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Jolly Green Marshmallow Roasting Sticks Review (Bought & Tested!)
I bought these roasting sticks with my own money and put them through 7 hands-on tests.
- Extended 33.5in
- Retracted 9.5in
- Weight 2.5oz
- Material 410 steel
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Test scorecard
The Jolly Green Marshmallow Roasting Sticks are sturdy and heavy duty, holding 4 hot dogs with hardly any flex, and every stick has a rotating axle. But they’re expensive, they lack color coding, and quality control was a little disappointing.
- Sturdy
- Heavy duty
- Rotating axle
- Expensive
- QC could be better
- No color coding
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See the 7 tests
In the Box
- Roasting sticks 5
- Storage pouch 1 canvas pouch with a zippered opening
Specifications
- Extended length 33.5in
- Retracted length 9.5in
- Distance between tines 1.75in
- Weight per stick 2.5oz
- Weight of pouch 1.4oz
- Tines and rod Type 410 non-toxic stainless steel
- Handle Wood
- Pouch Canvas
Features
They pack down small and telescope out to keep you back from the fire. The tines are sharp, so they come with red tip protectors.
Every stick has what Jolly Green calls an easy-spin thumbwheel. I’m going to call it a rotating axle, and it makes an even roast easy.
Sturdiness
These are genuinely heavy duty. They hold 4 hot dogs without much flex at all:
4 marshmallows is no trouble either. The tines are far enough apart to take 2 marshmallows on each.
Ease of Use
They telescope easily and hold their extended length firmly, though some sticks were stiffer than others.
Both tines go through a hot dog, so nothing slipped even hanging straight down.
Marshmallows slipped a little. You can see the goo. Only 1 tine goes through each one, and the thick tines conduct more heat. The slipping was minimal though.
The rotating axle makes turning them for an even roast effortless, and I saw no spinning on either food.
The tines are sharp, so skewering hot dogs and marshmallows was easy. I’d expect meat to be fine too.
Clean Up
A couple of hours in soapy water left them almost clean. I found 1 speck of marshmallow goo left over, which wiped off easily.
Quality
The steel is Type 410, which I’m less familiar with and is supposedly less rust-resistant than the more common Type 304 in my Briout Marshmallow Roasting Sticks. I found no rust after soaking mine and leaving them wet, and Jolly Green confirmed a passing grade for food contact material.
The wooden handle is smooth and painted blue. It isn’t fixed to the rod, which is what lets the axle spin the stick. One of mine arrived cracked, still usable, but I expected better.
The pouch zips smoothly and packing the sticks away isn’t a tight fit.
Pros and Cons
Now, what are the pros and cons, and would I recommend the Jolly Green Marshmallow Roasting Sticks?
Seriously sturdy
4 hot dogs with hardly any flex. These roast anything you put on them.
A rotating axle on every stick
Turning them for an even roast takes a thumb.
No rust
None at all after soaking them and not drying them, despite the less rust-resistant Type 410 steel.
One of my most expensive sets
I’ve bought sticks that are just as heavy duty for a lot less.
Quality control could be better
At this price I didn’t expect a cracked handle out of the box.
No color coding
Every handle is the same blue, so there’s no telling yours apart.
Overall recommendation
The Jolly Green Marshmallow Roasting Sticks are outstanding on sturdiness and get the job done no matter what you’re roasting.
They’re also one of my most expensive sets, and at that price a cracked handle out of the box isn’t good enough. I own sticks that are just as heavy duty for significantly less, which makes those a better buy than these.
To compare every option I’ve tested, here’s my roundup where I bought, tested and compared 9 of the best roasting sticks.
I measured every number on this page myself.
