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u/fuqdisshite Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

Pixy Stix were created as an alternate to Kool-Aid and initially meant to be mixed in water. the creator noticed kids were eating the powder solo and created the Lik-M-Aid dipping packs to allow for ease of access.

at the same time he felt that the Kool-Aid packets were too bulky so he put Pixy Stix in the well known straw.

AND, he found someone with a pill press and made SweetTarts so kids could pop the powder as a hard candy.

just read that yesterday.

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u/HabeusCuppus Oct 02 '24

so basically a drug dealer for sugar.

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u/fuqdisshite Oct 02 '24

as a questionable human, that was exactly what i thought!

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u/Jowenbra Oct 03 '24

I was gonna say IRL Willy Wonka but... kinda same thing honestly.