They are a stick for swizzling (stirring in a funky way) your cocktail to enhance the flavour by mixing, they come in many different varieties - it is not uncommon to have a swirl at the top with which to gain a firmer purchase with your now uncoordinated fingers, often they are decorated with baubles and flags etc.

Swizzle sticks are great for stirring cocktails - the older ones are big sellers on the 2nd hand market - $15 Aus is not uncommon for good ones.

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