Bosco Stick

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Bosco Sticks are a popular brand of cheese-filled breadsticks.

Bosco Sticks are a brand of cheese-filled frozen breadsticks which are popular among institutional cafeterias and foodservice organizations. Manufactured by the Bosco Pizza Company, Bosco Sticks are sold via distributors in a frozen state and must be baked prior to consumption. The Bosco Pizza Company recommends that Bosco Sticks be topped with butter and parmesan cheese after baking, although compliance with this recommendation varies from establishment to establishment. Most establishments that sell Bosco Sticks do not in fact use butter, and instead coat the sticks with various oil-based substances, possibly mixed with garlic or herbs. Bosco Sticks are frequently sold with marinara dipping sauce.

1 What's Inside?
2 Quality
3 Nutritional Information
4 Related Merchandise
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] What's Inside?

Bosco Sticks are sold with bags into which the sticks are to be placed for retail sale. The retail packaging bags are printed with the slogans "Bosco Sticks" and "what's inside?" Each Bosco Stick is in fact filled with mozzarella cheese. When baked properly, the cheese will mostly fill the interior cavity of the Bosco Stick. However, improper baking technique can result in the cheese forming a thin layer over the walls of the cavity, leaving the Bosco Stick hollow in the center.

[edit] Quality

Bosco Sticks are described by most distributors (vendors) as a "premium quality" product. When baked properly and finished with high quality butter or oil, Bosco Sticks are generally regarded as being of relatively acceptable taste, texture, and quality. However, it is easy to ruin Bosco Sticks by baking them for too long and/or at too high of a temperature. When this happens, the sticks tend to dry out and lose much of their flavor. When Bosco Sticks are baked incorrectly and a poor-quality oil or no oil at all is used, they can taste extremely bland.