I finally tried a Chick-o-Stick today . . .

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After years of hearing people talk about these things, and how wonderful they were, I finally found some Chick-o-Sticks in the “Pic-a-Mix”* display at Wegman’s and brought a few home with me.

Trepidation may too gentle a word for my feelings approaching the experiment. All these years, every time candy nostalgia is discussed, the Chick-o-Stick fans weigh in. And at least one other says “Eww, gross, those things are nasty.” That, plus an early conflation of the name, viciously supported by some wag or another a couple-three decades ago, had me expecting a vaguely bouillon flavored sweet.

Why did none of you ever just say “It’s just like a Butterfinger, without the chocolate coating.” I mean really, is that so hard?

Humph!

So how on earth DOES the name make sense then?

  • There’s the start of a good Limerick there. Anybody know of a City name rhyming with Pic-a-mix? Paramus is just a little too off. . .
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I thought “it’s a Butterfinger without the chocolate” WAS the standard way to describe the things.

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Me too, right? Now on to cow tails!

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You know, it’s possible that I’m just thinking of the way I’ve always described them. There was this thread from two years ago where I was trying to remember the name of the candy bar that “basically tastes like a Butterfinger without the chocolate.”

And I still haven’t found that elusive Munch bar pkbites was on about in that thread.

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Well you didn’t ask me or I would have just told you it was like a Butterfinger without the chocolate coating. But, like I said, you didn’t ask me.

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It’s like a Butterfinger without the chocolate with a little bit of coconut thrown it. I like 'em.

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Ah,yes, there’s a light dusting of coconut on them. Forgot about that.

Apparently, it (or a very similar product) goes by the name “chicken bones.”

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I likes me some Chick-o-Sticks. I once bought a tub with 160 miniature ones in it for myself.

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Butterfinger shards always had more “mouth stab” than Chick-o-stick.

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I prefer to think of them as tiny Zagnut bars.

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Huh. To me the Chick-o-sticks seem harder. I actually used to eat a ton of them, but now they kinda hurt my jaw a bit.

That said, I never actually put together that this is what it was. And I ate a ton of them. I just think of them as a peanut butter-coconut candy bar.

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The Chick-O-Sticks I’ve had have been around 8 inches or so in length. They don’t seem to be smaller than Zagnuts, but I admit it’s been awhile since I’ve had either.

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The Chick-o-Sticks of today bear only a slight resemblance to those of my youth. They look different, they taste different, and they’re a lot - well, chewier.

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There once was a Celt from Fort Dix
Who had heard folks extol Chick-o-Sticks.
Deciding to try them,
She found she could buy them
From the Wegman’s display Pic-a-Mix.

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Maybe they were talking about the bite-sized ones?

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Which are basically creme caramels that have been pulled off the line before the slicer starts in, right?

Had nobody in that thread ever heard of Amazon? Amazon.com : munch bar

OK then, so I’m asking you now - what in the heck is a Zagnut?!?

Cheers!!! Standing ovation.

That’s what I found.

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Figures that the same company that makes a potato candy (Idaho Spud) would make Chicken Bones.

Why don’t they just open a diner, instead? It’s obvious they’re in the wrong business.

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Well, duh. The point is to find it organically. What’s the fun in ordering from Amazon? It’s apparently out there in the wild, and supposedly near where I live, but I haven’t found it yet.

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I consider them a Walmart food, so I’d check the Walmarts in your area.

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I have never heard of these, I was surprised when I thought the OP was talking about chicken on a stick (kebab?) and realized you were all talking about candy :thinking:.