Pecker Candy Straw

This hard sucker is a strawberry lollipop shaped like a pecker, finished in beige and brown. Its candy is firm rather than chewy, so it is meant to be enjoyed slowly over time, and the piece is listed as gender neutral.

A Strawberry Hard Sucker With a Swizzle Straw

The swizzle straw is the feature that gives this piece its character. It runs through the candy as a built-in handle, so you hold the sucker by the straw while you work through the strawberry flavor from the outside in.

Hard candy like this melts gradually in the mouth. Because the sweetness lasts, the flavor stays consistent from the first lick to the last, with no change in texture along the way.

Ingredients and Colors

The candy is made from sugar, glucose syrup, and water, with artificial flavors for its strawberry taste. Its coloring comes from FD&C Yellow 5, FD&C Yellow 6, and titanium dioxide, which is part of what gives the beige and brown finish its tone.

The base is simple: a plain sugar and glucose syrup mixture, cooked and set into a hard form. Nothing in the ingredient list adds texture, so the flavor and color do most of the work.

Each piece is a single hard sucker with its swizzle straw, and the color is beige and brown. Keep it in a dry spot at room temperature, since hard candy softens and sticks in humid conditions.