{"product_id":"glico-pocky-cacao-60","title":"Glico Pocky Cacao 60% Bitter Chocolate Sticks — 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003ePocky made with a properly bitter chocolate: cacao is the first thing on the ingredient list, ahead of both the flour and the sugar, on a cocoa biscuit stick instead of a plain one. The sticks are thicker than ordinary Pocky, and the same length. Buy it if ordinary Pocky is too sweet for you but a block of dark chocolate is more than you want; if 70% dark is already your everyday chocolate, this tastes milder than what you are used to and is the wrong one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: ポッキーカカオ60%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCacao comes first on the ingredient list, ahead of the flour and the sugar.\u003c\/strong\u003e That single change is what the whole product is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe stick is cocoa, and darker than you expect.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is baked deep brown all the way through, not the pale biscuit under a normal Pocky, and it tastes of cocoa on its own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEach stick is thicker\u003c\/strong\u003e, at the same length as a normal Pocky, so a small bag has more in it than it looks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"60%\" describes the chocolate, not the whole stick.\u003c\/strong\u003e The coating is a 60% cacao chocolate; the biscuit underneath is a biscuit. 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. It is also worth knowing that Glico quietly made the bags smaller in 2024: the sticks themselves are unchanged, but there is less in a bag than there used to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48330497949922,"sku":"SH-SNK-0072","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-cacao-60-box-front.webp?v=1789354014","url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/products\/glico-pocky-cacao-60","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}