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.
Homemade Pocky 自家製ポッキー
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.
Dream come true, I always looked for homemade Japanese pocky recipes and your recipe is just perfect! All your recipes are perfect, in love with the Japanese dishes…
ありがとうございました 🙂
Konnichiwa Mihaela san 😀 Thank you for finding me and trying out my Japanese recipes <3
Awesome recipe. This looks so tempting and delicious that I can’t wait to make it. Thanks for the detailed recipe so that it can be prepared without any mistake. Keep sharing such yummy recipes.
Thank you Supriya 😀
wonderful recipe!
thank you very much!
I’ve made this recipe twice and I LOVE it! I can’t believe it’s so easy to make homemade Pocky. I wanted to try making a dairy-free version, too, and found that using coconut oil and soymilk in place of butter and milk worked very well. Thank you for the wonderful recipe! I can’t wait to try it with lots of different coatings. 🙂
Thank you Kayla. I am so happy to hear you love the homemade pocky recipe 😀 and thank you for the information that coconur oil and soy milk work for the homemade pocky too 😀
Thank you for sharing this! I was about to try this recipe and was trying to figure out if I should use vegan butter or coconut oil; coconut milk or soy milk (or a mixture of both?). It sounds like you tried one combination with success so I’ll give your modified recipe a try first! Hooray!
Hello..
I made the pocky..
My observation & comments..
Needed 1/2 pinch extra salt
2 Tbsp of castor sugar would be great
Temp I used..150-160°c for 20 mins..got a lovely light pink roast & crisp !!!
Shall now dip in chocolate.
Any other dipping suggestions please ???
Temp for baking..not mentioned..pls inform me
Also can I use salted butter & avoid the separate addition to salt ?
Why unsalted butter ?
Hi Nina, Thank you for visiting. The temperature is 180 degree celcius(356 degree Fahrenheit) Salted butter will have more salt than using unsalted butter and add salt separately.
Thank you so much for your prompt response.
1 more question..for sugar..is it powdered or granular ?
Hi Nina, you are welcome. I used caster sugar 😀
I did today.but the chocolate is not set on the stick.Do I need to add any oil inside the melted chocolate?
Hi Tan, you don’t need to add anything to the chocolate. Did you coat the pocky when it is cooled down completely and cold?
So, not that I have tried it yet but,… what is keeping people from trying to make fruit flavored pocky? I would think you could accomplish it with a little fruit flavored powdered drink mix. I would suppose you could do that with a flavored oil but if you wanted any little bit of tanginess to shine, oil wouldn’t do the trick. Flavored oils and sour salts (Jewish food item)??? Would those work?
Hi Stephanie, there is strawberry flavoured pocky that you can buy and certainly you can try banana, pineapple, and kiwi etc fruit flavour. I have seen Banana flavoured one too 😀 In Japan, you can buy powder of pumpkin, grape, strawberry etc. I have not find them in Australia so I have not tried any of those. So I think, those fruit flavoured powdered drink mix might work 😀
I know you can BUY it. I love milk pocky, Brazilian pudding, and Brazilian orange. I can’t find pineapple yet. And I think I missed my chance to try pumpkin (there is a Japanese American supermarket chain store kind of near me and I think they carry it seasonally).
I can always find the strawberry and regular milk chocolate with ease. Strawberry just doesn’t suit my fancy. I can find matcha, almond crush, coconut flake, and banana/chocobanana almost as easily, too. But, again, I’m not mad about those.
Men’s pocky (dark chocolate) is pretty good but I can make that easy… I suppose I could use some instant pudding mix with white chocolate to make pudding flavor pocky. I would love that if I could pull it off.
Now if only I could make those yummy filled marshmallows. They aren’t overly sugary and I love the consistency of the chocolate or pudding-flavored filling.
Wow really? I would love to try Brazilian Orange 😀
This is SO COOL!!! I never thought about making pocky sticks at home! Pinning!
Thank you Nagi san. It is fun to make and if you double the ingredients, you can make about 70 sticks in one go:D
Oh yum, it’s so hard to find Pocky here in Brisbane although I did get some mini matcha a few weeks ago. I saw Ochikeron did something similar on YouTube a few weeks ago, going to have to give this a try 🙂
Hi Toni, There are two Japanese grocery stores in Brisbane that I usually go. They stock pocky but you can not beat home made one. They are crispier and cheaper!
I am definitely going to try making it but I would be interested in knowing about the second Japanese grocer. I use several general Asian grocery stores in Mt Gravatt and Sunnybank and occassionally go over to the north side to Genki Mart for a better variety and stock up on things like aonori that can be hard to find in other shops. PS I just found your site this week and love it!
Hi Toni, Thank you for visiting my blog and glad to know you like it. Ok, the two Japanese groceries shop I usually go is Genki mart which you mentioned and another one is Fuji mart. Fuji mart is in Shop 5, Buranda Village, 264 Ipswich Rd., Woolloongabba. This one is slightly bigger than Genki Mart and have more stuff. They open till 5:30pm every day I think.
Thanks for that, I’m going to take a look this week!
You are welcome.
Hi Shihoko!
What a great recipe! My little boys LOVE pocky sticks. But rarely do I buy it for them. I had NO idea how simple they were to make… And with so few ingredients. I can’t wait to make these with them. They are going to be SO EXCITED!
Hi Ann, you don’t need to buy it any longer. Make them with your boys and taste a lot better and crispier too:D your boys will love it;)
Hi Shihoko!
My boys just LOVE pocky sticks. I had NO idea they are so easy to make, and with so few ingredients. I can’t wait get into the kitchen and make these with them!
Hi Ann, if you double the ingredients( which is easier), you can make about 70 of them! and it is fun activity to do to with your boys:D
So cute! It’s like a shortbread cookie covered in chocolate, you can’t go wrong with that!
Thank you Teresa. Homemade one is crispier than store bought Pocky too.
I LOVE this post! Pocky are such a fun snack, and I never thought of making them at home. Definitely saving this recipe. I bet they taste fantastic!
Thank you Amanda:) Pocky is fun to make and eat:D
I love Pocky! This is sooo creative. 🙂
Thank you! Me too, Pocky is so good!
OMG! I love Pocky! This is great – and so many flavors! Thanks for sharing!
I love Pocky too! It’s one of my favourite snacks. Thank you!
Brilliant! I would always have thought they would be too hard to make at home, but your tutorial makes it look quite straightforward! I’m sure my daughter would love to help me have a go at this 🙂
Me too! I thought they would be quite tricky but it was very easy! Yes it’ll be a lot of fun for her 🙂
These look great! I should make these with my daughter. She is very interested in trying Pocky after seeing one of her school friends have them with lunch.
Thanks for visiting my blog!!
Thank you! Yes give them a try, they’re very easy and delicious and will make a great school snack for her! And it’s fun to make as well 🙂
This is really a cool recipe, I am going to try it!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Hope you have fun making it!
YES!!! I love pocky. 🙂
Thank you AiPing! 😀