Do you love Pocky? I am a big fan since I was little and I’ve tried many of their available flavors. Pocky is a Japanese snack. It’s a slightly sweet pretzel/biscuit stick covered with different chocolate or flavoring coatings. The most popular ones are chocolate, strawberry, and matcha, etc. As you can see from the picture below, which I took from the supermarket shelves. This market always have these three basic flavors available.
You might wonder why I made my own when they already have the packaged ones available, right? As you can see from the packages, the strawberry and matcha Pocky are made with artificial flavorings (and colorings, since there’s no REAL ingredient in them). That’s enough reason for me to make my own! Plus, they are actually quite fun to make. My kids had a blast in the kitchen as we dip away….
For these Homemade Strawberry Pocky, I used freeze dried strawberries along with melted white chocolate to create the coating. The freeze dried strawberries give these pocky a lovely hue of pink and a wonderful tartness that contrast wonderfully with the sweetness from the white chocolate.
Click on the video below to see how I (I should say we) made them!
I hope you enjoyed watching my video tutorial. If you haven’t done so, please subscribe to my Youtube channel here. You’ll be the first to know when I have new video tutorials published.
As you can see, I sprinkled some of the pocky with extra freeze dried strawberries powder before the chocolate dried. The extra sprinkle on top simply added some extra tartness and deepened the flavors even further. You can also sprinkle toasted white sesame seeds, or decorative sprinkles to make them more festive. But I love these just the way they are. I hope you’ll give this recipe a try and I’m sure you’re going to love them!
Stay tuned for more fun and yummy recipes and giveaways in the near future.
P.S. If you haven’t done so, there’s still time to enter the $100 Visa Gift Card giveaway on my blog. Click here to enter on the giveaway post. Good Luck!
Homemade Strawberry Pocky:
1/2 cup freeze dried strawberries (plus more for sprinkle, optional)
6 ounce white chocolate chips
1 teaspoon coconut oil
6 packages of Pretz Roast Biscuit Sticks
Place the freeze dried strawberries in a ziploc bag. Seal the bag and crush with a rolling pin until the strawberries turn into powder. Set aside. Or, you can do this in a small food processor.
Place white chocolate chips and coconut oil in a heat proof bowl over 1-inch of simmering water. Stir until chocolate is smooth and melted. Remove from heat and add the strawberry powder into the melted chocolate. Stir until fully incorporated.
Transfer the strawberry chocolate into a tall shot glass (4-inch tall). Dip the Pretz Roast Biscuit Sticks into the strawberry chocolate. Place on parchment paper to dry, about 30 minutes. You can also sprinkle on more strawberry powder before they dry. Enjoy, or store in an air tight container.
They stay fresh and crispy for at least one week. Mine never last longer than a week and they all went into happy tummies!
So much better than bought! Love them around a cake too!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Oh yeah, they are perfect decor around the cake. ;)
DeleteI love that strawberry coating!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Angie.
DeleteI've been a fan of Pocky since I was a kid too. I can't wait to watch the video tutorial. By the way, your pocky sticks look better than the "real" ones. ^_^
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dice. :) Oh yeah, the homemade ones taste so much better than the packaged ones. I guess the real strawberries in them really make the difference.
DeleteI love to eat Pocky too but they are really expensive here. How great that we can make our own now. Tasty and no colouring!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, Pocky is not cheap in the States either. :) But homemade ones are much cheaper and better ingredients too.
DeleteFABULOUS.
ReplyDeleteFun.
Love the video!!! WOW.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video, Kim.
DeleteFor some reason, I have never thought of making it myself. Awesome idea!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cathleen. :) Have a great weekend.
DeleteThose look like fun to make and they're yummy to eat too! Fun video!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Vicki. Glad you enjoyed the video too. Have a wonderful weekend.
DeleteMy son used to love these sticks...and I never thought in making it...I love the idea of freeze dried strawberry...awesome!
ReplyDeleteHope you are enjoying your week Amy :)
Thank you, Juliana. You't got to give these a try. It's so food with the real strawberries in them. :) Have a wonderful weekend.
DeleteThis is an amazing DIY! Your strawberry pocky came out beautifully; my niece would love this project.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Monica. Hope you'll have fun making them with your niece. ;)
DeleteThis is FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My daughter prefers strawberry pocky while my son likes traditional chocolate. I can see both of them enjoying dipping part and make this together! Thanks for the tutorial. I see your kids who can't wait to help you with dipping chocolate. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nami. Oh yeah, my kids had so much fun dipping the pocky. :) Hope you'll make some with your kids too. I'm sure they will love it a lot.
DeleteI have never thought of making homemade pocky.but I can see that it can be great fun project with my grand kids. Nice video!
ReplyDelete