Whilst browsing round the shops in Harrogate, it was curious to come across,in this most english of towns, a Japanese shop. The window display took my eye  for on display were boxes of chocolates, (made in Japan I presume).

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POCKY Chocs is the brand name and on closer inspection I discovered that there were some aimed at the children's market and presumably the milk chocs were for the ladies as the bitter dark chocolates were blatantly advertised as being for the 'men'.
"Strange" I thought "do the Japanese women not like dark chocolate"?

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In case you can't read the advertising text on the box..this is what it says...

This combination of crispy pretzel
and smooth dark chocolate
brings a whole new flavour to FUN

C'mon ladies now don't be shy
buy your fella some POXY  POCKY chocolate pretzels and have some fun