To celebrate Japan’s Pocky Day on the 11 of November, I am updating the homemade Pocky recipe so you can make your very own Pocky at home. If you’re not sure what Pocky is, let me share with you this classic Japanese treat.
Pocky is a very famous snack, that’s a bit like a long thin pretzel (or a tiny bread stick) that’s coated in chocolate. You can find Pocky basically anywhere in Japan, and even in most other countries in the world. However, in Australia they are a lot more expensive than they are in Japan, so to save money and have fun, you can make them yourself by following this easy recipe!
Because Pocky is so readily available, I never thought about making it myself. A student gave me inspiration for this recipe when she attempted to make Pocky for an assignment for a food themed unit in my Japanese class, and I started thinking, “Oh, Pocky can be homemade?” Since this cheap snack in Japan is actually a luxury item in Australia (at twice or three times the price), it is actually a great idea to make it yourself!
At first, I thought Pocky would be hard to make at home but it was actually really easy. You don’t need any special Japanese ingredients, so you don’t have to go online or to Japanese grocery stores to find what you need! All the ingredients are easily available from any regular supermarket. And because I was making these myself, I was also able to choose whatever flavours I liked!
So you can either spend AUD $3 for a tiny packet (or even more if you want different/special flavours), or if you decide to try homemade Pocky you can end up with about 70 plain Pocky sticks to enjoy for the same price! You can also choose to have a variety of different flavours to enjoy. In my previous Pocky post, I made a selection of flavours including white chocolate, and matcha. This time, I decided to make milk chocolate and crushed almond varieties. However any flavour you try is sure to be equally delicious and easy!
There are a lot of different variations of Pocky nowadays, you can even find flavours such as strawberry! Why not experiment and enjoy coming up with some cool flavour combinations yourself? You can serve them to your friends at a party or just eat them alone as a sneaky snack (because who wants to share these? Not my son, he ate them all!!)
Even though Halloween has just finished, for next year make sure you check out Halloween versions of Pocky too.
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Ingredients
- 150 g Plain flour
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- A pinch of salt
- 50 g Unsalted butter
- 3 tbsp Milk
- Topping suggestions
- Milk chocolate I used 50g of milk chocolate melted
- 2 tbsp Crushed almonds
Instructions
- Add all the dry ingredients into a food processor and pulse one or two times.
- Add the chopped butter into the food processor and pulse two or three times until resembles coarse bread crumbs.
- Add the milk and pulse again.
- Wrap the ball of dough with saran wrap/cling film and leave it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (or 350 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Roll the dough out until it's about 5mm thick.
- Form it into a rectangle shape, cutting off the excess dough on the sides. Then cut it into thin pieces about 5mm (or 0.19 inches) wide.
- Place the sticks in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
- Coat with melted chocolate, and any other toppings of your choice.
Pls upload the video version in YouTube if possible
can we subsitute sugar for honey?
Hi Alison, no. That will be a different recipe.
Can v bake it in otg..
Hi Ramya, I am sorry what is otg? I am interested.
Hey!
Quick question about storing these!
I just found this recipe and I’m already loving it and want to try it ASAP! Now I’m a lazy person so I’d prefer to make as many as possible (not excessively but still).
But I’m not sure what the best way to store them is so they last long and don’t go bad!
Hi Shashwati, this pocky will be good in fridge about a week in airtight container.
My dough was very try and didn’t stick together, so I added more milk and 3 tablespoons of butter….Now the dough is waiting in the fridge to be used tomorrow. Hope it works anyway.
Finger crossed, let me know how it turns out Selina 😀
Hello. I just wanted to ask when you add the butter to the processor, should it be room temperature or cold? Thank you
Hi Cold 😀
I just can’t stop making those!! Very good recipe! It’s so much fun to try and experiment with toppings. So far, I’ve tried 14 different variations, and 12 of them have been approved by everyone. 🙂 My favorites are tiramisu, peanut butter, and oreo.
I’ve tried adding cocoa powder to the dough too. It turned out great!
Thank you so much!
Hi Gaya, you are welcome and how creative you are! well done 😀 Adding cocoa to the dough is great idea.
Thank you so much! I’m dairy free due to a a Bad allergy so I haven’t been able to buy any for over 5 years! (They all seem to have milk powder) but when I was younger I use to eat these all the time! So excited to try 😀
Yay A.C pocky time again 😀
I just used this recipe, thankyou sm!! i also added cocoa powder to the dough for chocolate ones 🙂
You are welcome and good idea to make Cocoa flavoured dough 😀
Hi! Thanks so much for this recipe! I tried a veganized version and it turned out pretty great! I read somewhere that someone had tried this subbing butter for Earth Balance Vegan Butter and used soy milk instead of cow’s milk. While the finished product did not taste or crunch like Pocky (perhaps due to my substitutions??) they were still tasty. My sticks turned out more brittle & flaky like a shortbread cookie. Pocky sticks are harder like pretzels and have more bite to them. While the taste is way better than store bought, my sticks broke easily if I took too long to dip. I’m determined to try again with a few tweaks and see what the outcome is. Perhaps bread flour this next time. Have you tried a vegan version before yet?
I baked repeatedly already. Very much it’s good. My godchildren love it. Thank you for the recipe.
Thank you Peter 😀 I am glad to know your godchildren love it 😀