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If you want to keep seeing my collection of Pocky (87 flavors and counting) I've decided to try this again on Instagram. Come say hi!

If you’ve been following my blog for a while now, you’ll probably guess what I have to say about this flavor. A lot of more artificial flavors can be enhanced by adding a new element- and these fresh strawberry fruity bits are no exception. They make a common flavor (the standard pink strawberry) much more natural and interesting, to give me everything I wish the normal strawberry flavor is. Glico did us right with this upgrade ~

Banana sundae is making a comeback, this time with a chocolate biscuit stick. Both of the flavors are a little too faint/artificial to actually taste like a chocolate banana split, but the addition of the banana chunks makes this version one step up from the chocolate banana flavor thats just a solid cream coating (yet to be reviewed here, the box seems to have snuck off somewhere). It’s a nice idea, but I’ll just stick to banana flavors with vanilla biscuits. 

This week’s flavor is vanilla whipped cream! Although the concept is interesting, it just...does’t taste very good. Whipped cream is light and fluffy, which is hard to capture in a solid chocolate based coating. Like other white chocolate/vanilla flavors, this was too sweet and overall left a lot to be desired

After last week’s beverage-inspired flavor, we are moving on to milk tea pocky, covered with crushed almond pieces. This flavor was so exciting, but I wasn’t able to fully enjoy it, because I ordered it online only for it to arrive long past its expiration date. I tried it because I spent good money on these uncommon flavors, but it tasted off. Let this be a lesson! Most flavors come and go in cycles, and are pretty hard to find once they are gone. More unusual flavors offered online are likely quite old, from back when the flavor was in regular circulation.

This week brings you one of the many macha or green tea variations glico has put out. This special, extra fine macha with a macha biscuit stick is, well, not the best flavor for someone who doesn’t like macha (like me). That said, this richer flavor was more natural than the normal green tea flavor, which I find a little waxy tasting. I was apprehensive at first, but I think you really can taste the difference in quality that they are claiming on the box. 

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ( 3 / 5 )

Happy Wednesday! This week is a slight twist on the classic flavor we all know and love- traditional pocky but this time with a bold, extra thick layer of chocolate. Now, I know there is thin pocky, so I guess this makes sense, but. I’m a chocolate-loving girl, and if I want more chocolate on my pocky, I’ll just reach for a box of their midi chocolate, which has a creamier chocolate and just goes all the way as far as extra coating goes. That leaves this box as an awkward in between that I don’t see myself ever craving in the future. 

Got milk? This week we have a second attempt at dairy flavors- which, thankfully, is much better than the last. This summer-branded milk pocky is light, creamy, and not too cheesy. I was surprised to find myself finishing the box without even realizing it! Milk flavored candies and snacks are much less common in the US, and this is probably my favorite out of ones I have tried.

This week, Kumamon brings a simple but effective solution to last week’s problem! The revamped hot cocoa flavor comes with bits of cookie mixed into the milky chocolate coating. This is the perfect addition to make a mediocre flavor much more enjoyable! The crunchy bits remind me of dunking cookies into my hot chocolate as a kid, and I love it. 

This week’s flavor is quite a-peeling! Bittersweet milk chocolate with dried orange and cookie bits ! I love flavors that think outside of the box with texture, but the flavor palette was a little all over the place for me. Maybe a darker chocolate, or more prominent ‘orange’ flavors would have made me happy. Instead, it came off more like a chocolate cookie stick with a hint of orange, but not too bad of a flavor overall. Points for creativity!