{"title":"Glico Pocky Biscuit Sticks","description":"\u003cp\u003eChocolate-coated biscuit sticks from Glico, with one end left bare to hold. The plain red box, the extra-fine one, and the almond, strawberry and matcha versions made for the Japanese market.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"glico-pocky-chocolate","title":"Glico Japanese Pocky Chocolate Sticks — 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThin wheat biscuit sticks under a real chocolate coating, with a snap you can hear: the biscuit underneath is toasty and faintly salty, which is the half worth paying attention to. This is the Japanese-made box, and its ingredient list names cacao mass (ground cocoa beans), cocoa butter and fermented butter. Buy it if you want the Pocky you remember from Japan; if you just want a cheap chocolate stick for a lunchbox, the supermarket carries one for a fraction of this and it will do that job fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pack reads ポッキーチョコレート: \u003cem\u003epok-kee choco-rey-to\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNot the same recipe as the supermarket box.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Pocky Australian supermarkets sell is made in Thailand: every line of it that states an origin says so on Coles' own product pages. On the export pack whose full panel we could read, the coating is not called chocolate at all but \u003cem\u003echocolate flavoured cream\u003c\/em\u003e, built on palm and rapeseed oils with no cocoa butter in it. This one is made in Japan, which is what a returning traveller is noticing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe recipe changed in September 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e, for the first time in ten years. It is still argued over in Japan, and people divide sharply over whether the result is better than what they remember. Worth knowing before you decide your memory is wrong.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChill it before you eat it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cold chocolate goes hard and snaps instead of smearing, and the pack does not tell you. It is the one piece of handling advice worth having with these.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt will not enjoy a Sydney summer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glico's own instruction is to keep it below 28°C, and there is chocolate on the outside where the heat reaches it first. In hot weather expect to want it in the fridge, and expect a hot-day delivery to arrive softer than it left.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat and soy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a biscuit stick, not a pretzel in the salty-knot sense. Glico prints プレッツェル on the box, meaning the thin baked wheat stick, not the twisted bar-snack kind. It is not Pepero, which is a Korean lookalike made by Lotte, and not Mikado, which is what Glico calls Pocky in Europe. Inside the box are two sealed packs rather than one open tray, which is what makes it easy to take somewhere and open one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48296513863906,"sku":"SH-SNK-0040","price":5.1,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-chocolate-red-box.webp?v=1788499355"},{"product_id":"glico-pocky-gokuboso","title":"Glico Pocky Gokuboso Thin Chocolate Sticks — 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe same chocolate as the red box, on a stick with about half the cross-section, so there is more chocolate against less biscuit, and it snaps harder rather than softer. Thin here means firmer, not more delicate: the opposite of what the word sounds like. Buy it if the chocolate is the part you care about; if you want something to get your teeth into, the red box is the thicker of the two, and people who compare them do split over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pack reads ポッキー＜極細＞: \u003cem\u003egok-oo-boso\u003c\/em\u003e, meaning \"extra fine\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbout 30% narrower, not half as thick.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glico's \"about 1\/2\" is footnoted on its own page as a \u003cem\u003ecross-sectional area\u003c\/em\u003e ratio, and half the area works out to roughly seven-tenths of the width. English pages about this product tend to call it thinner and leave it there. The difference is smaller than \"half\" sounds, and still enough to change the eat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMore chocolate against less biscuit.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is the whole difference, and it is why the same chocolate can read stronger here without being a different recipe. Some people taste it as more chocolatey and some taste it as identical: both are describing the same change from opposite ends.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Australian supermarkets don't have it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Coles and Woolworths both range Pocky, and every line of it that states an origin says Thailand. None of it is this. Glico does not export the thin one under any name.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt will not enjoy a Sydney summer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glico says keep it under 28°C, and the chocolate is on the outside where the heat gets to it first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat and soy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a different flavour from the red box. The chocolate is the same chocolate and only the texture changed; the difference is the ratio and the snap. Glico prints プレッツェル on the box and Japanese buyers use the word too: it means this kind of thin baked wheat stick, not the twisted salty knot, so the quotes below calling it a pretzel mean the biscuit. Unlike the red box it has no fermented butter in it, which Glico adds to that one only.