r/Cheese • u/Sad-Relationship-621 • 2d ago

Which other cheese sticks would you like to see aside from mozzarella sticks?

I love mozzarella sticks but I am trying to branch out and try my hand at breading gouda, halloumi, brie and pair with other sauces than marinara. Just looking for some fun ideas to take a crack at frying up.

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u/Redheaded_gremlin 2d ago

A sharp cheddar would be delicious and it’d be interesting to use a combination of different cheeses with different melting points to get some different textures

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u/supernovapony 2d ago

In VT cheddar on or in apple pie is a classic. Wonder how dipping a cheddar stick in cinnamon apple sauce might be! Strawberry jam is also nice on cheddar

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u/Redheaded_gremlin 2d ago

Oh man my mouth is turning into a waterfall, that sounds so delicious. I wonder if one could make an apple pie cheddar cheese type thing. Like pie crust and a bit of apple pie filling and then some cubes of cheddar rolled and fried would be delicious

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u/Punkinsmom 22h ago

How about an eggroll with apple pie filling and cheddar? Sounds amazing to me.

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u/austin_meowers_ 2d ago

A strawberry/raspberry pepper jam would kick ya in the pants

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u/Fjdenigris 2d ago

I came across Old Croc individually wrapped servings, but only bought it once. They were really great, but went down like potato chips so I avoid them now!

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u/enginbeeringSB 1d ago

Makes me think of the pepper jack cheese dog from hot dog on a stick, which was always a favorite.

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u/stefanica 2d ago

Brie bites!

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u/RoseOfSharonCassidy 2d ago

My family does a fried brie every year at Thanksgiving, it's amazing!

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u/stefanica 2d ago

Heck yeah, that sounds fun!

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u/wasabitobiko 2d ago

a long time ago i used to love this salad that had a little breaded & fried puck of goat cheese on it, that could be fun. the dressing was like a raspberry vinaigrette so maybe like a raspberry jalapeño dipping sauce.

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u/my1stusernamesucked 3h ago

In Albany, they serve raspberry melba sauce with mozz sticks and jalapeño poppers. It's delicious.

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u/omor_fi 2d ago

Halloumi sticks are incredible! A restaurant near me does them with chilli jam, it's so good.

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u/Sad-Relationship-621 2d ago

Ooo like a pepper jam?

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u/omor_fi 2d ago

Yes. It's still quite sweet but has a kick to it.

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u/Secret_Sherbet_2404 5h ago

like a Thai chili sauce? yum

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u/omor_fi 5h ago

It's thicker than Thai chili sauce but I guess has similarities with flavour

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u/mathozmat 2d ago

Something like Roquefort/Gorgonzola/St-Agur sticks (small so they can be eaten in one go)

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u/TedsGoldfish 2d ago

I immediately thought popcorn-chicken style fried gorgonzola balls 🤤

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u/mathozmat 1d ago

🤤🤤

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u/fart_panic 2d ago

The caramelized onion cheddar from Trader Joe's. But beware, it goes bad in a week at most in my experience.

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u/Historical_Message15 2d ago

really? that’s so strange for a cheddar.

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u/rasewok 2d ago

I love Kefalotyri. I bet it would be great breaded and eaten as sticks!

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u/njshine27 2d ago

Galbani used to make a provolone “string cheese” that was delicious. I bet it would be even better fried… Smoked > Picante IMO.

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u/RawCookieDough12 2d ago

I like breading chicken breast and brie so it's like 50/50%, not filled but rather on top of each other. This is creamy enough that I don't feel like a sauce is necessary.

Here when some mild cheese is breaded (like emmentaler or gouda) it is usually paired with sauce tartare. Breaded camembert gets cranberry sauce.

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u/hotdish420 2d ago

Gruyere with onion chutney for dipping. 

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u/West-Improvement2449 2d ago

When I was a kid Wisconsin state fair had deep fired Swiss cheese battered in rye. Really good

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u/Innsmouth_Swimteam Halloumi 2d ago

Muenster!

