With Halloween coming soon, that means only one thing really: candy.
Anyone who trick-or-treated as a child knows that there's always one or two houses that dish out some obscure candy. So, between now and October 31st, we'll take quick looks at obscure candies (and some popular ones as well), just so you know what exactly you're getting yourself into.
Today: Pixy Stix
What it's made of: Dextrose, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors.
Who owns it: Nestlé, under the Willy Wonka banner.
Background: Ever pour a Pixy Stix into your mouth and think you were really just sucking down powdered drink mix? Well, you're not delusional. That's because it's how the Pixy Stix originated.
In 1942, J. Fish Smith found that children were eating penny drink mix straight down. Considering this all happened in Salt Lake City, Utah, this was the equivalent of mainlining heroin. But Smith went ahead and created Lik-M-Aid.
Ten years later, an affiliated company of Smith's located in St. Louis was in charge of distributing Lik-M-Aid nationally. It took the company until 1959 to place the sweet or sour sugary concoction into straws and change the name to Pixy Stix.
In 1962, the company decided to use the same flavor profile of a Pixy Stix, but in a tablet candy form, naming them SweeTarts. So, in essence, a SweeTart is really just a Pixy Stix with a hardened, bad ass attitude.
What it tastes like: Sand, if sand tasted like sugar.
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Grade: B+
Points deducted because the paper straw deteriorates if you suck on it too long. I don't need extra fiber in my diet.
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