Ikea’s gone a bit Wonka: introducing a Meat Flavoured Lollipop in a kooky collab with Chupa Chups

By creammagazine, April 26, 2026

IKEA has always blurred the boundary between furniture store and food destination, but its latest idea sounds like something dreamt up mid–flatpack assembly with a few Oompa Loompas running around taste-testing curious savoury sweets.

The brand has this week officially launched a meatball-flavoured lollipop in a kooky collaboration with Chupa Chup.

The concept debuted on April 1 as a kind of April Fool’s Day joke, only the company’s manufacturing department took things a little further and actually made the savoury thing, turning the Wonka of an idea into a genuine limited-edition treat.

The lollipop is inspired by the chain’s iconic Swedish meatballs and their lingonberry pairing though notably, it contains no actual meat and is 100% vegan.

So yes, it’s real, but not exactly permanent. These lollipops are more of a playful marketing exercise than a new staple, with the pops set to appear in select stores as free samples rather than a product you can stockpile.

Absurd? Definitely. Fake? Not anymore.

Lisa Andrews