Mediocre Gamer: Men's Pocky

Glico
Men's Pocky

Contains: 19 sticks/pouch x 2 pouches = 38 sticks
Intended Flavor: "Crispy pretzel dipped in dark chocolate for the type of person who enjoys the finer points in life."
Review Date: March 14, 2005

"Men's" Pocky is best known for its silly name. How on Earth can a flavor of candy be especially for men? Well, this is one of the oldest flavors, from when Glico was trying to expand the Pocky market. Somehow they decided that dark chocolate on a pretzel could be sold as more masculine than the kid-oriented standard Pocky. The flavor was recently revamped, along with plain Pocky, into an "ALL NEW" version as a core flavor, so I expect their marketing ploy worked out all right.

It's a very strong, bitter dark chocolate on a genuinely pretzel-tasting stick. Whether you like this flavor will be determined entirely by your opinions of those components. There are no surprises here. I rather like it.

Smell
Pretzel and overly-bitter dark chocolate. 3/5

Taste
Dark chocolate on a pretzel stick, just like they said. 7/10

Texture
It's Pocky. 5/5

Presentation
It's the classic Pocky box design, but nothing new here. 4/5

Total 19/25

- index --