Chocolate Yan Yan Review

I went to Wal-Mart with the intention of buying about 10 boxes of Chocolate Pocky.  They only had three.  Bad times.  Next to the Pocky section was a different, but similar looking, Japanese snack called Yan Yan, so I picked up a couple.

Pocky is cookie sticks already dipped in a flavoring.  Yan Yan is essentially the same idea, but you get to dip the cookie sticks yourself.  Yan Yan comes in a round container, and when you open the top one side holds the cookies and the other side has chocolate frosting to dip the cookies in.  We've seen American products like this before, so it isn't that big of a deal, but still pretty cool.

What impressed me about Yan Yan is just how good it actually is.  The chocolate cream is really tasty, and the cookies are a little bigger than Pocky and taste pretty good all by themselves.  Combine the two for ultimate deliciousness.

An interesting thing about Yan Yan is that they have words printed on them.  It is usually just an animal (like goat or cow or chicken or something) and then a super "Engrish" version of something about that animal. A whale is a "biggsey mammal", and a cow says "muuuu" or a squirrel is "your best friend".  Goofy stuff like that. 

All in all, Yan Yan is pretty darn good.  They come in packs of 16 sticks along with the chocolate to dip them in for around $1.  I think I prefer Pocky just because it is easier to eat (you don't have to dip it), but Yan Yan tastes pretty damn good and is a nice alternative.  I give chocolate Yan Yan a solid 8/10 or one barfing kitten (yes, another barfing kitten).