Help! 7-11 Sweet Mystery

[mrfil]

Hi all,

Wondering if some kind soul can help me....

We used to live in Japan for a few years, firstly in Ibaraki and then in Gunma. Wherever we went in Japan, my wife used to love buying a particular sweet from 7-11 (although I believe I've seen it at supermarkets and other kombinis)

Now that we don't live in Japan anymore, I had been hoping to surprise her by importing some, but I don't know the name of it and was helping someone would be kind enough to help me out.

These sweets come in a brown pack with gold lettering (from memory there were about 20-24 in a pack). They are long (about the length of a pen) and thick (about 2cms). They are quite light. I'm not 100% percent sure about what the ingredient inside is, it's very light and airy, but they are covered in chocolate.

Apologies for such a vague description, but if anyone could help me out, I would really really appreciate it!

[JustinRossTso]

Umm... the first thing comes to mind is pocky! Is that it? If not sorry :S I don't know many!

I wish you luck in finding it ;D!

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by mrfil

Hi all,

Wondering if some kind soul can help me....

We used to live in Japan for a few years, firstly in Ibaraki and then in Gunma. Wherever we went in Japan, my wife used to love buying a particular sweet from 7-11 (although I believe I've seen it at supermarkets and other kombinis)

Now that we don't live in Japan anymore, I had been hoping to surprise her by importing some, but I don't know the name of it and was helping someone would be kind enough to help me out.

These sweets come in a brown pack with gold lettering (from memory there were about 20-24 in a pack). They are long (about the length of a pen) and thick (about 2cms). They are quite light. I'm not 100% percent sure about what the ingredient inside is, it's very light and airy, but they are covered in chocolate.

Apologies for such a vague description, but if anyone could help me out, I would really really appreciate it!

Originally Posted by JustinRossTso

Umm... the first thing comes to mind is pocky! Is that it?

Pocky sticks couldn't be 2-cm think by any rough estimate.

The only thing I can think of that would fit OP's description is Choco-Bo. A few companies manufacture similar products and they have their own names. The big 30-pack in the pic below is by Riska. The inside is basically puffed corn and is very light in weight and texture.

[JohnBraden]

You can try J-List -- You've got a friend in Japan! to see if they carry it. At least they show photos of the product. That may help.

[mrfil]

Originally Posted by masaegu

Pocky sticks couldn't be 2-cm think by any rough estimate.

The only thing I can think of that would fit OP's description is Choco-Bo. A few companies manufacture similar products and they have their own names. The big 30-pack in the pic below is by Riska. The inside is basically puffed corn and is very light in weight and texture.

THAT'S IT! Thank you so much! Sincere thanks to you and to the others who helped as well. Mystery solved!

[RealJames]

I seriously love those, there's a 100yen lawson near my house that sells them. The only problem is my gf loves them more so they vanish before I get a chance to eat any!!

[protheus]

Originally Posted by masaegu

The only thing I can think of that would fit OP's description is Choco-Bo. A few companies manufacture similar products and they have their own names. The big 30-pack in the pic below is by Riska. The inside is basically puffed corn and is very light in weight and texture.

Hah, this is one thing I though that existed only in my country. Seems I was a bit off. The closest mot-a-mot (word by word) translation I can think of is Choco - Puffs (it's made from puffed corn covered in chocolate). Btw, the "uncovered" version of these puffs exist there?


Sorry for a bit of offtopic, but I am just curios.

[siokan]

Originally Posted by protheus

Hah, this is one thing I though that existed only in my country. Seems I was a bit off. The closest mot-a-mot (word by word) translation I can think of is Choco - Puffs (it's made from puffed corn covered in chocolate). Btw, the "uncovered" version of these puffs exist there?


Sorry for a bit of offtopic, but I am just curios.

Umaibō - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Famous snack that the same company is making.