12 Inch Bacon Cheesesticks
12 Inch Bacon Cheesesticks at Papa John's. 2080 calories, $11.99, 80 g protein.
Photograph from Papa John's, as published on its own menu.
How it compares on the Papa John's menu
At 2080 calories it is heavier than 87% of the 52 Papa John's items we track, against a menu median of 915. It delivers 3.8 g of protein per 100 calories, 35th of 41 items with published protein. At 173 calories per dollar it is 9th of 48 priced items on value.
Lighter choices at Papa John's
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Inch Bacon Cheesesticks | 1760 | −320 |
| 12 Inch Original Cheesesticks | 1760 | −320 |
| 10 Inch Original Cheesesticks | 1440 | −640 |
| 2 Liter Crush Orange | 1010 | −1070 |
| Steak & Mushroom Oven-Toasted Sandwich | 820 | −1260 |
The same thing at other chains
| Chain | Item | Calories | Nutrient density |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | Bacon Big Mac | 680 | — |
What a 12 Inch Bacon Cheesesticks costs across America
Priced at 2290 Papa John's restaurants in 48 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $10.79 and $12.99, a spread of 20%.
It is on the menu at 2290 of the 3088 restaurants sampled, so it is not carried everywhere.
Each bar is the number of restaurants charging that price, and the gold bar holds the median. The last gathers everything at that price and above, so one distant outlier cannot flatten the rest.
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The cheapest 12 Inch Bacon Cheesesticks in the sample is $7.00 in Yuma, AZ, and the most expensive is $19.99 in Hilo, HI. 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 47 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 39 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | $9.99 | 9 | cheapest |
| ME | $9.99 | 4 | cheapest |
| RI | $9.99 | 3 | cheapest |
| NH | $9.99 | 3 | cheapest |
| HI | $18.99 | 12 | most expensive |
| AK | $13.99 | 8 | most expensive |
| CA | $13.00 | 73 | most expensive |
| OR | $12.99 | 15 | most expensive |
What it has cost since we started watching
37 of the 2,294 restaurants we price have changed this since 2026-09-09. Where it moved, the typical change was +0.5%. A typical one now charges $11.99.
See every 12 Inch Bacon Cheesesticks we price on the map — 2,290 restaurants, one dot each →
Priced like this at Papa John's
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the 12 Inch Bacon Cheesesticks’s $11.99. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Piece BBQ Wings | $11.92 | 24% | 3,085 |
| 8 Piece Buffalo Wings | $11.92 | 24% | 3,081 |
| 8 Piece Honey Chipotle Wings | $11.92 | 24% | 3,079 |
| 8 Piece Garlic Parmesan Wings | $11.92 | 24% | 3,076 |
| 12 Inch Original Cheesesticks | $10.99 | 22% | 2,528 |
Full nutrient panel
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 240.0 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 16.0 g |
| Protein | 80.0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 40.0 g |
| Sodium | 5280.0 mg |
| Sugars | 16.0 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 208.0 g |
| Total Fat | 96.0 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 g |
Papa John’s publishes 130 calories per stick and 16 sticks to an order, so this is the whole order.