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I'm baking a cake for my sister. Though the cake will be simple. I decided to make chocolate cupcake lollipops. The cupcakes will read out her traits like nice, awesome etc. I need some advice on how to make edible sticks which will be connecting the base cake and the cupcakes.

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I want them to be edible because long story short she always wondered why is there the point of the stick if its not eatable when she was young.

I also want to know how to prevent the cupcakes from sagging down and dropping on the base cake.

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  • Can you get pocki where you are? – Little White Lithe Aug 24 '14 at 23:53
  • If you can't find pocki, there's rolled cookie that you can get in a can ... I just can't think of the name of it. (it's kinda straw-like, with chocolate on the inside). And there's also peppermint sticks (candy canes without the bend ... although those might be too slick). – Joe Aug 25 '14 at 00:49
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    Isn't the sister of your sister also your sister?? Also, concerning Joe's idea: If you use full sized peppermint sticks (candy canes) you can soak off the red, and be left with just white. – Jolenealaska Aug 25 '14 at 00:54
  • @Jolenealaska e.g. same mother for first two sisters, but different fathers, other sister is of different mother, but same father as your sister. Often called half-sister. More common than you think! – TFD Aug 25 '14 at 08:40
  • Pepperidge Farm's pirouettes! – Little White Lithe Aug 25 '14 at 14:53
  • How will this question be helpful to future users? It seems like a brainstorming exercise to me, with dozens of answers that can't be objectively ranked. – Air Aug 25 '14 at 15:28
  • @LittleWhiteLithe : thanks, that was the cookie I was thinking of. – Joe Aug 25 '14 at 16:58
  • @AirThomas : this could also be useful to entriants in gingerbread house contests (where all items used must be edible). eg. http://cooking.stackexchange.com/q/7928/67 – Joe Aug 25 '14 at 16:59
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    I think a good idea would be candy cigarettes. The sticks would be a fair bit thicker than your average lollipop stick, but it could look way more convincing than other options. – Dispenser Aug 25 '14 at 19:16
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    @AirThomas The fact that there's more than one answer doesn't mean it's a bad question. And it will be helpful to future users because future users may want to do something similar; wanting to avoid inedible components is pretty common. The suggestions in the comments need to be in an answer, not comments, but that's not the OP's fault. – Cascabel Aug 25 '14 at 19:36
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    Everyone- I've written up your brainstorms into a Community Wiki, feel free to add any more you can think of. – MrLore Aug 26 '14 at 03:27
  • @Jefromi I never said it was a bad question. I just don't think it was posed in a way that's very suitable for the format. – Air Aug 26 '14 at 15:00
  • @AirThomas Okay, then more specifically, I don't think it's an *unsuitable* question, I think the fact that there's more than one possible answer is fine (there are specific criteria and the list won't be *that* long), and I think it can be helpful to future readers. If you want to improve it (without changing the intent), go for it, but I certainly don't think that it needs to be closed if it's unchanged. – Cascabel Aug 26 '14 at 16:33

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The brainstorming in the comments has provided numerous examples:

  • Candy cigarettes

    These are likely the most realistic sticks you will find, as they're usually completely white, but fairly soft so use care when attaching the muffin to the top:

    Image of Supersonic Candy Cigarettes

  • Pocky / Mikado

    These are chocolate covered biscuit sticks, they're much more sturdy but not the right colour:

    Image of Chocolate Pocky

    There is also a Cookies & Cream flavoured Pocky, marketed as Pocky Panda, which is white and the closest resemblance they make. This may require being purchased from the internet though as I'd never heard of them before:

    Image of Pocky Panda

  • Rolled Chocolate Wafer Biscuits

    These are simply tubes of wafer biscuits, typically filled with chocolate, such as DeBeukelaer Pirouline and Pepperidge Farm Pirouette:

    Image of a Pirouline

  • Stick Candy and Rock

    Quite simply sticks made out of candy, I suspect Rock will be less common outside the United Kingdom, but Stick Candy should be simple to find.

    Rock is a hard candy tube up to an inch thick which could support a table, nevermind a cupcake:

    Image of Brighton Rock

    Stick Candy is basically un-bent candy canes and less thick than rock, though very similar:

    Image of Stick Candy

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    Wow! I thought candy cigarettes had gone the way of the dodo! :) Nice summary, +1, welcome to Seasoned Advice! – Jolenealaska Aug 26 '14 at 05:41
  • I have had white Mikado (in France). In many places candy cigarettes are no longer sold, whether actually banned or just withdrawn. – Chris H May 28 '23 at 15:52
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Old question, but an answer not in the wiki or comments or other answer: pretzel sticks dipped in white chocolate.

The white chocolate will be an off-white but if you prefer there are candy melts that are bright white.

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Sugarcane sticks would be an idea! They’re edible and sturdy. Sugar cane is sold as accessories for stirring drinks too, I think it’s a company called Hula Girl.

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