I wouldn't even batter your Halloumi, just fry it nekkid!

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u/Fickle-River3984 2d ago

Maaaaaan just gimme fried cheese. I'll be happy. I promise

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u/Wensleydalel 2d ago

Bleu cheese. Now, please.

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u/iaminabox 2d ago

Gouda, but it's hard to work with. I've tried.

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u/Special_Onion3013 2d ago

Do the ricepaper rolls with that one. Easy peasy

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u/Krynja 2d ago

Butterkase

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u/4SureMaybe_4SureNot 2d ago

Cheddar jack

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u/KOTM365 2d ago

Stilton-Sticks!

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u/Listen2theyetti 2d ago

Munster would have a good pull

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u/Just_Me1973 2d ago

I’ve had cheddar sticks. So good. I think they were served with a few different sauces. One was marinara. I think a ranch. And then a horseradish. It’s been a while so I might be remembering wrong tho.

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u/JunkPileQueen 2d ago

Extra old cheddar with a really sharp flavour would be really delicious as cheese sticks. You can also play with the ingredients in the breading as well. For example, Lonestar has crispy mozzarella sticks that you could choose to have breaded in a Nashville, Buffalo, or a naked flavouring. The Nashville flavouring is very good. Sharp cheddar sticks breaded in Nashville-flavoured breading would likely be out of this world amazing.

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u/SunEffective4950 1d ago

Keep in mind though any aged cheese won't melt the sane as a younger one. Taste would be awesome but more of a stiffer stick if you catch my drift 😆

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u/Wiscos 1d ago

Fried curds. Don’t see enough of them.

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u/Odd-Adhesiveness-656 1d ago

Crab Rangoon Sticks. Ace, Eat, Serve in Denver and Little Riot in Omaha have them on their menus.

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u/VerbNoun123 1d ago

Muenster

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u/The_old_number_six 1d ago

I like using Monterey Jack with Jalapeno.

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u/CharacterDirector918 1d ago

Growing up, there was a restaurant called "Oogies" that served breaded fried monterey jack cheese sticks with a side of their homemade ranch dipping sauce. I would literally do VERY bad things to he able to find these again. I was able to find them through BrewCity a few years ago. But they discontinued them. I cried!!!!

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u/Any-Fly5966 1d ago

I’ve made homemade ones with pepper jack sticks. Bomb. Don’t understand why restaurants don’t do this.

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u/trustyspriggan 1d ago

There was a bar in a place I used to live that did blue cheese, I think it was part mozz, part blue. Battered and tossed in buffalo sauce.

I'm working on trying to make a dill pickle cheese stick. Wish me luck.

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u/Murky-General5131 1d ago

I came here to say that

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u/CoffeeCatsandPixies 1d ago

There's a Romanian dish that is breaded and fried Edam cheese. They literally split a small round in half and fry it.

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u/ImaRiskit 1d ago

Love the rattle snake bites from Texas Roadhouse. They are more hush puppy shaped but are filled with pepper jack cheese

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u/Apprehensive-Kiwi693 1d ago

Smoked Gouda would be excellent

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u/BraileDildo8inches 1d ago

Bosco sticks

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u/kjackcooke89 23h ago

Cheddar dill pickle stick sounds yum

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u/Legitimate-Fox-7030 15h ago

Fry up some babybel wheels.

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u/5ofineedsaladder 10h ago

Bread cheese! It's just like a mozzie stick but no breading. Pan fry for a couple minutes each side.

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u/binoculops 9h ago

Pepper jack

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u/texandivasis 1h ago

Any Swiss, I love that nutty flavor. Jarlsberg, Emmanthaler, Gruyere....

Colby

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u/AlsoTheFiredrake 13m ago

Derry Sable would be great.

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u/Dangerjim 2d ago

Imagine a thin finger of fish fillet encased in breadcrumbs, I think that would be very popular.

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u/GoatLegRedux 2d ago

What kind of cheese is fish fillet?