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48296514060514,"sku":"SH-SNK-0041","price":5.1,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-gokuboso-white-box.webp?v=1788499844"},{"product_id":"glico-pocky-tsubutsubu-ichigo","title":"Glico Strawberry Pocky Tsubutsubu Ichigo — 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eStrawberry cream with freeze-dried fruit through it, coated twice onto a wholemeal \u003cstrong\u003ecocoa\u003c\/strong\u003e biscuit stick. What is underneath is chocolatey and slightly bitter, and the fruit reads sharp rather than sweet against it. It is the only strawberry Pocky Glico builds this way. Buy it if you want a strawberry snack that tastes tart; if you are after the soft pink sweetness of the supermarket strawberry Pocky, this is not that, and the difference is not subtle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pack reads つぶつぶいちごポッキー: \u003cem\u003etsoo-boo-tsoo-boo ee-chee-go\u003c\/em\u003e, roughly \"bitty strawberry\", after the pieces of fruit in the cream. Glico prints プレッツェル on the box, meaning the thin baked wheat stick rather than the twisted salty bar-snack kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe strawberry is real, and that is the question people actually ask.\u003c\/strong\u003e It tastes like fruit rather than flavouring: there is a genuine tartness to it, and pieces you can feel against your teeth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThere is also added colour, something to make it tart (an acidulant) and flavouring in the list\u003c\/strong\u003e, and both things are true at once. The colour is beetroot-derived rather than a synthetic dye. Where anyone does read it as artificial, it is the \u003cem\u003esmell\u003c\/em\u003e they mean rather than the taste: the aroma is the sweet-shop part of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe biscuit is cocoa, not plain, and among the strawberry Pocky, this box is the only place Glico does that.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a bitter base under a sweet cream, and the contrast is what makes it work, though the cocoa is subtle enough to miss.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is not the box Coles sells.\u003c\/strong\u003e The strawberry Pocky Coles sells is made in Thailand, Coles states that on its own page, and Glico's export listing for it describes a plain wheat stick with strawberry powder and artificial flavour, no fruit pieces. Same brand, same pink, different product.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is not sweeter than ordinary Pocky.\u003c\/strong\u003e Whatever the pink box suggests, the cream is the sweet part and the biscuit under it is not.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt will not enjoy a Sydney summer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glico says keep it under 28°C, and the cream is on the outside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat and soy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a permanent line in Japan rather than a winter special, so it is not going anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48296514158818,"sku":"SH-SNK-0042","price":5.45,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-tsubutsubu-ichigo-pink-box.webp?v=1788500388"},{"product_id":"glico-pocky-almond-crush","title":"Glico Pocky Almond Crush Chocolate Sticks — 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eChocolate-coated pretzel sticks with coarsely broken roasted almonds pressed all over the coating, on a wholemeal biscuit made with almond praline. Almond sits third on the ingredient list, ahead of the milk and the cocoa, and you can taste that, though whether it tastes more of nut or more of chocolate genuinely divides people, and the crunch comes from the nut rather than the biscuit either way. Buy it if you want the nut to be the point; if you want a straightforward chocolate stick, the plain red box is the one you want, not this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eアーモンドクラッシュポッキー: \u003cem\u003ea-mon-do ku-rash-shu pok-kii\u003c\/em\u003e, the name on the blue box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFourteen sticks, seven in each of two sealed bags.\u003c\/strong\u003e Worth knowing before you buy, because it is the one thing about this box that disappoints people, it goes faster than the size of it suggests, and the count has not changed since 2019. The two bags are genuinely useful though: open one, keep one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe crunch is the almond, not the biscuit.\u003c\/strong\u003e Coarse broken pieces rather than a dust, so you get a proper hard bite against the snap of the stick. The chocolate covers most of the stick and leaves the top bare, which is the whole reason Pocky exists.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReal chocolate, and a wholemeal stick underneath.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cacao mass (ground cocoa beans) and cocoa butter are both on the list, and the pretzel is made with wholemeal flour and a little almond praline: it has a definite bready, savoury note under the sweetness rather than tasting like a plain sugar biscuit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt divides people on sweetness, and that's worth knowing.