Best Pepero Flavours and Gift Boxes to Give on Pepero Day

Pepero Day runs on one question: which box do you hand over? A single stick of Pepero is just a biscuit in chocolate, but Lotte Wellfood makes the snack in a wide range of flavours, and the November shelves fill with gift boxes built for giving. Pick well and your small gift lands exactly right. Here's how the favourites stack up, and who each one suits.

The original Chocolate

Start with the classic. Original Pepero is a thin, crisp biscuit stick coated in milk chocolate — the flavour that started everything in 1983. It's the safest gift in the range: everybody likes it, it reads instantly as "Pepero," and the red box is the one tied to the day itself. For a coworker, a teacher, or anyone whose taste you don't know, the original is never wrong. If you're new to the day, our homepage covers how Pepero Day works and how people celebrate it before you go shopping.

Almond Chocolate, the crowd-pleaser

Almond Pepero coats the stick in chocolate and rolled crushed almonds, so you get crunch on crunch. It's the flavour adults tend to reach for, and it feels a touch more premium than the original without costing much more. In taste tests and fan rankings it regularly sits at or near the top. Give Almond to a partner, a parent, or anyone you want to impress slightly more than average.

White Cookie, for the sweet tooth

White Cookie Pepero swaps the milk chocolate shell for a white cookies-and-cream style coating with dark cookie crumbs. It's the sweetest mainstream flavour in the range, and it looks great — the pale stick with dark flecks stands out in any gift bundle. This is the one younger fans and sweet tooths ask for by name.

Strawberry, the pretty one

Strawberry Pepero wears a pink fruity coating, and it's the gift-giver's favourite for one simple reason: it looks like it was designed for November 11. Pink boxes, pink sticks, instant photo appeal. The flavour is light and berry-sweet rather than rich. For a decorated gift box meant to be photographed before it's eaten, Strawberry is the pick.

The rest of the range

Beyond the big four, Lotte rotates and extends the line: Peanut for a roasted, savoury edge, green tea (matcha) versions with a gentle bitterness, and "Crunky"-style crunchy chocolate bars in stick form. There are also filled and extra-long/jumbo formats in some seasons. Availability shifts by country and year, so treat these as bonuses when you spot them rather than the plan.

Gift boxes and sets for the day

For Pepero Day itself, single small packs are for snacking — the gifts are the sets. Look for the decorated multi-pack gift boxes Lotte releases for the season, with room for a handwritten note, and the bigger bundles that pair Pepero with plush toys or flowers at gift shops and bakeries. A common move is a mixed box: original, almond and strawberry together, so the person gets the classic and the pretty one in a single gift. Supermarkets and convenience stores in Korea build their big displays from late October, and Korean grocery stores abroad usually stock the gift sets too.

A word on special editions

Every autumn, Lotte adds limited Pepero Day editions to the range — collaboration boxes with characters or idols, oversized gift packaging, and flavours that only appear for the season. These sell out fast in Korea and rarely reach overseas stores, so if you're buying abroad, build your gift from the core range above and put your effort into the wrapping and the note instead. A standard box with a real handwritten message beats a rare box with nothing in it. That, after all, is the whole spirit of the day.

Quick picks

Don't know their taste? Original. Want to impress a little? Almond. Buying for a sweet tooth? White Cookie. Making a gift that looks the part? Strawberry, in a decorated box. Giving to a whole class or office? A mixed multi-pack set, one stick at a time. And if you're still deciding whether the day is for you, read how Pepero Day compares with Japan's Pocky Day — then mark November 11, 2027 and go pick a box.