Take existing designs for tongue (or other) jewelry and add confectionary material to them, ie: a tongue stud topped with a sour apple sucker, etc. Obviously the candy would have to be smaller than an average sucker, but the concept would still work. After the candy melts one is left with a standard piece of body modification jewelry. you could even vary the types of jewelry so that it is a suprise every time as to what you will end up with. One might be a ruby colored stud, or another might be rhinestone and say "Pimp". Who knows. Variety packs might sell well. For a cheaper, more marketable version one could use plastic mounts that connect the same way as the permanent metal types. A variant could be permanent metal posts with disposable plastic tops coated in candy. This way one can make the initial investment and then continue to buy the cheaper replacement toppers.
-- Apologetic_Cynic, Feb 27 2004

Factor in the price of stainless steel for each piece, and it would turn out to be some absurdly expensive jewelry.
-- Letsbuildafort, Feb 27 2004


That is why the replacable heads (pardon the unintended pun) would be a much more viable invention.
-- Apologetic_Cynic, Feb 27 2004


Pardoned.
-- yabba do yabba dabba, Feb 27 2004


But at the center of each piece would be plastic, metal, or no solid core at all? I hate plastic backings on my labrets, and I know of far too many folks that end up swallowing loads of steel barbells because their ends are crap.

One other interesting thing to overcome would be maintainence. I know I have to stop what I'm doing to pull my lip out far enough to get the end on my labrets. Suckers you can pick-up and go, jewelry you have to tinker with.
-- Letsbuildafort, Feb 27 2004


How about filling the candy with liquor?
-- zigness, Feb 27 2004


Time release liquor, for the initial pain and sterilization needs post-piercing.
-- normzone, Feb 27 2004



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