lollipops to cover the 2,153 miles between Sugar Hill, Ga. and Sugar City, Idaho.
• Today’s machines produce 5,900 lollipops per minute. Can you determine how many days it would take to cover the distance between the two cities?

I lurve lollipop!!!!