\u003c\/strong\u003e The same milk chocolate tastes too sweet to some people and too faint to others, opposite complaints about one coating. Which way it goes depends on what you came for, and there is no consensus to hand you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTry it out of the fridge.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chilling firms the chocolate and sharpens the snap. Handy here for a second reason too: this is a chocolate-coated stick and it is not built for a hot letterbox. Keep it below 28 °C, which is Glico's own instruction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat, soy and almond\u003c\/strong\u003e. This is the only Pocky we sell that carries a tree nut. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing to clear up before you order: this is \u003cstrong\u003eAlmond Crush Pocky\u003c\/strong\u003e, not the Almond Pocky some people remember. That was a different line, sold from 1971 to 2003 with brief revivals in 2009 and 2011, and Japanese buyers mix the two up as often as anyone else does. And this is the Japanese domestic box; the almond Pocky Australian supermarkets range is a different pack under a different name.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48296843804898,"sku":"SH-SNK-0043","price":5.45,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-almond-crush-blue-box-front.webp?v=1788500655"},{"product_id":"glico-pocky-koi-fukami-matcha","title":"Glico Matcha Pocky Koi Fukami — Uji Green Tea, 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eA matcha Pocky where the matcha is in the biscuit as well as the coating: the stick itself is green, with matcha worked into the dough, under a chocolate made with stone-milled matcha. It tastes clearly of green tea rather than of green-tea flavouring: more sweet-edged than bracing, though the matcha does deliver for most people. It is the approachable one of the two matcha boxes we sell. Buy it if you want matcha you can eat a whole bag of; if you want the richer, thicker-coated version, the two-layer box is the one, though be warned that its own buyers split on whether it is actually as astringent as its name claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eポッキー＜濃い深み抹茶＞: \u003cem\u003ekoi fukami matcha\u003c\/em\u003e, roughly \"deep, rich matcha\". Matcha is powdered green tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo kinds of matcha, not twice as much.\u003c\/strong\u003e You will see this sold in English as \"double the green tea\". It is a mistranslation: 二種の抹茶 means \u003cem\u003etwo kinds\u003c\/em\u003e. One is ground on a stone mill and goes into the chocolate; a second, more bitter one is kneaded into the biscuit. Glico names Uji matcha. Uji, near Kyoto, is the region Japan most associates with it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe biscuit is green, and you taste the matcha in it.\u003c\/strong\u003e It snaps like any other Pocky; what changes is that the bitter edge comes up through the stick instead of sitting only on the outside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow strong is it, honestly.\u003c\/strong\u003e The matcha delivers for most palates, and a real minority find the pack promises more than it gives: the word that falls short is \u003cem\u003ebitter\u003c\/em\u003e, not \u003cem\u003ematcha\u003c\/em\u003e. If you read matcha desserts as usually too sweet, you will probably like it. If you drink your matcha unsweetened, temper your expectations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a spring seasonal in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e, run once a year since 2017 and not made the rest of the time. What is on the shelf is what there is until the next run.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThere is caffeine in it\u003c\/strong\u003e, as there is in any real green-tea product. Glico declares it on the pack, which it does not do on most Pocky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat and soy\u003c\/strong\u003e. The same production line also runs egg and peanut products. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree things to clear up before you order. First, we sell \u003cstrong\u003etwo\u003c\/strong\u003e matcha Pocky and their Japanese names differ by one character. This is 濃い\u003cstrong\u003e深み\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003ekoi fukami\u003c\/em\u003e, \"deep\", and the other is 濃い\u003cstrong\u003e渋み\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003ekoi shibumi\u003c\/em\u003e, \"astringent\", built in two chocolate layers over a cocoa biscuit and more thickly coated. Second, the matcha Pocky Australian supermarkets range is a different, smaller pack made for export, and its own retailer describes the coating as a green tea \u003cem\u003ecream\u003c\/em\u003e; this box's ingredient list names cocoa butter. Third, Glico has quietly made this box smaller twice since 2019 and most sellers still list an older, larger pack. This is the current one. Keep it below 28 °C and out of direct sun; it is chocolate on a stick, and a hot letterbox will show.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48296844001506,"sku":"SH-SNK-0044","price":6.1,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-koi-fukami-matcha-box-front.webp?v=1788500817"},{"product_id":"glico-pocky-two-layer-matcha","title":"Glico Matcha Pocky 2-Layer Uji Green Tea — 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe premium matcha Pocky, and the only one built in two chocolate layers: a \u003cstrong\u003ecocoa\u003c\/strong\u003e biscuit is coated in a thick matcha chocolate, then wrapped again in an aerated, mousse-textured chocolate. You get a hard snap and then something that gives way and melts, which no other Pocky does. The matcha is genuinely strong, and the coating is noticeably thicker than the single-layer box's. Buy it if you want the good version rather than the everyday one; if you want something you can eat a whole bag of without thinking, the single-layer box is the easier buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eポッキー2層仕立て＜濃い渋み抹茶＞: \u003cem\u003enisou shitate\u003c\/em\u003e, meaning \"made in two layers\". Matcha is powdered green tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo coatings, not two biscuits.