Lion Lickers

"Not Lion Lickers, nobody likes them! They don’t even look like lions! Kids these days, I’ll tell ya what!"

"Lion Lickers" are ice cream popsicles that first appeared in "Gem Glow" inside of the Big Donut.

History
In "Gem Glow", Lars explains to Steven that Cookie Cats were discontinued because no one was buying them and that Lion Lickers were taking over the market. Steven insists that nobody likes them and that they don't even look like lions. In "Lion 3: Straight to Video", Lion shows interest in the snack, possibly because he is also a lion. In "Nightmare Hospital", Steven is finally seen with one. He uses it to distract Lion from following him in the hospital, and Lion seems to be very enthusiastic, trying to devour it even with the plastic still on.

Appearance
The popsicle is pale yellow. It is shaped to look like a lion, such as its golden mane, its eyes, etc., but the features are partially distorted from melting. It has a popsicle stick inside of it. It is sold in a plastic packaging with a stylized written form of "Lion Lickers" in the shape of a lion. The logo is a cartoon style lion head and in the S in the logo is shaped like a lion tail. In the Big Donut, packages of it are in a display freezer.

Trivia

 * The overall design is most likely a reference to the appearance of many "cheaper" ice cream products, most of which are based on licensed characters.


 * Amethyst has a broken Lion Lickers display freezer in her room.
 * Steven may not like them not because they are bad, but because they replaced his favorite ice cream sandwich and he dislikes the change rather than the food's taste and appearance itself.
 * In honor of "Nightmare Hospital" airing, Christy Cohen actually created real-life Lion Lickers.
 * Steven has been using them as a technique to train Lion.

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Lion Lickers