Need an edible food that looks like a toothpick...?

A friend of mine is graduating from Acupuncture school. I'm going to make doughnuts in the shape of people with something that looks like needles in the bodies. I was thinking of using toothpicks, but there will be kids at the party and I'm sure they'll hurt themselves. Is there a food I can use that has the stability of a toothpick and can be just as thin (or close)? I thought about pretzels, but that'll just look like a wooden stake through a vampire. Thoughts?