Product Review: Pocky The Milk, Colorful Shower, Gokuboso, Strawberry Heartful, Double Strawberry, Double Chocolate & Double Fromage

After the previous ten flavours and the Fran cookie sticks I decided to purchase seven more flavours, some of which are new, others have been out for a while. The flavours I picked were: The Milk, Colorful Shower, Gokuboso, Strawberry Heartful, Double Strawberry, Double Chocolate & Double Fromage.

Glico – Pocky The Milk
Price: ± €3,- for a package of 77,6 grams

These pocky have a strong cocoa smell to them and the chocolate is creamy. The cookie stick is very crunchy, different from regular pocky sticks. It reminded me a bit of an ice cream cone, the cookie is very layered and not as evenly rounded as most pocky sticks are.

Glico – Pocky Colorful Shower
Price: ± €3,- for a package of 62,2 grams

Lemon flavoured white chocolate covers these pocky sticks and you can tell from the smell when you open the packaging. They have a sour lemon flavour to them, but are also creamy like white chocolate. The coloured sugar on the outside makes these prettier but also a little sweeter, so the overall flavour isn’t too sour.

Glico – Pocky Gokuboso
Price: ± €3,- for a package of 71 grams

These pocky sticks are thinner than the original, very thin in fact. I thought these were very tasty, the chocolate is a little bitter but definitely delicious. The packaging has a male character on it, which is related to the ‘Koibito wa Pocky – Love with Pocky’ promotional campaign Glico has launched.

Glico – Strawberry Heartful
Price: ± €3,- for a package of 57 grams

Heart shaped strawberry pocky, perfect for Valentine’s Day or really any occasion. These have a nice strawberry flavour, but it isn’t super strong, they’re a little sour instead of sweet. The pocky stick tasted like a normal pocky stick, not all of them had a very distinct heart shape.

Glico – Double Strawberry
Price: ± €3,- for a package of 62,4 grams

The pocky of the ‘double’ series are a little shorter and thicker than usual. They all have a bit of cocoa flavour to them. The chocolate layer is also a lot thicker. This one has a subtle strawberry flavour with creamy white chocolate, a little sour but not as sour as the Strawberry Heartful pocky.

Glico – Double Chocolate
Price: ± €3,- for a package of 62,4 grams

This one tasted like creamy milk chocolate, a lot less bitter than the Gokuboso pocky. The stick was the same as the other ‘double’ ones.

Glico – Double Fromage
Price: ± €3,- for a package of 62,4 grams

While the scent coming from the sticks is very strong and cheesy, the cheese flavour was not very strong. The white chocolate has a little bit of a cream cheese flavour.

Overall I enjoyed all of these flavours, my least favourite being the pocky The Milk one, because of the crunchy cookie. There are plenty more to try, so I’m sure there’s a flavour out there for everyone.