\u003c\/strong\u003e Layer one is a dense matcha chocolate straight onto the stick; layer two is whipped with air until it is light. You can see both in cross-section if you snap a stick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe biscuit is cocoa, not matcha.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is the real difference from the other green box: the bitterness under the coating here is cocoa, and it is what keeps a thickly-coated sweet stick from cloying.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is properly rich, and that part holds up.\u003c\/strong\u003e It sits clearly above ordinary matcha Pocky for the people who eat a lot of both. What splits opinion is the \u003cem\u003eastringency\u003c\/em\u003e the name promises: it tastes milder than billed about as often as it delivers. Rich, yes. Bracing, not reliably.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo layers you can see; two flavours you may not taste.\u003c\/strong\u003e The cross-section is unmistakable, but whether you actually taste the mild matcha and the sharper one as two things in the same bite is genuinely disputed. Worth knowing before you pay for the construction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt carries caffeine\u003c\/strong\u003e, as any real green-tea product does, and this is the only Pocky we sell where Glico declares it on the pack, with more of it than the single-layer matcha box.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a limited run\u003c\/strong\u003e: Glico sells it until it is gone rather than stocking it year-round.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat and soy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree things before you order. We sell \u003cstrong\u003etwo\u003c\/strong\u003e matcha Pocky whose Japanese names differ by a single character. This is 濃い\u003cstrong\u003e渋み\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003ekoi shibumi\u003c\/em\u003e, \"astringent\", the two-layer one; the other is 濃い\u003cstrong\u003e深み\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003ekoi fukami\u003c\/em\u003e, \"deep\", single-layer with matcha in the biscuit, sweeter and easier going. The matcha Pocky Australian supermarkets range is neither: it is a smaller pack made for export, and its own retailer describes the coating as a green tea \u003cem\u003ecream\u003c\/em\u003e, where this box's ingredient list names cocoa butter. And take the storage seriously on this one in particular: the outer layer is an aerated chocolate, the softest coating of any Pocky we stock, and Glico's instruction is to keep it below 28 °C and out of direct sun.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48296844493026,"sku":"SH-SNK-0045","price":8.3,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-nisou-shitate-matcha-box-front.webp?v=1788501071"},{"product_id":"glico-pocky-choco-mint","title":"Glico Choco Mint Pocky — Mint Chocolate Sticks, 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eChocolate-mint Pocky: a cocoa biscuit stick under pale blue-green mint chocolate. The biscuit is faintly bitter, and the mint is gentle and cool rather than sharp. Buy it if you like mint chocolate but usually find it too strong; if you are after a proper cooling hit, there is not much of one here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eチョコミントポッキー: \u003cem\u003echoko-minto pok-kii\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA summer-only run in Japan.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is made for the season and stops when the run stops. What is on the shelf is what there is until next summer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe biscuit underneath is cocoa, not plain.\u003c\/strong\u003e Faintly bitter rather than sweet, which is unusual under a mint chocolate. There is a faint saltiness in the stick too.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe mint is milder than the colour promises.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a soft, cool mint rather than a sharp one. If you have had a chocolate-mint that made your mouth go cold, this is not that.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe colour comes from algae.\u003c\/strong\u003e The only colouring in it is spirulina, which is blue, and the sticks come out a pale blue-green rather than a clear mint green. The first Japanese write-ups called this one the blue Pocky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt will not enjoy a Sydney summer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glico's instruction is to keep it below 28 °C, and the chocolate is on the outside where the heat reaches first. In warm weather it softens, and a hot-day delivery can arrive softer than it left.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat and soy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou will find Japanese shopping pages marking this one discontinued. 