An unofficial, fan-made mini-cookbook inspired by Pokémon and real-world dishes, featuring approachable recipes, lush watercolor art, and fun backer rewards like badge pins, stickers, and collectible extras for every hungry Trainer.
Looking to get away? Want your taste buds to take you around the world? Pocket Munchies is your guide to traveling through food and becoming a true cooking master! This unofficial, fan-made, Pokémon-inspired cookbook turns 30 years of handheld nostalgia into real recipes you can cook in your own kitchen.
From Pewter Crunchies to Slow-Cooked Tail Empanadas, every dish is a tasty homage to the adventure. The whole book is illustrated in soft watercolor, guided by our own resident food expert, Professor Artichoak, and built for cooks of any skill level.
This book is your boarding pass: flip the pages, arrive somewhere new, and experience what that region is known for, one bite at a time!
Pocket Munchies is an unofficial, fan-inspired cookbook presented as a travel guide ✈️ The book launches with 20 recipes and expands to 38 recipes through stretch goals!
Every recipe is based on an actual real-world recipe and presented as a destination you can visit, complete with a full-color photo of each finished dish and watercolor-styled illustrations inspired by the landmarks, environments, and culture of that region.
🥬 Meet Professor Artichoak
Every good adventure needs a great guide. Professor Artichoak is our resident (vegetable) expert who narrates the book, hands out cooking tips at every stop along the way, and gives you some helpful hints so you don't undercook your baked goods 🍞
🍲 The Recipes
Here's just a sampling of our regional recipe lineup:
🥔 Pewter Crunchies
🥟 Slow-Cooked Tail Empanadas
🍪 Lava Cookie
🍰 Old Gateau
🍦 Casteliacone
🥧 Lumiose Galette
🥯 Big Malasada
🍛 Camp Curry
🥪 Picnic Sandwich
📸 Fresh From Our Kitchen
Every recipe comes with a full-color photo of the finished dish. Here's a taste:
📖 The Cookbook: Available as a Digital Guide or a Physical Guide, illustrated cover to cover in the same soft watercolor style as our past books, with a retro field-guide feel.
📌 Collector's Pins: A set of 4 enamel pins inspired by region badges and iconic in-game items.
🎟️ Sticker Set: A single sheet of glossy stickers featuring your favorite dishes and regional icons.
📘 Reusable Sticker Book: A stamp-book-style collection themed around each region, perfect for tracking your journey through the cookbook.
🏷️ Patch Set: A set of 3 embroidered patches inspired by each region, ready to sew onto your bag or jacket.
🧳 Luggage Tag: A travel-ready luggage tag for your next adventure (or grocery run), featuring a bold circular badge motif.
🧺 Tote Bag: A canvas tote roomy enough for your groceries, your recipe cards, and maybe a snack-sized souvenir or two. Features hand-drawn artwork inspired by the Johto & Kanto region maps.
🍴 Utensil Set: A reusable travel utensil set in a bold purple, field-guide-inspired case, plus a matching straw, perfect for on-the-go picnics.
🎨 Custom Sprite(limited to 5): A custom pixel-art avatar sprite of you or your OC, drawn in-house.
✨ Custom Sprite Stickers: A small sheet of stickers featuring your custom avatar sprite, perfect for water bottles, laptops, or fan mail.
🖼️ Custom Watercolor Portrait(limited to 3): A one-of-a-kind, watercolor-style portrait, our top-tier commission slot.
Early Bird(back in the first 48 hours of the campaign): a free Bonus Shiny Sticker. Applies to every tier $37 and up.
Pre-launch Follower: everyone who follows the project before launch and then backs a tier $37 and up gets a free Professor Artichoak Sticker.
Pre-launch Reservation: tap "Reserve for $5" on our pre-launch page before launch day. Your $5 goes toward any tier $37 and up, and you get a free Recipe Trading Card Sticker.
Patreon Member: join the JobJob LLC Patreon at any paid tier, link it when you pledge, and get a free Special Sticker Pack and Special Recipe Card with a pledge level $37 and above.
🎁 And yes, they stack. Follow before launch, reserve for $5, and back a $37+ tier in the first 48 hours, and all three stickers are yours.
$5, Thank You! - Show your support and get your name in the book's credits. Every journey starts somewhere.
$17, Digital Guide - Get the full digital cookbook: all the recipes, illustrated and ready to cook from, plus your name in the credits.
$37, Physical Guide ⭐ (featured tier) - Get the physical, printed cookbook, plus everything from the Digital Guide tier.
$65, Passport Sticker Book Set - Everything above, plus the region-themed Sticker Set and Reusable Sticker Book. Stamp your way through the cookbook.
$95, Patches & Luggage Tag - Everything above, plus a set of 3 embroidered patches and a travel-ready luggage tag.
$118, Collector's Pin Set - Everything above, plus a set of 4 enamel pins inspired by region badges.
$148, Picnic Pack - The full camp-curry cooking bundle: a Tote Bag, a Utensil Set, and every reward from the tiers above.
$200, Custom Sprite(limited to 5) - Everything above, plus a custom pixel-art avatar sprite of you or your character, made by our team, and a matching sticker sheet. Your sprite is featured in the printed book, too!
$350, Custom Watercolor Portrait(limited to 3) - The full haul of rewards from every previous tier, plus a one-of-a-kind watercolor portrait, our top commission tier. Your portrait is featured in the printed book, too!
