Please, someone tell me

I think it's so that the candy part stays on the stick by having the candy go around the hole like a chain thing so it doesn't just slide off the slide when you hold it upside down

I got told that it's for if you start choking you can breath the through the hole.
I think this is wrong.

It helps the candy stay on the stick. Most suckers have a paper stick which the candy has no problem attaching to. But when it comes to the plastic, the candy has a hard time attaching before it hardens.

I always thought it was a little flute to play with whet you're done with the candy

Crappy whistle

It's a whistle!

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