The first lollipop may have originated thousands of years ago when people accidentally dipped a stick into honey from a honey jar. People licked a wooden stick dipped in honey and found it sweet, thus inventing the world's first lollipop.
In the 17th century, as candies became more and more abundant, people also liked to boil the candies and insert wooden sticks into the candies before they solidified. By picking up the sticks, you could eat the sugar without getting it on your hands. This makes it more convenient for people to eat.
The owner of the McAvennie Candy Company may have stumbled upon the lollipop in 1905. When the company makes boiled sugar, they use sticks to stir to prevent the bottom from sticking. At the end of the day, the boss found that the sticks were covered with sugar and took the candy-covered sticks home for the children to eat. After that, it became popular and lollipops began to enter the market.
The first automated production of lollipops was achieved in 1908 by the Racine Candy Machine Company of Racine, Wisconsin, which introduced a machine that allowed lollipops to be mass-produced. The company's bosses believe they can produce the country's entire year's supply of lollipops in one week.
Later, the lollipop machine gradually improved to reach today's level. Insert the lollipop paper stick directly into the base of each candy at very high speed. Now we have started to use environmentally friendly paper sticks instead of the previous plastic sticks.