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 Sticks of original (chocolate) Pocky | |
| Place of origin | Japan |
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| Created by | Glico |
| Invented | 1966 |
| Main ingredients | Biscuit stick, chocolate |
Pocky (ポッキー, Pokkī, Japanese pronunciation: [poꜜkkiː] ) /ˈpɒki/ is a Japanese sweet snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico food company. Pocky was first sold in 1966,[1] and was invented by Yoshiaki Koma.[2] It consists of coated biscuit sticks. It was named after the Japanese onomatopoeic word pokkiri (ポッキリ), which is supposed to resemble the sound of the snack being cracked.[3]
The original chocolate-coated Pocky was followed by an almond-coated variant in 1971, and a strawberry coating in 1977. Today, the product line includes variations in the flavored coatings, such as milk, mousse, matcha (green tea), honey, banana, cookies and cream, strawberry and coconut, and themed products such as "Decorer Pocky", with colorful decorative stripes in the coating, and "Men's Pocky", a "mature" dark (bittersweet) chocolate version.
- ^ "Glico - Confectionery". Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- ^ Koma, Yoshiaki. "USD520869S1".
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