{"title":"Picola Cream-Filled Wafer Rolls","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thin biscuit sheet rolled into a hollow tube with cream painted around the inside: chocolate, custard, strawberry, and a snow-white milk one made only for winter. Made by Yamazaki Biscuits since 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ybc-picola-chocolate","title":"YBC Picola Chocolate Cream Filled Wafer Rolls 10 Sticks","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thin, hollow biscuit roll with chocolate cream on the inside instead of a coating on the outside. It shatters when you bite it, and the chocolate is mild rather than rich. Buy it if you have found chocolate biscuits too rich to eat more than one of; if you want a strong chocolate hit, this is the wrong stick. Pocky carries its chocolate on the outside, where you taste it first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: ピコラ チョコレート (pi-ko-ra).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe biscuit wall is thin enough to shatter rather than snap, and it crumbles as you eat it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is a lining, not a filled centre: a thin layer of cream, so this is a biscuit first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen sticks, in two sealed bags of five.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf you knew Picola in Japan years ago, the pack is smaller now: the bags went from six sticks each to five, so twelve became ten.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: wheat, egg, milk and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou will see these sold as wafer rolls, cookie sticks, crepe cookies or even \"egg rolls\": that last one is a translation quirk, not the savoury Chinese-American roll. Whatever a seller calls it, it is a sweet biscuit. Toppo and Pocky are two other Japanese biscuit sticks sold here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazaki Biscuits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48330214113506,"sku":"SH-SNK-0070","price":4.73,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/ybc-picola-chocolate-box-front.webp?v=1789353238"},{"product_id":"ybc-picola-custard","title":"YBC Picola Custard Cream Filled Wafer Rolls 10 Sticks","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thin, hollow biscuit roll with custard cream lining the inside. It is sweet and mild, and how much custard you actually taste is disputed: some people get a clear egg-custard flavour, others taste something closer to white chocolate. Buy it if you have found flavoured biscuits too much by the third one; if you want a flavour that announces itself, this is the wrong one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: ピコラ カスタード (pi-ko-ra).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe biscuit wall is thin enough to shatter rather than snap, and it crumbles as you eat it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCustard is a permanent flavour in the line, not a seasonal one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot pouring custard: it is a thin sweet cream, and a lining rather than a filled centre. This is a biscuit first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen sticks, in two sealed bags of five.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: wheat, egg, milk and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou will see these sold as wafer rolls, cookie sticks, crepe cookies or even \"egg rolls\": that last one is a translation quirk, not the savoury Chinese-American roll.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazaki Biscuits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48330214539490,"sku":"SH-SNK-0069","price":4.73,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/ybc-picola-custard-box-front.webp?v=1789353401"},{"product_id":"ybc-picola-strawberry","title":"YBC Picola Strawberry Cream Filled Wafer Rolls 10 Sticks","description":"\u003cp\u003eA biscuit stick baked thin and rolled into a hollow tube, with strawberry cream painted around the inside. The strawberry is tart rather than sugary: there is a real sourness running through the cream, and the biscuit around it is toasty. Buy it if you have found strawberry sweets sickly; if you want the sweet pink-lolly kind, this is the wrong biscuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: ピコラ いちご (pi-ko-ra ichigo).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTart, not sugary. A clear sourness runs through the strawberry cream.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThin and crisp: the wall shatters rather than snaps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cream sits on the inside of the tube, not around the outside. That is the opposite way round from Pocky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen sticks, five to a sealed bag. It was twelve until a few years ago.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt sheds crumbs as you eat it. It is a hollow tube, and it breaks apart easily.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou will see this shape sold as wafer rolls, cookie sticks, crepe cookies, biscuit sticks, or even \"egg rolls\": all the same thing, and the last one is a translation quirk rather than anything savoury. The review quotes below say \"choco\" or \"chocolate\" for the strawberry cream: Japanese shoppers use that word for any set cream filling. \u003cstrong\u003eThere is no cocoa in the product.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazaki Biscuits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48331880071394,"sku":"SH-SNK-0077","price":4.73,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/ybc-picola-strawberry-pack-front.webp?v=1789354939"},{"product_id":"ybc-picola-white-winter-milk","title":"YBC Picola White Winter Milk Cream Wafer Rolls 10 Sticks","description":"\u003cp\u003eA biscuit stick baked so thin it can be rolled into a hollow tube, with sweet milk cream painted around the inside. It tastes of plain sweetened milk: closer to condensed milk than to chocolate. Buy it if you want something mild and milky; if you are after white chocolate, this is the wrong stick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 白いピコラ 冬のコク旨ミルク味 (shiroi pi-ko-ra).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSnow-white the whole way through. It is not a white coating over a brown biscuit: the dough itself is baked pale.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cream sits on the inside of the tube, not around the outside. That is the opposite way round from Pocky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe milk comes through clearly; a few find it lighter than they expected.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Japanese winter edition. It is not made all year, and it is not in the maker's standing line-up.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou will see this shape sold as wafer rolls, cookie sticks, crepe cookies, biscuit sticks, or even \"egg rolls\": all the same thing, and the last one is a translation quirk rather than anything savoury.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazaki Biscuits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48331884527842,"sku":"SH-SNK-0076","price":4.73,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/ybc-picola-white-winter-milk-pack-front.webp?v=1789355135"}],"url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/collections\/picola.oembed","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}