Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pocky is aJapanese snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico Company of Japan. Pockywas first sold in 1966, and consists of a pretzel stick coated withchocolate. It was named after the Japanese onomatopoetic word for thesound Pocky makes when bitten, pokkin. The original was followed by'Almond Pocky' in 1971, with an almond coating, and 'Strawberry Pocky'in 1977. Today, the product line includes such variations as milkmousse, green tea, honey, banana and coconut flavored coatings, andthemed products such as 'Decorer Pocky,' with colorful decorativestripes in the coating, and 'Men's Pocky,' a dark (bittersweet)chocolate and 'mature' version. Pocky is very popular in Japan and wasan instant hit among Japanese teenagers. In bars it is sometimes servedwith a glass of ice water. While consuming Pocky in the United Statesit was discovered by teenagers that pocky and Calpico are quite goodtogether. It also has a significant presence in other East Asiancountries such as China as well as South Korea (although a similarproduct known as pepero is one of copy-products by Lotte not a renamedproduct of Pocky).