Very early on, I sort of wrote Italian candy off. There was just a lot of licorice and gummy things and I was more interested in all the savory food goodies that the country had to offer.
That was before I found out about Pocket Coffee.
Pocket Coffee is a piece of chocolate, filled with espresso and sugar.
Chocolate filled with coffee! Are you getting all this??
Om.
Nom.
Nom.
I hear a rumor that these things are only available in winter. Supposedly, warm weather + melted chocolate + liquid center, is just not a good combination.
If you’re in need of a simultaneous caffeine buzz and sugar high, you have to try these.
The really dangerous thing? They sell them in a 36-pack at the supermercato. 36!
… I can’t be allowed to keep these in my home.
Pocket Coffees. Are. Amazing. I don’t know how I managed to survive without them!!
There’s also a similar thing, it’s like a little packet of the coffee that’s inside the chocolate, the same size as a pocket coffee, but instead of the chocolate there’s plastic, so you just have a straw to drink the coffee… Can’t remember what they’re called though. Does that make sense at all?? I tried one of those for the first time in August, very nice too!
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Absolutely not! We had a packet in the car for a quick pick me up while on our road trip, they worked.
Think they’ll have them in May? If not, PLEASE SAVE ME SOME!! Like… 36 of them 😛
XXo,
Neekoh
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Pocket coffee is something so wrong that tastes so right. It’s like a next level chocolate covered coffee bean. Love it!
Yum! I love them! We always had them in the house when we lived in Genoa. They also sell them in each “auto-grill” on the Italian highway, no wonder why!
I love these as well. I try not to buy them too often, because I always finish the packet immediately. I think they are always available.
Pocket coffee! This could be a lifesaver especially during sleepy office hour right after lunch. Its like instant espresso in a bite!
Sad that they don’t have them in Indonesia.
Anyways, interesting blog. Terus menulis! (That’s ‘keepwriting’ in Indonesian) =D
Wow, can you please bring me some of these fabulous looking treats?!
I think here in Germany we have the Pocket Coffee for over 5 years now! I love them!
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Thank you for bringing these to my attention, SURPRISINGLY DELICIOUS!!!!
http://littlemisslocal.com/2011/10/24/pocketcoffee/
I always went to Rome in the summer (I’m a teacher and it fit my schedule) and I never knew about these. Then, my adult son and I went over our spring break in March. He discovered Pocket Coffee at some corner store or another. He became an instant fan. Now I purchase them for him, for Christmas, every year. I get the biggest bag/box I can find on the internet!
Next time you are here in summer you can try the pocket espresso 🙂 it is the summer version that can be eaten with a straw!
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