I’m nearing the end of my Pocky journey, that is, reviewing all off the Pocky currently in release, and I can’t say it hasn’t been a bumpy ride. This mainly because the sticks I’m reviewing today are almost impossible to find. At two different stores, on two different days, I found each of these boxes, [...]
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Winter and Fruit Mix Pocky
This fall, Glico has released two special flavors of Pocky, and while they’re about as different as different can be, I’m going to review then together. The first is the so-called Fuyu no Kuchidoke (Winter with fine cocoa dust) Pocky, which follows Dessert Pocky in offering a much thicker pretzel stick dipped in high quality [...]
Mont Blanc Chocolate and Double Chocolate Dessert Pocky
Dessert Pocky comes in two forms: Double Chocolate, and Mont Blanc Chocolate. Double Chocolate, as the name suggested, is milk chocolate wrapped in the dark chocolate from Men’s Pocky. Mont Blanc, as in the (possibly French, but popular in Japan) dessert, is topped with a sweetened chestnut flavored cream. Both are very delicious, taking advantage of a higher price to bring more chocolate, a thicker stick, and a much more rounded taste.
