チョコパイ

Japanese

ロッテチョコパイ, a snack cake produced by Lotte Confectionery

Etymology

Compound of チョコ (choko, “chocolate”) + パイ (pai, “pie, pastry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ko̞pa̠i]

Noun

チョコパイ • (chokopai) 

1. a pastry featuring chocolate or chocolate-flavored filling
   • 2000 December 29, “Kankoku-sei no kashi susenko ga hyōchaku [Thousands of Korean-made confections washed ashore]”, in Chunichi Shimbun, page 17:

     菓(か)子(し)は縦(たて)七(しち)センチ、横(よこ)十(じゅう)二(に)センチ、厚(あつ)さ二(に)センチのチョコパイなどで、石(いし)川(かわ)県(けん)側(がわ)でも漂(ひょう)着(ちゃく)が確(かく)認(にん)されているという。

     Kashi wa tate shichi-senchi, yoko jūni-senchi, atsusa ni-senchi no chokopai nado de, Ishikawa ken-gawa de mo hyōchaku ga kakunin sareteiru to iu.

     Sweets, including a chocolate pie measuring seven centimeters long, twelve centimeters wide, and two centimeters thick have also reportedly washed ashore in Ishikawa.

   • 2024 April 8 (last accessed), Aratani Mirai, “Chokopai”, in Delish Kitchen‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-12-07:

     スティック状(じょう)で食(た)べやすい！チョコパイ

     Sutikku jō de tabe yasui! Chokopai

     Easy-to-eat stick shape! Chocolate pie

2. (often) a confection consisting of marshmallow or cream between two biscuits, covered with chocolate
   • 2023 November 20, “Lotte ‘Chokopai’, kyū-bai saizu o gentei hatsubai [Lotte nine-fold ‘Choco-pie’ limited release]”, in Oricon News‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-12-28:

     通(つう)常(じょう)の「チョコパイ」の約(やく)9(く)倍(ばい)（重(じゅう)量(りょう)比(ひ)較(かく)）のチョコパイで、くちどけのよいホイップクリームをサンドしチョコレートでコーティングしたケーキとなっている。

     Tsūjō no “Chokopai” no yakukubai (jūryō hikaku) no chokopai de, kuchidoke no yoi hoippu kurīmu o sando shi chokorēto de kōtingu shita kēki to natteiru.

     The chocolate pie is about nine times as large (by weight) as a regular “Choco-pie”, and features a creamy whipped cream-style filling sandwiched between cake layers and covered with a chocolate coating.