SCREAMING FUN Halloween Pocky Recipe!

Halloween Pocky is a fun project for adults or kids to try! There are so many designs of Halloween Pocky you can make and here are 5 ideas that range from very easy to easy. Homemade Halloween Pocky are so effective, fun and best of all, it's such a delicious snack!

Pocky at its most basic is a straight pretzel stick dipped in chocolate. I love Pocky and when I lived in Japan I would marvel at all the different flavours that they had. But one thing that they don't do is decorated Pocky and that's where you come in. And did you know that it's so easy to make as long as you have some basic tips to succeed?

Which chocolate to use for Halloween Pocky? The easiest chocolate to use for Pocky are melts. I usually don't buy melts because they contain vegetable fat instead of cocoa butter but for these purposes they work best when it comes to decorating. Adding some oil makes the chocolate a little more liquid and I like to use coconut oil because I like the flavour of it especially with white chocolate which is the chocolate you will be using here.

Use ready made straight pretzels for this Pocky. I found these Eti Cracker Crax Pretzel Stick Snack at the supermarket and they were an absolute steal at $1.05 on sale.

There are five flavours of Halloween Pocky in this post (from easiest to hardest):

Witch's Fingers Pocky: these require green chocolate and flaked almonds

Spooky Eyes Pocky: these require purple chocolate and a little modelling paste and edible black gel

Black Bat Pocky: these require white chocolate and tiny bat sprinkles (I used mini bat sprinkles by Wilton)

Hocus Pocus Pocky: these require purple chocolate and sprinkles (I used a peacock mix from Fancy Sprinkles)

Mummy Pocky: these require white chocolate and a little modelling paste and edible black gel

Halloween Pocky

An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott

Preparation time: 10 minutes per batch

Cooking time: 5 minutes per batch

Witch's Fingers Pocky: Melt 100g/3.5ozs of green chocolate melts with 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and mix well. Dip 6 pretzel sticks in the chocolate and before it sets attach one flaked almond at the top like a fingernail. When the chocolate has set, use a paring knife to cut ridges like knuckles.

Spooky Eyes Pocky: Roll out 18 small eyeballs in white modelling paste. Melt 100g/3.5ozs of purple chocolate melts with 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and mix well. Dip 6 pretzel sticks in the chocolate and before it sets attach the three eyes to the stick. Using black edible food ink and a fine paintbrush dot each eye in the centre.

Black Bat Pocky: Melt 100g/3.5ozs of white chocolate melts with 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and mix well. Dip 6 pretzel sticks in the chocolate and before it sets attach tiny bat sprinkles using tweezers.

Hocus Pocus Pocky: Melt 100g/3.5ozs of purple chocolate melts with 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and mix well. Dip 6 pretzel sticks in the chocolate and before it sets attach sprinkles (I used a peacock mix from Fancy Sprinkles) using tweezers.

Mummy Pocky: Roll out 6 small eyeballs in white modelling paste. Melt 100g/3.5ozs of white chocolate melts with 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and mix well. Dip 6 pretzel sticks in the chocolate and then place a tablespoon of melted white chocolate in a small piping bag (or zip lock bag). Pipe zig zag lines of white chocolate on the top part and bottom of the stick leaving some room for the eye. Before it sets attach the eye. Using black edible food ink and a fine paintbrush dot each eye in the centre.