$6.79 Mac N' Cheese Bitez - 12
Mac N' Cheese Bitez
$4.79 Mozz Sticks
Four sizes from a six piece side to a thirty piece online exclusive, and one of them is dramatically better value than the rest.
Updated 16 August 2026
Sheetz Mozzarella Sticks cost $4.79 for six pieces at 420 calories, which is the cheapest entry point to the fried cheese section of the menu. They are breaded low moisture mozzarella, fried from frozen on the same line as the Shnuggetz, and served hot enough that the first one needs a minute before you can eat it.
The stick itself is on the long side compared with the supermarket kind. The breadcrumb is coarse rather than fine, which gives a rougher exterior and traps more marinara. Pull one apart at the right moment and you get the full stretch, roughly six inches before it breaks, and that window lasts about four minutes after the bag is handed over.
The cheese is mild. There is salt and not much else, so the sticks lean on the breading and the dipper for flavour in the same way the Shnuggetz do. Marinara is the natural pairing and Sheetz sells it as an extra dipper at $0.60, but ranch is the more commonly ordered of the two by a wide margin.
Where these differ from most fried cheese is the calorie curve. The six piece at 420 calories reads as a normal side. The fifteen piece at 1,388 and the thirty piece at 2,087 are firmly in shared territory, and a thirty piece box on your own is more than most people eat in a full day.
They hold up better than fryz in a car but worse than Shnuggetz. Fifteen minutes is about the limit before the cheese sets and the pull disappears, so if you are driving any distance order them last and eat them first.
Four sizes with the cost of a single stick worked out. The ten piece is the outlier here and not in a good way.
| Item | Price | Calories | Per piece |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozzarella Sticks - 6 | $4.79 | 420 | $0.80 |
| Mozzarella Sticks - 10 | $6.79 | 694 | $0.68 |
| Mozzarella Sticks - 15 | $9.79 | 1,388 | $0.65 |
| Mozzarella Sticks - 30 piece | $24.99 | 2,087 | $0.83 |
Prices from the Sheetz ordering system and vary by location. Updated {DATE}.
Run the maths and the pattern is unusual. The six piece works out near 80 cents a stick and the fifteen piece is roughly 65 cents. The ten piece lands at about 68 cents, which is barely better than the fifteen and noticeably worse per calorie.
The thirty piece online exclusive at $24.99 is the cheapest per stick at around 83 cents, which sounds wrong until you notice the calorie count is 2,087, well below three times the fifteen piece. The portion is built for a group and priced as a tray rather than as a side.
For one person the six piece is the correct order. For two the fifteen piece beats buying two sixes by a clear margin, both on price and on how much fits in one fryer basket, which is why it arrives hotter.
Calories per stick sit around 70 across the smaller sizes and drop slightly on the larger trays, which usually reflects a smaller stick rather than a lighter recipe.
| Item | Calories | Per piece | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozzarella Sticks - 6 | 420 | 70 | $4.79 |
| Mozzarella Sticks - 10 | 694 | 69 | $6.79 |
| Mozzarella Sticks - 15 | 1,388 | 93 | $9.79 |
| Mozzarella Sticks - 30 piece | 2,087 | 70 | $24.99 |
Calorie figures come from the Sheetz ordering system for a standard build and exclude added dippers, syrups and toppings. Values are approximate and vary by location.
Sheetz makes four different breaded bite items and they are close enough in price that the choice usually comes down to what you want to dip them in.
| Item | Smallest size | Price | Calories | Pairs with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozzarella Sticks | 6 pieces | $4.79 | 420 | Marinara |
| Mac N' Cheese Bitez | 6 pieces | $4.79 | 371 | Ranch |
| Wisconsin Cheese Bitez | Regular | $4.99 | 550 | Boom Boom |
| Pepperoni Bitez | 5 pieces | $4.79 | 292 | Marinara |
All four share fryer oil. Sizes and availability vary by store.
The whole recipe turns on one step that has nothing to do with cooking: the sticks have to be frozen solid before they go near oil. Skip the freezer and the cheese leaks out in the first thirty seconds.
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Flour in the first, beaten egg in the second, and the panko mixed with the fine breadcrumbs, garlic powder, oregano, salt and pepper in the third.
Flour, egg, crumb, then straight back into the egg and crumb a second time. The double coat is what holds the cheese in. A single coat will split.
Lay them apart on a tray and freeze until rock hard. Overnight is better. This is the step that decides the batch.
Slightly hotter than you would use for chicken, because the sticks are in and out fast.
Fry straight from the freezer for 60 to 90 seconds, until the crumb is gold. Any longer and the cheese finds a way out.
Move to a rack for 1 minute. That minute lets the cheese settle from liquid to stretchy, which is the texture you want.
Warm the marinara rather than serving it cold. A cold dip drops the cheese temperature and kills the pull immediately.
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The six piece is $4.79, the ten piece is $6.79 and the fifteen piece is $9.79. A thirty piece tray is available as an online exclusive at $24.99.
Six pieces carry 420 calories and ten pieces carry 694. The fifteen piece is 1,388, which works out at roughly 70 calories per stick before any dipping sauce.
No dipper is bundled with them. Marinara is the traditional pairing and costs $0.60 as an extra dipper, though ranch is ordered with them more often at most stores.
The fifteen piece at $9.79 gives the best cost per stick of the regular sizes. The ten piece is the weakest, since it costs nearly as much per stick as the six piece for a portion that is awkward to share.
They are fried to order from frozen rather than held in a warming cabinet, which is why they arrive hot enough to need a minute before eating. The cheese pull lasts roughly four minutes from the counter.
Yes, the thirty piece is part of the Online Exclusives range and is ordered through the Sheetz app or website rather than at the in store kiosk. It costs $24.99 and carries 2,087 calories.
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