# Anyone remember "Breakfast Sticks" (chocolate & straw-sized)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 15, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041 "2002-07-15T12:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KXL)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/1 "2002-07-15T12:02:38Z")
I have a vague memory of something. I’m trying to find out what it really was. I think: 1. A breakfast food called “Breakfast Sticks” 2. Chocolate in flavor 3. The same size and shape as a drinking straw 4. Wrapped in a semi-foil tube you peeled down 5. Advertised as what the astronauts ate ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/2 "2002-07-15T13:11:30Z")
I do! I do! They were kinda like a Tootsie Roll, but had a weird, caroby taste. We used to take them camping. I don’t remember the “Breakfast Sticks” part, but I do remember that they were “astronaut food.” I was a small child at the time (early 1970s) and I thought that was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/3 "2002-07-15T13:15:00Z")
Ditto: and the texture was crumbly and moist at the same time. And there was the freeze-dried “ice cream” which tasted like vaguely strawberry/chocolate/vanilla flavored styrofoam, which was another “astronaut” food. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/4 "2002-07-15T13:59:10Z")
I remember these, too, from when I was very small. Occasionally I wonder whether I had imagined them, because there seems to be no trace of them today. If I remember correctly, we called them “food sticks” or “chocolate sticks.” Does anyone know who made them? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/5 "2002-07-15T14:17:32Z")
My family always called them space sticks, damn I loved those things. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/6 "2002-07-15T14:22:36Z")
[http://www.spacefoodsticks.com/](http://www.spacefoodsticks.com/) It was Space Food Sticks!!! And you can buy them!!! holy cow, will they be as good as I remember them? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/7 "2002-07-15T14:40:42Z")
There were other flavors besides chocolate, too. I distinctly remember peanut butter. They were made by Pillsbury. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/8 "2002-07-15T16:19:45Z")
I remember these from when I was small. I had vaguely remembered the term “food stick,” but I couldn’t find anyone who knew what I was talking about. I remember their having a larger diameter than a straw, though. Whatever happened to these? Does anyone know who made them? ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/9 "2002-07-15T16:44:32Z")
Praise God. I thought I had imagined these. No one remembers them except me. Good ol’ Straight Dope. We called 'em space food. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/10 "2002-07-16T03:18:14Z")
I remember these!!! A whole box at a time! ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/11 "2002-07-16T07:01:24Z")
YES! I miss them. I’m hesident to order from the website above because I’m afraid “limited quantities” means they found a 20 year old crate of these in some basement. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/12 "2002-07-16T07:17:34Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m hesident to order from the website above because I’m afraid “limited quantities” means they found a 20 year old crate of these in some basement. I would be very surprised if the shelf life of such products was less than 20 years. Go ahead and order them. ---
**Author:** ![KXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KXL)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/13 "2002-07-16T13:20:40Z")
I’m the OP. THANKS GUYS! I just ordered some. Even if they taste like cardboard, it’s worth a few bucks just to have the experience. SDMB comes through again! ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-breakfast-sticks-chocolate-straw-sized/119041/14 "2002-07-16T14:10:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by acsenray \* > \*\*… Does anyone know who made them? \*\* Look right above your post. Pillsbury. Honest. And I’ll have you know that I remembered that without searching. In fact, that site that’s selling the new ones has a history link, with a picture of the original packaging: [http://www.spacefoodsticks.com/history2.html](http://www.spacefoodsticks.com/history2.html) They’re going to bring back the peanut butter ones, too. The orange ones were nasty, though.