This is something that I should probably not admit to doing, seeing as how I'm over the age of fifteen. I make Pocky recipes.
Pocky is a Japanese snack food. It's unsalted pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate and coatings of other flavors: banana, strawberry, green tea mousse, etc. I didn't use to like it much because the chocolate was not chocolaty enough, but now that I've discovered Men's Pocky, which has a dark chocolate coating, I've decided that it's pretty good after all. Now whenever I go to the Asian market, I check out the Pocky selection and pick up a box or two of various flavors. And when you have a selection of flavors available, it only makes sense to try eating them in combination, especially what with how the shapes are completely compatible. Men's and Banana is okay, but the banana flavor tastes a little too fake. My current favorite is Men's plus Coconut Milk. I bet I could get an Almond Joy effect if I combined Coconut Milk and Almond Crush Pocky.
I shouldn't have an opinion about this.
182 words | July 29, 2005 10:04 PM | KitchenI don't think I'd call the pocky stick pretzel-like: It's too sweet and cookie-like.
I remember the first time I had dark chocolate Pocky, but I don't think it was called "Men's" at the time.
We got kind of addicted to the giant sized pocky. Those are nearly food-like.
Posted by: Jonathan Dresner at July 30, 2005 08:11 PMTo me, the biscuit-stick tastes more like an unsalted cracker than a cookie.
This Men's Pocky is the first time I've ever seen dark chocolate on Pocky. It really begs the question: So what is this bland milk chocolate Pocky they've been peddling all these years? Women's Pocky?
It's hard to imagine Pocky being food-like, or even almost food-like. The Tan-A doesn't carry giant Pocky, so I'll have to wait till the next time I go to Japan for that experience.
Posted by: Nee-chama at July 31, 2005 10:38 AM