10 Inch Original Cheesesticks
10 Inch Original Cheesesticks at Papa John's. 1440 calories, $8.99, 48 g protein.
Photograph from Papa John's, as published on its own menu.
How it compares on the Papa John's menu
At 1440 calories it is heavier than 63% of the 52 Papa John's items we track, against a menu median of 915. It delivers 3.3 g of protein per 100 calories, 38th of 41 items with published protein. At 160 calories per dollar it is 10th of 48 priced items on value.
Lighter choices at Papa John's
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Liter Crush Orange | 1010 | −430 |
| Steak & Mushroom Oven-Toasted Sandwich | 820 | −620 |
| Philly Cheesesteak Oven-Toasted Sandwich | 790 | −650 |
| 14" The Works Pizza, Original Crust | 366 | −1074 |
| 14" Pepperoni Pizza, Original Crust | 338 | −1102 |
What a 10 Inch Original Cheesesticks costs across America
Priced at 3044 Papa John's restaurants in 50 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $7.99 and $9.99, a spread of 25%.
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The cheapest 10 Inch Original Cheesesticks in the sample is $5.99 in Gaffney, SC, and the most expensive is $13.99 in Palo Alto, CA. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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By state, for what it is worth
About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 50 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 42 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | $7.99 | 68 | cheapest |
| OK | $7.99 | 32 | cheapest |
| AL | $7.99 | 79 | cheapest |
| MA | $7.99 | 11 | cheapest |
| HI | $12.99 | 15 | most expensive |
| FL | $10.29 | 292 | most expensive |
| AK | $9.99 | 8 | most expensive |
| OR | $9.99 | 15 | most expensive |
What it has cost since we started watching
40 of the 3,046 restaurants we price have changed this since 2026-09-09. Where it moved, the typical change was +2.0%. A typical one now charges $8.99.
See every 10 Inch Original Cheesesticks we price on the map — 3,044 restaurants, one dot each →
Priced like this at Papa John's
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the 10 Inch Original Cheesesticks’s $8.99. The spread is the middle 80% of restaurants, so a wide one means the same item costs noticeably different amounts depending where you buy it.
| Item | Median | Spread | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Piece 14 Inch Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks | $8.49 | 28% | 3,071 |
| 10 Piece 14 Inch Original Breadsticks | $7.99 | 29% | 3,077 |
| 10 Piece BBQ Boneless Chicken Wings | $9.99 | 27% | 3,067 |
| 10 Piece Honey Chipotle Boneless Chicken Wings | $9.99 | 27% | 3,067 |
| 10 Piece Unsauced Boneless Chicken Wings | $9.99 | 27% | 3,067 |
Full nutrient panel
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 160.0 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.0 g |
| Protein | 48.0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 24.0 g |
| Sodium | 3360.0 mg |
| Sugars | 16.0 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 160.0 g |
| Total Fat | 64.0 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 g |
Papa John’s publishes 90 calories per stick and 16 sticks to an order, so this is the whole order.