pixie stick

Powdered candy straw

A pixie stick is a paper or plastic straw filled with flavored sugar powder, eaten by tearing open one end and pouring the contents into the mouth.

A popular American candy since the 1950s, pixie sticks are essentially pure sugar with fruit flavoring and food coloring: The kids came home from the carnival wired on pixie sticks.

candy

sugar

Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener

  • powderFine dry particles
  • strawTube for sipping
  • tubeHollow cylindrical passage

treat · snack · confectionery · dextrose · flavor · sour · tangy · tart · sherbet · fizzy

colorful

rainbow

Refracted light arc

multicolored · bright · striped · wrapper · assorted · variety · pink · purple · blue · green

childhood

nostalgia

Longing for the past

allowance · lunchbox · recess · playground · trading · innocence · memories · youth · excitement · sharing

sweet

sugar

Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener

sweetened · glucose · fructose · intense · concentrated · pure · rush · hyperactive · cavity · dentist

Opposites
candy texture/form

pixie stickchocolate bar

Cocoa candy rectangle

taffy · caramel · gummy bears · hard candy · jawbreaker

nutritional substance

pixie stickvegetables

Edible plants, not fruits

fruit · carrot sticks · apple slices · granola bar · trail mix

candy sophistication/quality

pixie stickBelgian chocolate

Premium cocoa treats from Europe

dark chocolate · Swiss chocolate · praline · chocolate truffle · Lindt

Family

pixie, stick, pixies, pixieish, sticks, sticked, sticking, sticky, stickiness

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G