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Three. Foot. Long. Pixie. Stix.
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I may regret this, but…
[sub]where can I get one? Just to try, honest? <imploring look>[/sub]
I found them here: http://www.candydirect.com/novelty/Pixy-Sticks-Giant.html
But, they’re selling them in bulk–a quick search on google seems to only come up with bulk sales.
We bought ours at Farrell’s (an ice cream/candy/Kid’s Paradise kind of place) in San Diego. You may have luck in a candy shop that sells novelty items.
There’s a place in Greektown that sells all kinds of imported US candy. I’ll have a look next time I’m out that way.
[sub]Thursday[/sub]
heh heh, all the 7-11s around here have Pocky, as do all the Cheers, and a lot of the Mama Shops and… hell, ALL THE SUPERMARKETS sell Pocky! But then, they’re all Asian supermarkets!
what with this being Asia and all! 
My personal fave is the Mousse Pocky that is a dark Chocolate biscuit and white chocolate. The wife insisted I was eating too many of them when I ate a whole box in two sublime mouthsfull (yes, two!). The green-tea flavour is also pretty damn nice. The real beauty of Pocky is that its not overwhelmingly sweet, it’s just perfect!
Regarding the [sub]Men’s Pocky[/sub], I think basically they’re a bit more staid… y’know, less W[sup]A[/sup]C[sup]K[/sup]Y! Similarly, the packaging is a bit more serious-o, so you can munch on them in board meetings, or while making a rocketship (and smoking a pipe) or while operating the Super-Dumper at your open-cut mine without fearing that all the other manly-men will laugh at your Hello Kitty Pocky.
At least that’s my theory…
Pixie Sticks… never heard of them (before yon thread). The descrition given sounds like the honey straws we get at home-grown stores here. What is the Pixie powder? Is it genuine crushed Pixie? Shouldn’t PETA be up in arms over this?
Hm…Pixie Stix powder. Well…
Sugar is involved, this is certain. There’s also a Sweet Tart element. They are highly addictive.
The incident that determined the “Only on Halloween” rule:
1am a few years ago, Halloween. My daughter is on a pixie stick high that is every parent’s worst nightmare. She has a pixie stick in each hand and is in the middle of the living room, arms outstretched, spinning. She is pouring pixie stix into her mouth and is so damn hyper she is almost vibrating. Falls down giggling and cannot stop. Then talks for a half hour straight so fast that I can barely understand every third word. 
There’s a reason they get portioned out every year.
jeepers! Thanks Maureen, maybe it’s for the best these things aren’t freely available hereabouts.
Or are they?
*(cue funky wah-wah guitar version of the Twilight Zone theme). *
This is your brain…(shows an egg)
This is your brain on pixie sticks ( cracks it into a blender and pushes the puree button.)
Any questions?
They’re Kiddie Krack, obviously.
And they can lead to this. Beware! Beware!
Pixie Sticks…bah. Three cans, I say. Three cans of Mountain Dew every day for a year, and nothing – espresso, caffeine pills, Pixie Sticks, chugging pure maple syrup – will be able to touch you. The term ‘buzz’ becomes utterly devoid of meaning. Personally, I live on the stuff, and I love watching as people recoil in horror when I have a cup of coffee before going to bed. “How will you be able to sleep?”, they demand. “Like a baby,” I reply, giving them my most smug, self-satisfied expression. Gotta love immunization.
DISCLAIMER: Drinking excessive quantities of Mountain Dew is probably not a good idea. Giving children excessive quantities of Mountain Dew is definitely not a good idea. Giving me excessive quantities of Mountain Dew is certainly a good idea, and will be highly appreciated. 
I snipped some of this post…but I can just see that the teenage years are gonna be very, VERY interesting.
Evil One… I mean Sunspace… If you can’t locate any of the HUGE Pixie Stix, e-mail me. I have a supplier, heh heh heh.
See what no sugar does to a person? I can’t code correctly without sugar!
I actually feel a bit sorry for her. Her mother was a complete wild child. She’s not going to be able to get away with much. I’m hanging on to the pic til next year to remind her: THIS is what you don’t want to happen. Remember last year?
Sunspace, do you have a Candy Barrell in your local mall? They stock them, IIRC.
The 3-foot pixie sticks are available by the boxload from Sam’s Club.
Is that what it is? I’m the same way!
As for the Pocky I must try this! I am also aware that I must already begin figuring out a way to hide them from the heathens.
I’m gonna save this post for when you turn 30, Roland, and then I’m going to email it back to you with hideous cackles of cyber-laughter. Which you’ll be able to hear all night long as you stare at the ceiling with insomniac pain, knowing you haven’t had coffee since lunchtime and you still can’t f’ing sleep!
(And yeah, I could do the same caffeine nightcap when I was in my early 20’s. Bastard! )
Our local grocers, in a fit of multiculturalism, has greatly expanded it’s “ethnic” food section. Last night, while picking up the usual milk, chicken, &c, I picked up some Pocky.
I like Pocky. Pocky good. It tastes like chocolate dipped fortune cookies.
Alas, they only had chocolate dipped and strawberry dipped. So tonight we’re going to the Asian grocers for more.
LilMiss attempted to heist the second package of chocolatey goodness, but I believe I growled at her.
However, Pocky does not provide the sugary sensory overload like Pixie Stix do.
Beware the pocky, they are merely the Gateway Drug
Heh, loved it!
We did also pick up some Japanese gum, a Norweigan candy bar, and some faboo Turkish cookies.
I do wish they had this Norweigan orange soda I love. Drank it like it was going out of style when I was there. O well.
Heh. I got two of those on Halloween. My friend and I had a chugging race.
Of course I won!
Yes I choked. Of course I was up half the night giggling. But they’re AWESOME!