WEEKLY CANDY: Coconut Pocky

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WEEKLY CANDY: Coconut Pocky

POSTED: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 11:07 PM

Filed Under: Weekly Candy

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Once a week, Team Meal Ticket shares its latest sugar-laden fixations. Do not tell 0ur dentist. IN QUESTION: We've discussed Pocky before here on Meal Ticket in particular, Men's Pocky, which is for MEN (back off ladies!). But Coconut Pocky deserves its own shine. Crackery, not-so-sweet cookie sticks coated in toasted coconut bits and chocolate. The coconut haters in your life are gonna hate. Let them. More Cocopocks for you. AVAILABLE AT: Where the hell else? Hung Vuong Supermarket at 11th and Washington! Best candy aisle in the city, hands down. (See also the Cookie Crunch and Almond Pocky varieties, which are both killer but not quite as good as Coconut.) HOW MANY DO WE TYPICALLY EAT IN ONE SITTING?: Pocky usually comes in convenient individual packages containing four sticks. In a perfect world, we'd say that this is the ideal serving portion, but come on, you know we're ripping through multiple four-packs on the reg. What the hell else are we supposed to do when a Law & Order: SVU marathon is on, eat baby carrots? FINER POINTS: While higher-profile coconut-based treats such as Almond Joy and Mounds get most of the attention stateside, these Pocky deserve love because they don't overwhelm you with that gumming-up-your-teeth synthetic chewy coconut experience. They also make for a lovely swizzle stick in a glass of Dr. Pepper and bourbon.

ThadS

Posted 2010-12-10 11:37:30

When you want the best, get the salt pocky. 3rd and Oregon. Rock salt under chocolate. The best.

Suzy

Posted 2010-12-13 10:37:17

A mere 3 blocks away. I'm going today-soon-maybe before noon. I can't remember the last time I read about something and felt the need to have it this instantly.

thanks!

danya

Posted 2010-12-09 18:09:55

Coconut Pocky's are my favvvvvvvorite.

danya

Posted 2010-12-09 18:10:55

*Pockys

Apologies to apostrophe nazis (including myself). Got a bit too excited there.

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Michelle

Posted 2010-12-09 23:53:51

Coconut pocky tastes like the Girl Scout Samoa cookie minus the caramel.  Upon first read you may think this sounds preposterous, but it is mighty incredible.

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