Breast milk-flavoured lollipops really exist

If you thought the world of confectionery lollipops couldn't get any weirder with flavours like Tabasco, pencil, bacon and jalapeno -- think again.

Lollyphile -- the Texas lollipop company that previously brought us pops such as maple bacon, siracha, strawberry basil mojito, white Russian, absinthe and habañero tequila -- has just debuted a new flavour: breast milk.

Don't worry, the lollipops aren't made with real breast milk. In fact, they are vegan made with sugar, corn syrup and flavourings.

“I wanted to know what it tasted like so a friend shot some in a glass for me,” company founder Jason Darling, 34, tells the Toronto Star of his inspiration. “It was so good, amazing. I hadn’t had any in so long.”

"I'm not trying to sexualize lollipops. I'm trying to sell them," he tells Fox.

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The bizarre thing about his new breast milk pops, released on Monday, is that he's targeting an adult market hungry for an odd kind of comfort food, not toddlers who have just weaned themselves off of breast milk.

“I’m not encouraging mothers to feed kids sugar,” he says.

Yet his Austin company website features a happy toddler sucking on a breast milk pop with the words: "We felt it was our responsibility to find out just what this flavor was that could turn a screaming, furious infant into a placid, contented one."

Darling describes the flavour as rich and sweet with notes of almond and cinnamon.

"It kind of tastes sort of like almond milk, but sweeter," he tells the Los Angeles Times.

His line of 23 different flavoured lollies are sold for $10 for four, and will soon be available to Canadians through online orders.

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A blind taste test conducted by Fox shows people on the street pleased with the flavour.

"Pina Colada, coconut flavour."

"Like a pineapple upside down cake."

"Amaretto, kind of vanilla."

"Nurturing, I guess. Reminds me of my childhood."

"It's buttered popcorn."

While the idea of a breast milk lollipop may not be everyone's cup of tea, other companies have taken the breast milk flavour to experimental extremes.

An ice cream shop in London, U.K. started selling ice cream made from real breast milk in 2011. The Icecreamists initially sold out of the flavour when they first opened.

What are you thoughts on breast milk flavoured lollipops? Would you try one? Would it make a difference if it was made with real breast milk?