# I finally tried a Chick-o-Stick today . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017 "2017-11-08T03:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/1 "2017-11-08T03:40:08Z")
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. . . ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/2 "2017-11-08T03:47:12Z")
I thought “it’s a Butterfinger without the chocolate” WAS the standard way to describe the things. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/3 "2017-11-08T03:50:29Z")
Me too, right? Now on to cow tails! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/4 "2017-11-08T03:56:40Z")
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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=748796) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/5 "2017-11-08T03:58:01Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/6 "2017-11-08T04:16:19Z")
It’s like a Butterfinger without the chocolate with a little bit of coconut thrown it. I like 'em. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/7 "2017-11-08T13:10:37Z")
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.”](https://idahospud.com/tub-chicken-bones.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/8 "2017-11-08T16:40:29Z")
I likes me some Chick-o-Sticks. I once bought a tub with 160 miniature ones in it for myself. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/9 "2017-11-08T16:44:37Z")
Butterfinger shards always had more “mouth stab” than Chick-o-stick. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/10 "2017-11-08T23:22:51Z")
I prefer to think of them as tiny Zagnut bars. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/11 "2017-11-10T03:17:05Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Butterfinger shards always had more “mouth stab” than Chick-o-stick. 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. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/12 "2017-11-10T03:22:04Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > I prefer to think of them as tiny Zagnut bars. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/13 "2017-11-10T03:54:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/14 "2017-11-10T05:49:21Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I finally found some Chick-o-Sticks in the “Pic-a-Mix”\* 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. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/15 "2017-11-10T11:19:23Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > 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. Maybe they were talking about the [bite-sized ones](https://www.google.com/search?q=chick+o+sticks+bite+sized&tbm=isch)? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/16 "2017-11-11T04:31:46Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Me too, right? Now on to cow tails! Which are basically creme caramels that have been pulled off the line before the slicer starts in, right? > [@pulykamell](#): > > 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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=748796) 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. Had nobody in that thread ever heard of Amazon? [Amazon.com : munch bar](https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=munch+bar) > [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > 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. OK then, so I’m asking you now - what in the heck is a Zagnut?!? > [@Kimstu](#): > > 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. Cheers!!! Standing ovation. > [@BigT](#): > > Maybe they were talking about the [bite-sized ones](https://www.google.com/search?q=chick+o+sticks+bite+sized&tbm=isch)? That’s what I found. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/17 "2017-11-11T06:03:05Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Apparently, it (or a very similar product) goes by the name [“chicken bones.”](https://idahospud.com/tub-chicken-bones.html) 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. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/18 "2017-11-11T06:12:15Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Had nobody in that thread ever heard of Amazon? 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. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/19 "2017-11-11T14:25:46Z")
I consider them a Walmart food, so I’d check the Walmarts in your area. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017/20 "2017-11-11T20:10:16Z")
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 🤔. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-tried-a-chick-o-stick-today/801017.md?page=2)