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| Brand: Candy Crate
Category: Grocery
Buy New: $9.48
Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 3191
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
UPC: 050571031019
EAN: 0050571031019
ASIN: B0007OPW5C
Promotion: Save $5.00 when you spend $29.00 or more on ALL Retro Candy, Classic Toys & Nostalgic Gift Baskets offered by Candy Crate. Terms and Conditions
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very weak June 7, 2006
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I feel like I got a box of plain wood. You can almost tell there is supposed to be some cinnamon in these, but not really. Maybe I got an old box but these were very disappointing.
 Cinnamonotonous Tootpicks May 28, 2006
22 out of 36 found this review helpful
Toothpicks really make me sentimental. I remember well my first toothpick, "Gabriel." An admirable piece of wood, so graceful in the ways of dislodging food from between ones teeth, his dance like the effortless grace of a Darcey Bussell. Alas, I was but a child and misused Gabriel, splintering him on an unprincipled frog bone snagged between my first and second premolars. I will never forget Gabriel. On the someteenth anniversary of his removal of a very recalcitrant pomegranate seed I decided to peruse Amazon for a replacement. I was suprised at the results.
This product advertises itself as "low-in-fat, high-in-taste." This is marvellous because I am on a diet. A good majority of us lack the digestive enzymes necessary to process wood. Although, my colleague Gareth Mitchell Headgraves is a rarity. I admit I become anxious when I leave himself alone in a room with a good piece of teak. In any case, despite a few misguided efforts, I cannot digest wood and will reaffirm that for most of us this product is low in fat.
After trying this product I became intruiged by a fellow reviewer's suggestion to try making your own home brew cinammon sticks. His have been brewing for 29 years. This engorged my curiousity. What flavours could I impregnate a toothpick with? Could I try a sweet Canary wine? Or a supple juniper extract? Perhaps a melegueta pepper?
3 stars because this product only opened up my curiousity for new toothpick flavours, and now find cinnamon to be lacking.
PS - fortunately for the parsimonious among us, Amazon has this item listed as used.
No offence -home made beats store bought!! May 23, 2006
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Actually, I have two batches that have been soaking for over twenty years (I'm 59). The store ones were just too weak for us!! And does anyone remember the sure sign that a young male had had one in hand recently? - to refresh memory, it generally involved a pained expression often combined with a grab to protect a certain pained body part and a request to rush BACK to the restroom.
 The Original !!! May 3, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Old School cinnamon toothpics in bulk quantity, Yay! The concept is simple but effective--These are made of a wood slightly softer (and much more absorbant) than the regular plain boxes of round toothpicks, and soaked in STRONG cinnamon oil. The resulting flavor is VERY strong cinnamon often resulting in numb tongue/lips, DO NOT confuse these with those wimpy so-called "flavored" round toothpicks passed out in fancy-schmancy resteraunts.
We used to buy these at the liquor store across from school in 5-piece packs (I lived in a terrific neighborhood). I vividly remember chewing on these in High School during certain classes to stay awake. For some reason, a toothpick was tolerated where gum or a tootsie pop was not. The flavor was so good (STRONG) for so long, I would often end up chewing these things to a nice, woody pulp. MMMmmm! Against my nature, I am going to resist commenting on cinnamon toothpicks as a source of dietary fiber. For those saddled with droning teachers or co-workers, know that it is simply not possible to fall asleep with something as hot as these toothpicks in your mouth. In college, I found them useful in finally breaking my nail biting habit. Wood pulp, thankfully, is non-addictive. Offer one to a non-suspecting friend and watch their eyes light up along with their tongue! :)
WHAT??? March 25, 2006
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
OMG!! Are these already considered retro? Where has the time gone?!?!?!? I used to literally chew these until I had eaten them!! They are GREAT!!
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