National Lollipop Day Timeline

1931

Pop Patent

George Smith, who says he invented the idea of putting candy on a stick, patents the term "lollipop" (though it's now in the public domain)

1908

The Industrial Pop-alution

The Racine Confectionery Machine Company invents a machine that can produce 2,400 pop per minute

17th Century

English Suckers

The English put sticks in boiled sugar candies to make them easier to eat

Ancient Times

Honey Sticks

Ancient peoples across the world ate honey off of sticks, the earliest precursors to lollipops