▁fruit ▁from ▁S unk ist ▁G row ers , ▁In cor por ated . ▁and ▁pack aged ▁by ▁Thomas ▁J . ▁Li pton . ▁The ▁food ▁which ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁was ▁small , ▁soft ▁and ▁pel let ▁sh aped . ▁Initial ly , ▁the ▁food ▁was ▁available ▁in ▁four ▁flav ors : ▁cher ry , ▁gra pe , ▁orange ▁and ▁st raw berry . ▁Later ▁that ▁same ▁year , ▁it ▁was ▁available ▁in ▁ass orted ▁shapes ▁such ▁as ▁din osa urs ▁and ▁rock ▁' n ' ▁roll ▁shapes ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁appeal ▁to ▁children . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁dis m ant ling ▁of ▁Le af ▁Con fe ctions , ▁S unk ist ▁has ▁currently ▁lic ensed ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁fruit ▁sn acks ▁to ▁the ▁Ben ▁My erson ▁C andy ▁Company ▁for ▁S unk ist ▁F ruit ▁G ems ▁and ▁General ▁M ills , ▁Inc . ▁for ▁S unk ist ▁F ruit ▁Sn acks . ▁In ▁Canada , ▁an ▁additional ▁brand , ▁S unk ist ▁First ▁F ruit ▁Sn acks ▁is ▁manufact ured ▁by ▁Gan ong ▁B ros . ▁Limited . ▁ ▁Ad vert ising ▁ ▁Ad vert ising ▁on ▁television ▁and ▁com ic ▁books ▁for ▁Fun ▁F ruits ▁usually ▁featured ▁characters ▁named ▁" T ick le ▁Tre es " ▁who ▁would ▁cause ▁those ▁who ▁approached ▁them ▁to ▁laugh ▁un cont roll ably . ▁These ▁trees , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁advert ising , ▁produced ▁f ruits ▁good ▁enough ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁Fun ▁F ruits . ▁Ad vert