We analysed the Amazon.co.uk subcategory Toothpicks and kept only products with at least 200 reviews and 4.3 stars. Ranked by estimated monthly revenue, nine of the ten are bulk packs of 100 to 1,200 sticks at between 0.4p and 5p each — the tenth is a single replacement pick for a Swiss Army knife at £8.75, which is the clearest possible reminder that the price you see is a pack price.
The volume seller here and the cheapest per stick: 1,000 double-pointed bamboo picks for £3.99, or 0.4p each.
Check the price on AmazonThe volume seller here and the cheapest per stick: 1,000 double-pointed bamboo picks for £3.99, or 0.4p each.
Four hundred 6.5 cm sticks for £4.20, about 1p each, and long enough to hold a canapé together rather than only to pick teeth.
Individually cello-wrapped picks at 0.7p each — the hospitality format, where the wrapper is the whole point rather than a cost.
The largest count on the page: 1,200 sticks supplied in dispensers for £5.99, which is 0.5p each.
Not a toothpick pack but decoration: 100 paper Greek flags on sticks at 5p each, one of 30 country variants on the same listing.
Six hundred bamboo sticks at £6.49, or roughly 1.1p each — nearly three times the unit price of the pack at rank 1.
The same wrapped BLUE TOP pick as rank 3 with mint flavour added, at the identical £6.99 and sharing its 1,889 reviews.
The third BLUE TOP entry: 1,000 picks split across four refillable bottles rather than one bag, again at £6.99.
The most expensive listing here by a distance and the only single item: one 3.5 inch replacement pick for a Swiss Army knife at £8.75.
Five hundred 6 cm sticks at £4.88, sold explicitly as a refill — so no dispenser comes in the box.
| Product | Score | Stars | Reviews | Feature | Material | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. Mobi Lock Bamboo Toothpicks, 1000 Pack Best seller Mobi Lock · Mobi Lock |
9.1 | 4.4 ★ | 5,523 | 1000 pcs · bamboo | Bamboo | £3.99 | Amazon › |
| 02. PPS 400 Wooden Cocktail Sticks, 6.5 cm PPS Store · PPS Store |
8.7 | 4.4 ★ | 1,417 | 400 pcs · 6.5 cm | Wood | £4.20 | Amazon › |
| 03. BLUE TOP Wrapped Toothpicks, 1000 Pack Top rated BLUE TOP · BLUE TOP |
9.1 | 4.6 ★ | 1,889 | 1000 pcs · wrapped | Bamboo | £6.99 | Amazon › |
| 04. SOL Wooden Cocktail Sticks, 1200 Pack SOL · SOL |
8.6 | 4.5 ★ | 501 | 1200 pcs · dispenser | Wood | £5.99 | Amazon › |
| 05. YXHZVON Greece Flag Cocktail Sticks, 100 YXHZVON · YXHZVON |
8.7 | 4.6 ★ | 437 | 100 flags · Greece | Paper and wood | £4.99 | Amazon › |
| 06. Invero Bamboo Cocktail Sticks, 600 Pack Invero · Invero |
8.9 | 4.4 ★ | 2,687 | 600 pcs · bamboo | Bamboo | £6.49 | Amazon › |
| 07. BLUE TOP Mint Toothpicks, 1000 Pack Top rated BLUE TOP · BLUE TOP |
9.1 | 4.6 ★ | 1,889 | 1000 pcs · mint | Bamboo | £6.99 | Amazon › |
| 08. BLUE TOP Toothpicks in 4 Dispensers, 1000 Top rated BLUE TOP · BLUE TOP |
9.1 | 4.6 ★ | 1,889 | 1000 pcs · 4 bottles | Bamboo | £6.99 | Amazon › |
| 09. Victorinox Toothpick for Swiss Army Knives Victorinox · Victorinox |
8.7 | 4.6 ★ | 420 | 1 pick · large | Plastic | £8.75 | Amazon › |
| 10. D.A.Y. Republic Cocktail Sticks, 500 Pack D.A.Y. Republic · D.A.Y. Republic |
8.7 | 4.5 ★ | 919 | 500 pcs · 6 cm | Wood | £4.88 | Amazon › |
The counts here run from 100 to 1,200 and one listing is a single item. Per stick that is 0.4p to 5p, and £8.75 for the Victorinox — so the sticker price tells you almost nothing until you divide it by the count.
Double-pointed picks give you two usable ends and suit skewering food, which is what most of this top ten is. Flag picks and party sticks have one blunt decorative end and are effectively single use, at roughly ten times the price.
Individually cello-wrapped picks cost about double the loose equivalent on this page. They earn that on a bar or a counter where a customer takes one; in a home kitchen the wrapper is just something else to bin.
At these prices the recurring complaint is roughness rather than breakage. The listings worth paying a little more for are the ones that state splinter free or odour free in the title, which two of this ten do.
A 6 to 6.5 cm stick holds a canapé, a wrap or a stacked appetiser together. The 2.5 inch wrapped picks are shorter and aimed at olives and single cocktail garnishes. Buying short sticks for a buffet is the mistake that shows on the plate.
Two listings here include dispenser bottles and one is explicitly a refill with no dispenser at all. If you have nothing to refill yet, start with the pack that includes the bottles.
This page ranks the picks themselves, sold in packs of 100 to 1,200. The holder — the pot or dispenser that sits on the table — is a separate Amazon subcategory with its own ranking. The two rarely arrive together: only two listings in this ten include dispenser bottles, and one is a refill that assumes you already own them.
Per pack in nine cases out of ten. £3.99 buys 1,000 bamboo picks, £5.99 buys 1,200, and £4.99 buys 100 flag picks. Per stick that is 0.4p, 0.5p and 5p — the same ordering does not survive the division.
It is the Victorinox spare part: a single plastic replacement pick that slots into the large Swiss Army knife scales. It sits in this subcategory because Amazon files it here, and it is bought by people who lost theirs, not by anyone laying out a buffet.
The products are ordered by estimated monthly revenue per ASIN, not by star rating and not by bestseller rank. Only products with at least 200 reviews and an average of 4.3 stars were included. In a category where a pack costs £4, revenue ordering rewards the packs that shift in thousands each month rather than the ones with the largest stated piece count.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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