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Pocky is a Japanese treat, essentially a biscuit-pretzel stick coated with chocolate. If you know any otakus you've probably seen it. Pocky can be found at almost any Asian grocery store and most supermarkets, and prices differ across the country and with type. The cheapest I have ever heard of was 77 cents for one 75 g chocolate pack, the highest 6 dollars for the same thing up north.
Japan has almost unlimited flavors but North Americans can usually only find Chocolate, strawberry, banana, almond, and white chocolate. Some others they make in Japan are Apple Cream Custard, Almond, Berry Chocolate, Blueberry, Coconut Milk, Grape, Green Apple, Green Tea, Honey, Mango, Melon and 'Men's Pocky' which is Dark Chocolate and what we're making, with walnuts to boot!
Japan has almost unlimited flavors but North Americans can usually only find Chocolate, strawberry, banana, almond, and white chocolate. Some others they make in Japan are Apple Cream Custard, Almond, Berry Chocolate, Blueberry, Coconut Milk, Grape, Green Apple, Green Tea, Honey, Mango, Melon and 'Men's Pocky' which is Dark Chocolate and what we're making, with walnuts to boot!
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The recipe is simple;
2 cups Flour
1/4 cups Brown Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
2 Tablespoons Butter
1/2 Cup Water
Dash of Salt
3/4 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup Crushed Nuts (I used walnuts)
1. Add dry ingredients, mix.
2. Add butter, add half of the water and begin mixing. Drizzle on more water as needed.
3. Break into balls of dough, you'll have several.
4. Kneed each ball slightly then roll with both hands to desired length and thinness. Any cracks in the dough will make it break after cooking so keep working till it looks good. Rounder ends look nicer then pointed ones and do not burn.
5. Place on a backing sheet, sprayed with Pam and put in the oven at 400 F.
6. Cook for 10 - 15 minutes, checking the bottom to make sure they don't burn. Yields about two dozen. Four of mine didn't make it, two broke in half, one was eaten right out of the oven and another dipped in chocolate. Make more then you'll need.
2 cups Flour
1/4 cups Brown Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
2 Tablespoons Butter
1/2 Cup Water
Dash of Salt
3/4 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup Crushed Nuts (I used walnuts)
1. Add dry ingredients, mix.
2. Add butter, add half of the water and begin mixing. Drizzle on more water as needed.
3. Break into balls of dough, you'll have several.
4. Kneed each ball slightly then roll with both hands to desired length and thinness. Any cracks in the dough will make it break after cooking so keep working till it looks good. Rounder ends look nicer then pointed ones and do not burn.
5. Place on a backing sheet, sprayed with Pam and put in the oven at 400 F.
6. Cook for 10 - 15 minutes, checking the bottom to make sure they don't burn. Yields about two dozen. Four of mine didn't make it, two broke in half, one was eaten right out of the oven and another dipped in chocolate. Make more then you'll need.
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One suggestion I would give is that if you use baking parchment to line your cookie sheet, you don't need the Pam or other cooking spray. I always double the recipe, since you need to make a lot of these, they go fast!
pocky is crazy expensive here only 1 store has it and they know it. it's like 2 bucks for one of the regular choco pocky boxes [one pack!] the strawberry ones [the good strawberry with the chunky stuff not just the flavored choco] are insane at 4 bucks for 4 packs of 6 sticks. stupid canada ;]
i love Japan so much ^_^
Great recipe. While it doesn't taste *exactly* like commercial Pocky, I'd say it's closer than home-made vs store-bought chocolate chip cookies come out. Much as I like the usual commercial Pocky, I actually like this a little better.
I did mine slightly different. Dark chocolate isn't as popular in my household, so I used milk chocolate. I doubled your recipe. I used whole eggs instead of yolks. I toasted the walnuts before crushing them, and also I did some without nuts to see how close the Pocky fans here felt the recipe came out.
It got a definite "thumbs up" here. Great job, Embers. I rated it at 4.5 stars.