From Wikipedia:Fun Dip is a candy manufactured by The Willy Wonka Candy Company, a brand owned by Nestle. The candy has been on the market in the United States since April 1942, and was originally called Lik-M-Aid. It was originally manufactured by Sunline, Inc, through their Sunmark Brands division, which was purchased by Nestle in January 1989. The candy was then rebranded as Fun Dip, and added to the Willy Wonka product line, although it retains the Lik-M-Aid subtitle in a diminished presentation.
Fun Dip is similar to fellow Wonka product Pixy Stix, but sold in small pouches, rather than paper or plastic straws. It generally consists of three packets of flavored and colored sugar, along with two edible marshmallow flavored candy sticks called "Lik-A-Stix". It is intended to be consumed by licking the sticks and using the moistened stick to collect some of the sugar. While the original flavors consisted of lime, cherry and grape, the most common flavors are cherry, grape, and a raspberry/apple combination that turns from blue when dry to green when wet with saliva. It also comes in sour flavors, including sour watermelon, sour apple, and sour lemonade. There is also orange flavored Fun Dip. Packets with one stick and two flavors were once the standard, and packets with only one or two flavors are still available with less prominence than the now-standard three-flavor package.
The Lik-A-Stix were introduced in the 1970s. The stick resembles a rather flat stick of white sidewalk chalk (and can be used as such). Recently, fruit flavored stix have been introduced.
The bottom line is this: Fun Dip is fun. But not for the mom of 4 kids who just had Fun Dip all over the house. Fun Dip is more fun outside. Lesson learned.
