Hora Dekita! Choco Banana: English Instructions, Step by Step
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Hora Dekita! Choco Banana — hora, dekita! is “look, I made it!” — turns banana-flavour soft candies into miniature choco bananas: the chocolate-dipped banana on a stick sold at every Japanese summer festival. It is two steps, and there is no water at all.
What You're Making
Banana soft candies
Small banana-flavour chews, ready to go straight out of the pack.
Chocolate cream
Squeezed into its own section of the tray. It is already made — you do not mix it with anything.
Crunchy toppings
Colourful crunchy pieces that stick to the chocolate.
Just two
One of the simplest kits we carry, and a good first kit for younger makers.
Choco banana is festival food in Japan, sold from stalls alongside the games we wrote about in how Japanese festival stall games work. This is the pocket version.
Why It Is the Easiest Kit to Start With
Most kits in this range are a chemistry problem: powder plus the right amount of water. This one has no water to get wrong. Everything in the pack is ready to use, so the only skill is dipping.
That makes it a good warm-up before something more involved. If you are choosing a first kit, our beginner’s list covers where to go next.
How to Make It
Want to see more? Follow @popncandy_tokyo on Instagram for more Japanese candy kits being made.
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Open the pack and the tray
The tray has separate sections: one for the candies, one for the chocolate, one for the toppings.
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Squeeze the chocolate cream into its section
Empty the whole tube. It is ready to use.
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Tip the toppings into the next section
Spread them out so there is room to roll.
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Push a banana candy onto a stick
Push it on far enough that it holds when you lift it.
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Dip it in the chocolate
Cover the top half or so — the way a real choco banana looks.
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Roll it in the toppings and eat
Press it into the crunchy pieces while the chocolate is still soft, so they stick.
If the Toppings Will Not Stick
Three causes, in the order they actually happen:
What to check
- The chocolate had already firmed up. Go straight from the chocolate to the toppings — the coating needs to be soft.
- Too little chocolate. A thin coat does not hold the pieces. Dip a little deeper.
- The candy slid off the stick. Push it further on before you dip.
Water is behind more failures across this whole range than anything else — we wrote up why the water is almost always the problem and what to pour if your tap water is hard.
What the Japanese on the Pack Says
The pack is entirely in Japanese, and a handful of words do most of the work.
The words worth recognising
- ほらできた！(hora dekita!) — “look, I made it!” The name of the whole Coris range.
- チョコバナナ (choko banana) — choco banana. The festival sweet it copies.
Common Questions
Does it need water or a microwave?
Neither. Everything in the pack is ready to use — it belongs on our list of no-microwave kits.
What allergens does it contain?
Coris declares milk, gelatin and soy, and it is made in a facility that also handles egg and almond. Because it contains gelatin it is not vegetarian — see which kits are. Always check the printed pack.
How many does it make?
One choco banana per candy in the pack — the pictures on the pack show the finished set.
How long does the pack keep?
We wrote up shelf life and storage for the whole range.