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Musk stick

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41: 33: 236: 206: 67:, and often extruded with a ridged cross-section in the shape of a star. Their flavour and aroma is quite floral, and, as the name suggests, also reminiscent of the smell of 102:
Also available is a fruit-flavoured variant called "Fruit sticks", which look like coloured musk sticks. Musk-flavoured mints are produced by companies such as the
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The origin of musk sticks is uncertain, probably dating to the early 1900s or a little earlier. The earliest known written reference is 1927 in the
129: 106:. They are sold through supermarkets under the Dollar Sweets brand and also through Lion Clubs Australia under the Lion Mints brand. 256: 155: 91:
said that "musk sticks manage to disgust tourists as much as they delight Australians", and in October 2018, the
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is reported as selling about 24 million musk sticks per year.
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Musk sticks are often pink and extruded in the shape of a star
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Opinion about the confection is strongly polarised.
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Musk sticks


confection
Australia
fondant
pink
musk
Australian Worker
Woolworths
ABC News
Disgusting Food Museum
Malmo, Sweden
Dollar Sweets Company



"You have probably eaten Australia's 'most disgusting' food. You may even love it"
"Musk sticks: the lolly that divides a nation"
"The Candy That Tastes Like Musk"
"Two Aussie favourites land in Disgusting Food Museum"

Musk sticks
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Australian confectionery

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