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It is in the chocolate and in the biscuit both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eココナッツポッキー: \u003cem\u003ekoko-nattsu pok-kii\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFourteen sticks, seven in each of two sealed bags.\u003c\/strong\u003e Say it plainly, because it is a small box and it goes faster than the size of it suggests. The two bags are the useful part: open one, keep one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe coconut is real, and you feel it rather than just taste it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Crushed pieces are set into the chocolate instead of a flavouring, so there is a dry, crisp rasp against the snap of the stick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThere is coconut in the biscuit too.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glico works coconut powder into a wholemeal stick, so it is not only on the outside. Fair warning: the wholemeal is not something you will notice as a flavour. It is a build detail, not a selling point.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA summer-only run in Japan.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glico has made it nearly every year since 2012 and stops when the run stops. What is on the shelf is what there is until next summer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt will not enjoy a Sydney summer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glico's instruction is to keep it below 28 °C, and the chocolate is on the outside where the heat reaches first. In warm weather it softens, and a hot-day delivery can arrive softer than it left.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat and soy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCoconut is not classed as a tree nut in Australia or in Japan, and this pack declares no nuts of any kind, but if coconut itself is a problem for you, the ingredient list is printed on the box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48322838921442,"sku":"SH-SNK-0064","price":7.37,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-coconut-box-front.webp?v=1789352283"},{"product_id":"glico-pocky-salted-caramel-winter","title":"Glico Salted Caramel Pocky — Winter Edition, 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eA winter-only Pocky: buttery caramel chocolate over the biscuit stick, with fine grains of salt scattered across the surface. It is sweet and rich, and the salt is what keeps it from being too much. Buy it if you like salted caramel; if you want the clean snap of the plain red box, this one is a good deal richer than that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e冬のきらめきポッキー: \u003cem\u003efuyu no kirameki\u003c\/em\u003e, \"winter sparkle\". The sparkle is the salt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou can see the salt.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine grains sit on the surface and catch the light. Every so often you bite one and get a small crunch of salt against the caramel, which is a different thing from a sweet that is merely salted.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThere is real butter in it, and you can taste it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Browned butter goes into both the chocolate and the biscuit, at just under one per cent of the coating. 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In warm weather it softens, and a hot-day delivery can arrive softer than it left.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat and soy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGlico sells two winter Pocky side by side and they are easy to mix up, which matters for one reason: if you go looking, you will find news of a Glico recall of a winter Pocky in Japan in December 2025. That was the other one, the cocoa-dusted Fuyu no Kuchidoke. This box is not on Glico's own list of affected products.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48322842099938,"sku":"SH-SNK-0065","price":6.33,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-fuyu-no-kirameki-box-front.webp?v=1789352828"},{"product_id":"glico-pocky-two-layer-cacao","title":"Glico Pocky Two-Layer Cacao Chocolate Sticks — 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eChocolate-coated biscuit sticks with two coatings instead of one: a dense layer first, then a softer whipped layer over the top, so you taste them one after the other. The stick underneath is cocoa rather than plain, and the whole thing is noticeably thicker and heavier in the hand than an ordinary Pocky. Buy it if you want a thicker Pocky with a proper chocolate hit; if you want the light, easy red box, this is the wrong one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: ポッキー2層仕立て＜薫るカカオ＞. 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So it is bitter, but it is not a 60% dark chocolate bar.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKeep it below 28°C\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is what the pack asks for. It is chocolate on a thin biscuit, and a hot car will finish it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains milk, wheat and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne thing worth knowing:\u003c\/strong\u003e it contains inulin, an added plant fibre. If fibre supplements upset your stomach, this one has some in it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow bitter it tastes depends entirely on what you are used to, and Japanese buyers split cleanly along that line: people coming from ordinary Pocky say it is far stronger than \"60%\" led them to expect, while people who already eat high-cacao chocolate call it mild. Both are describing the same box. 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