Happy weekend! How are you spending the first weekend of summer?
Relaxing and enjoying the sunshine, I hope.
Have you ever had Pocky before?
It’s a Japanese snack. Originally, they were biscuit sticks covered in chocolate or strawberry. But now, there’s a ton of flavors out there.
I’ve tried so many different ones over the years. Whenever I’m at the Asian supermarket, I walk through the snack section to see if there’s a new flavor that I haven’t tried yet. And when I find a new one, I’m 99% likely to buy a box to try. It’s a guilty pleasure. The latest one I found is this red bean flavor. The biscuit sticks are covered in chocolate and red bean.
So addictive.
Do you have a favorite Pocky flavor? And while we’re talking about Japanese snacks, what flavors of Kit Kats have you tried? =)
In this week’s finds…
These s’mores cupcakes remind me of summer nights by the campfire.
Love the freshness of this guacamole.
If you’re looking for something different for breakfast, try this breakfast casserole!
Love the addition of cinnamon and lemon zest to this cinnamon oat peach crumble.
The flavors in this English gingernut cookies with whipped lemon coconut icing!
The deliciousness of this chicken pita pocket with lentils and tahini sauce.
This okra and tomato casserole sounds amazing.
This no bake mixed berry icebox cake looks like the perfect dessert for the 4th of July.
This classic blueberry lemon cheesecake waffle looks like the perfect meal for brunch.
This Hawaiian chicken salad looks sooo mouthwatering.
This grilled corn and zucchini salad with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette looks like the perfect summer meal.
How pretty are these berry filled vanilla cupcakes with lemon cream frosting?
Omg. This creamy honey mustard chicken.
The summery-ness of this berry brownie pizza.
Summer = grilled peaches.
This peach ginger vinaigrette sounds so perfect for my salads.
I need these strawberry rhubarb coconut popsicles in my life.
How mouthwatering are these layered caramel buster bars?
I can totally see this thai grilled corn and peach quinoa salad as my go to summer meal.
The gorgeousness of these summer sodas.
How delish does these frozen cherry cosmos look?
This cinnamon blueberry slab pie. Yes, please.
This fruity rainbow froyo pop. Omg.
I am addicted to the matcha flavor pocky with chocolate coated almond!
I love that one too!
My Bay Area grandkids LOVE pocky sticks.
Ironic I just ran across pocky in the store the other day and was wondering what it was like. May try it.
It’s a great snack lol
Froyo and s’mores cupcakes!! A good weekend!!
Love, thp
I grew up in the Philippines, so I’ve had all manner of Pocky since childhood…though chocolate is my favorite. Your weekly finds are such a treat! What a lovely way to share recipes, but also to help us discover new blogs. Mostly because I’m lazy, and you’ve done the research for me, and for that, I thank you!
Oh gosh.. I miss the days when I was in UK and could it eat it anytime! Loved these.
You could cook all month with your extensive links to delicious recipes!
unfortunately pocky costs a fortune where i live 🙁
I love some of the recipes you’ve linked in this post – thanks for sharing! xx
I ate so much pocky when I was in Japan! I brought home 10 boxes of the strawberry flavour 🙂