When I first arrived in Japan, many years ago, no matter where I traveled (and I traveled alot for my job), everywhere I would see Japanese teens, usually schoolgirls, in their own unique uniform, crunching on little sticks of Pocky. It was a national epidemic and every day after school I’d see dozens of girls nibbling on these little sticks. I immediately had to try these and they were instantly addictive.
Mini M&Ms Pocky
Having made a batch earlier with about 100 of these sticks leftover (yes it seriously makes a lot), I sought another use for these sticks. I knew I was going over to M’s house and with 2 hungry growing boys, I decided that they would be Pocky recipients!
100s and 1000s Pocky
I wondered what would go well with these biscuity sticks that would appeal to kids…candy of course! And ice cream. A kid’s meal trifecta if ever I heard one. I bought some mini M&Ms, mini marshmallows, some colourful hundreds and thousands and crushed up some Jaffas.
Crushed Jaffa Pocky
Mini Marshmallow Pocky
For this lot of Pocky sticks (I coated 50 of them in this batch), I needed a 375g bag of white chocolate chips. The sticks themselves were from the recipe that I wrote about earlier and I melted the chocolate in two lots. While the chocolate was drying I sprinkled the toppings (the most fun part). You don’t need a lot of the candy toppings, a small 50g bag of any of them would be more than plenty to sprinkle on a dozen of these sticks.
A task for the “too energetic” child-crushing the Jaffas
Once the Pocky sticks are made, you could even get a little child labour involved by way of an assembly line with one child dipping (the organised leader) and the others doing whatever task suits their personality. The child with the excess energy could have lots of fun crushing up the Jaffas (and they do need quite a bit of crushing).
The wild free spirit child could sprinkle the 100s and 1000s haphazardly…
Whilst the precise and ordered child could place the Mini M&Ms just so…
Whilst the colour co-ordinated child could do the Mini Marshmallows in an alternating colour order. After all what better way to show children that hard work is rewarded?
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what a great idea!! I will have to add these to my Christmas gift making list
These look great! I’m not usually a fan of white chocolate (unless it is baked into something) but I think I could eat all 50 of these by myself! I think I have issues…
The jaffa ones looks soooo good!
Pocky sticks bring back childhood memories indeed, the ones in the red box with chocolate coating!
I like the look of that marshmallow pocky.
mmmm more please! Yummo…Does the pocky dough freeze?
Adorable ! I hope I can make this at home for my 5 year old niece… so cute !
They look gorgeous, I still eat Pocky sticks now, can never go past them in the supermarket lol
Wow, so cute and delicious looking! I have a craving for Pocky now
Great idea for entertaining the kids too.
Very cute! Even the name pocky stick is cute
They all look good, but my fave is the mini marshmallow pocky – pink and white is an irresistable colour combination, and I adore marshmallows.
Yay pockeeeeee…it’s my epidemic too
What are Jaffas? They look a little like Smarties…
Those kids are soo luckky! i have never been that addicted to pocky but yours are adding some very nice twists and really want to tryy!
My heart skipped a beat to see such bright and beautiful pocky!
mmm… pocky…you’ve done it again
These Pockies look amazing! I did not even know such a thing existed before learning about it in your blog
oh gosh! what a GREAT idea! I love pocky… mmm! Thanks for the idea!
Hi tammy-The best part is that the recipe makes so many of them, that’s all you’d need to make
Hi Annie-You could definitely use milk or dark, I just happen to like Pocky with white chocolate but any other will do quite nicely
50 is doable for sure 
Hi Christie-And fun to crush up too! Anger management 101
Hi Howard-Sadly I was deprived of these in childhood so I have no such memories. but I’ll try and make up for it now!
Hi Reemski-My last batch for now. I should think that the dough would freeze quite well!
Hi Bean Sprout- I bet she’d love it, anything with candy and colourful really!
Hi Miss Honey-Yeah they’re always calling to me in the supermarket too
Hi Helen-Child labour like this is never a bad thing!
Hi Arwen-Thanks and I agree Poky sticks is a cute way to put it
Hi Cakelaw-I really liked the texture of the chewy marshmallow and the crunchy stick!
Hi Karen-Hehe it’s definitely catching!
Hi KatyBelle-they’re orange flavoured chocolate balls. I’m not a huge fan but some people love them!
Hi FFichiban-My husband actually prefers these to real Pocky. I don’t know if he’s just saying that though
Hi Maria-Thankyou! I loved the colours of the mini M&Ms, they looked like traffic lights to me
Hi yaelin-They’re really so yummy, if you get the chance I can definitely recommend trying them
Hi Teresa-Thankyou! And you can add whichever candy you prefer (crushed up peanut butter cups or anything else good). You’re welcome
Gosh, just when I thought there was no way you could top that previous Pocky extravaganza, you come up with this! If I were still a kid and you made this for me, I would be in awe with you forever. Oh wait, I still am!
Amazing decorations! My favourite is the last one, with the crushed M&Ms ^__^
I fell in love with these . they re so nice and yummy
Update : I tried the rond noir today. They were yummy but still prefer the traditional ferrero rocher
Making your own pocky is a great idea! They look really good!
These are so cute…for the kids, huh? Would my husband count?
Hi Y-Is that why kids like me? Probably because of the candy and the fact that I’m not that much taller than them
Hi Indigo-Thankyou! Crushing up candy is tres fun, especially if you’re feeling especially violent
Hi snookydoodle-Thanks! They’re well worth trying, at least once
Ahh so you’re team Rocher?
Hi Kevin-Thanks! It’s amazing how much you can make in one batch!
Hi Sandie-Absolutely! Considering mine demolished a whole bunch of these (and didn’t want me to give them away) husbands are probably the biggest kids of all
this settles it–based on the squeals i made upon seeing all the fun colors, i’m definitely still a kid at heart.
Is your recipe for the pocky stick dough posted? I had not heard of these, either, before reading your beautiful blog
thanks!
beautiful! this is so much better than the selection of pocky in the shops. you got really creative, i’m so envious! i’m very inspired now. cheers.
LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Oh wow these are lovely!
Hi grace-all the best of us are!
Hi Dana-The recipe is posted in the link in the above story. It’s on the Pocky Christmas Forest story
Thankyou so much for your kind words! 
Hi diva-Thankyou!
It’s so much fun decorating them and then eating them afterwards 
Hi Joy-Thankyou very much!
Hi Alexandra-Thanks so much, I think the kids (big and little) liked them too
Fantastic idea and I have to try this for my son. He will be thrilled.
Hi shibani-He’ll be the luckiest kid in school!
What a fantastic idea! my girls would love this!
Hi cakebrain-I’m sure they would!
I wish I had these when I was little 
I am in love with this idea I am a pocky addict
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