Musk sticks are a semi-soft, typically pink fondant confection popular in Australia, usually extruded with a ridged, star-shaped cross-section and also known as musk sweets or musk lollies. Their flavor and aroma are distinctly floral and, as the name suggests, reminiscent of musk. Their exact origin is uncertain, but they date back at least to 1887, when a Launceston newspaper reported a confectioner importing rose and musk lozenges. They remain widely popular in Australia today, with one major supermarket chain alone reportedly selling about 24 million musk sticks a year. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Musk sticks are a popular confection in Australia, available from many different suppliers.
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The origin of musk sticks is uncertain, but they date back at least as far as 1873, when The Guardian and North and North-Eastern Advertiser reported the theft of three jars of musk lollies from the shop of importer Mrs Bock in Kooringa.
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