Why there's no hole on paper Lollipop Stick

I remember that in childhood, delicious candies were not watermelon candies with a dollar and several pieces in the canteen, not sweet and soft big rolls, not colorful and flavored bubble gums, but one by one on the boss counter. Lollipop. How many children can refuse the charm of lollipops? I believe that many friends born in the 80s and 90s will have a childhood familiarity when they see lollipops.

When I was a child, eating lollipops considered the taste of lollipops, such as apple, milk, cantaloupe, apple, and grape flavors. Now eating lollipops is more to satisfy your temporary gluttony. However, when you eat lollipops, have you noticed that every time you finish eating, there will be a small hole in the plastic stick that holds the lollipop, which is filled with candies, but we can’t eat it.So what is the purpose of such a small hole? It turns out that this small hole is of great significance. If there is no such small hole in the plastic stick, our lollipop cannot be fixed on the plastic stick. This small hole really plays the role of "fixing". If you want to know why this small hole is of great significance, we have to start with the production of lollipops.

Lollipops are made of sugar, maltose, food coloring, and food flavors. When making lollipops, sugar and maltose need to be dissolved in a certain ratio, and boiled together with water to form a syrup. When the white sugar and maltose are completely boiled into syrup, add the right amount of flavor and coloring to make the lollipop the taste and color you want. Pour the boiled syrup into the prepared mold. The mold can be round, square, polygonal, and various shapes are available.

After the syrup is poured into the mold, the plastic stick is about to appear. While the syrup has not set yet, put the plastic stick in the mold and immerse it in the syrup. At this time, the liquid syrup will wrap the plastic stick, and the small holes in the plastic stick will also pour into the syrup. When the syrup cools and begins to solidify, the syrup inside and outside the small holes are connected, and after solidification, it will become a whole candy. In this way, the inside and outside are fixed at the same time, and the candy can be kept firmly stuck on the plastic stick and will not fall off.

If there is no such small hole, will the lollipop be unfixed? The answer is that it can be fixed, but the fixation is not strong. It is easy for the sugar ball to melt and fall off during the process of eating the lollipop. At that time, you are likely to face two choices. The first is to directly contain the whole sugar ball. Eat slowly in your mouth, the second is the lollipop falling off the stick and falling to the floor. However, now there is another paper stick made of paper. There is no small hole on it to fix the lollipop, and the candy will not fall off. Why? It turns out that the friction of the paper stick itself is much greater than that of the plastic stick. Using the paper stick to fix the candy, the candy will not slip off the paper stick because it is too slippery. Therefore, for lollipops made of paper sticks, there is no need for a small hole to fix the candy.

Seeing this, I believe everyone already understands the importance of the small hole on the plastic stick of the lollipop. The little lollipop also contains a lot of human wisdom. In the future, if you want to make a lollipop at home, you should also be careful not to buy a plastic stick without small holes, or put the plastic stick upside down. The end with small holes should be placed in the syrup to fix the candy.

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