I used to use a spoon, but found that I always miss some that way.

Out of curiosity, why don't you like licking the lids? Is it that the lid is something you don't want touching your tongue (due to feeling that it's "dirty", perhaps, or because of the possibility of cutting yourself), or is it that your tongue is something you don't want touching the lid (maybe because you don't want to get spit on it), or is it because it's something one "just doesn't do", or...?