Pepero are a Korean version of the Japanese Pocky biscuit sticks, and they were on special at the Japanese and Asian food grocer inside the Pittsway Arcade in Sydney for $1.00 each to celebrate Pepero Day.
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So why this date? Well, if you line up the numerals for the eleventh of November you get - 11 11, just like Pepero sticks! This date is huge in Korea, almost as big as Valentines Day, where couples exchange sticks as a sign of love. Awwwwwwww.
There's even a Pepero song that is so unbelievably cute:
There were four types of Pepero on sale, and one big version that has multiple thick sticks inside.
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Each box is colour coded for the different varieties.
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The sticks are all different, some are coated on the outside and some have chocolate on the inside. The nut coated ones are a favourite.
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The giant Pepero are really huge compared to a standard one. They are more like a rolled wafer coated in chocolate.
So Happy Pepero Day everyone, give a chocolate coated stick to someone you love.
Thank You!
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