Why Lollipops always!! A UX case study for lollipops.

Kamal Raj
2 min readDec 13, 2020

I Love Lollipops 🍭. Hope everyone does.

It’s the only sweet, everyone likes !! Even the children and grandma will like to have one.

Let’s have a look at the experience of lollipops :

People liked to be more featured, then why lollipops are not available with lollies at two sides on a single stick?

It’s a good feature. Right? 😅

Simply just because of usability. Okay, then why multiple lollies on a single side are not found. We got only one mouth, also, children use the lollipops more!!

Then, why do lollipops have sticks? Without a stick, it’s not a lollipop. It’s a common sweet.🥴

It’s a strategic sweet ever in the market. Obviously, there will be chocolates which can be used for a long time, by keeping the same in the refrigerator.

Lollies can hold by bare hands and we can enjoy the taste of color.

Understanding the users? How did lollipop hit the market?

Most of the users will be children. Right? 😅. But indirectly their parents will be the end-users.

Parents will ask the children “ which sweet do you want” definitely if the shop got lollipops children will go for it. Any doubts?

It’s just because of their look & feel. And even once they tried out, they must have the experience. It’s the proudest moment for the children while they have a lollipop in their hand while others are watching.

Even, the parents will think, “ oh! Does the stick hit the child's eye”? But did you notice that, if we give any lollipops to children’s hands they will hold the stick apart from the head?

Nowadays, lollipops with different colors and patterns are available in the market, then why they all in round shape?

It’s just because of the usability.

Sharpened edges will make wounds in the children’s mouth. Moreover, rounded corner things are more suitable to the human eye. That’s why most CTA’s are rounded in shape. It just resembles the wheel of vehicles, where the children are familiar with. ( It’s just my experience what I felt while saw lollipops 😅). Rounded shaped objects are easy to break. So that, even with the small teeth they can explore it. Rounded shapes feel more quantitative.

Lollipops consumers are children. Right? They like the Moon very much. even the children may find lollipops the same as Moon.

“Everything is designed. Few things are designed well.”

Brian Reed

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