Question: are you supposed to eat the stick in fun dip

Answer: No, Fun Dip varies greatly from many other types of candy in that it is meant to be eaten over a considerable amount of time, compared to other candies that are usually bite size or consumed quickly. The intended purpose is to wet the sticks (called Lik-A-Stix), using saliva, and then collect some of the sugar and lick the sugar off of the Lik-A-Stix.