A long, thin, chocolate-covered snack popular in Japan similar to a biscotti. There are other Pocky flavors that are shipped throughout the world. In Europe it is available under the name Mikado.
Thanks to its immense popularity amongst the Japanese and elsewhere, it has been featured in a number of anime, such as Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Onegai Teacher, Onegai Twins, X/1999 , etc. Due to copyright issues, it is nearly always a brand name imitation, usually a mangled pronunciation, misspelling, or homonym, such as Pooky, Pochy, Rocky, et. al.
November 11 is Pocky Day, because the shape of Pocky resembles the numeral 1.
Pretz is a similar snack, but coated with seasonings instead of chocolate. Toppo is also similar, but with the chocolate on the inside. Pepero is a Korean version of Pocky.