Want more stuff without upgrading your whole pledge? Check out some of our previous adventures (and cookbooks). Add these at checkout:
Fast Food Cookbook (Digital), $10 - The F-Zero-inspired cookbook at full throttle, in digital PDF. High-speed recipes for high-speed racers.
Hero of Tides Cookbook (Digital), $10 - Set sail! A Wind Waker-inspired recipe collection featuring sea-swept island dishes and ancient-temple-worthy feasts, in digital PDF.
Soul Food Cookbook (Digital), $10 - Something's haunting these recipes. A Luigi's Mansion-inspired cookbook full of cozy, comforting dishes, perfect fuel for ghost-hunting season.
Three Courses Cookbook (Digital), $10 - Starter, main, dessert: one for each house. A Fire Emblem: Three Houses-inspired meal from the kitchens of Garreg Mach, fit for professors and students alike.
Fast Food Cookbook (Physical), $20 - Speed is the name of the game. A fan-made, F-Zero-inspired cookbook built for cooks who push the limits, because even Captain Falcon needs to eat.
The Legend's Cookbook (Digital), $20 - The full Zelda-inspired cookbook in PDF format. All recipes, all illustrations, instant delivery, no shelf space required.
Red's Hat, $25 - The iconic red-and-white trainer cap, reimagined! An unofficial, fan-made embroidered snapback inspired by the original Pokémon Champion. Comes with 3 elemental buttons. Adjustable fit.
Gold's Hat, $25 - The cap of a new legend. An unofficial, fan-made embroidered snapback inspired by the Gen II Champion's signature look. Adjustable fit.
Imp's Masquerade Cookbook (Physical), $25 - Born under a very large moon. A fan-made recipe collection inspired by Majora's Mask, for cooks who like a little mischief with their cooking.
The Legend's Cookbook (Paperback), $45 - Same Zelda-inspired recipes and full illustrations as the hardcover, in a lighter, more packable format. Easier to carry to the farmer's market.
The Legend's Cookbook (Hardcover), $55 - The original. A fully illustrated, fan-made Zelda-inspired cookbook packed with recipes from across Hyrule and beyond. Hardcover bound and built to last on your kitchen shelf.
Shipping isn't included in your pledge. After the campaign ends, you'll get a BackerKit survey to confirm your address, pick any extras, and pay shipping for your location. Pay Over Time backers get their survey once their balance is paid in full.
📦 Estimated Shipping Costs
Estimates per order, in USD. Digital-only pledges ($5 and $17) have no shipping.
Small package (Physical Guide, $37): US $6–10 · Canada $15–20 · UK & EU $18–25 · Australia & NZ $20–28 · Rest of world $20–30
Medium package ($65–$118 tiers: book plus stickers, patches, or pins): US $8–13 · Canada $20–25 · UK & EU $25–32 · Australia & NZ $28–36 · Rest of world $28–38
Large package ($148+ tiers with tote and utensil set, or extra physical add-ons): US $10–16 · Canada $25–32 · UK & EU $32–45 · Australia & NZ $35–50 · Rest of world $35–50
Physical add-ons like extra cookbooks and hats may move your order into a larger package.
These are estimates based on current USPS rates. Final costs depend on your address, what you ordered, and carrier rates at the time we ship. Taxes, VAT, customs duties, and tariffs are not included and may be charged by your country on delivery (see the FAQ). We do not ship physical rewards to Russia, Belarus, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Cuba.
🗓️ Timeline
December 12: Campaign ends
After pledges are finalized: Surveys go out and digital rewards are delivered
Once surveys are in: Printing and production begin
Estimated ship date: Shown at the top of the campaign page
These are our stretch goals! When we hit our goal, Pocket Munchies evolves. Here's what's waiting to unlock as we grow past $1,996.
🔒 $4,500: 🥯 Jelly-Filled Are My Favorite - Recipes for Jelly-Filled Donuts and Jelly-Filled Onigiri get added to the book. Definitely donuts. No notes.
🔒 $7,000: 🍛 Camp Cooking - A full Curry Guide joins the lineup, with regional curry variations and camp-cooking tips. We are not making all 151.
🔒 $9,500: 🌟 Star-Studded Snacks - Recipes for Pocket Muffins (Poffens) and Joy-Life Muffins are added to the book. Burn them and we're leaving your name out of the credits.
🔒 $12,000: 💊 Cures All Status Problems - A Heal Powder recipe is added, because sometimes dessert is medicine.
🔒 $15,000: 🍯 Timely Treats - Recipes for Alfajores, Homemade Umeboshi, and ChocoChurro round out the book. The umeboshi takes weeks. Start now.
🔒 $17,500: 🫐 Get a Berry Boost - A Berry Blocks recipe is added to the book. Blend responsibly.
🔒 $20,500: 🍬 Mega-Sweets - Recipes for Shore Sable, Pocket Puffs, and Hyperspace Donuts are added to the book. The donuts are from space. We checked.
🔒 $25,000: ❓ Next Gen Reveals - Two brand-new recipes get revealed as we approach the finish line. Details TBA! We know what they are. We're not telling.
Our community challenges open as soon as Pocket Munchies goes live on BackerKit! Help us fill out the world while the campaign is running: post your entry on social media, tag us, and use #PocketMunchies so we can find it. The challenges close when the BackerKit campaign ends, so put on your running shoes, sharpen your pencils, and get started whenever you're ready.
These special goals will let us improve every copy of the cookbook if we hit them!
💬 1,000 Discord members unlocks a bonus Lemonade Soda recipe.
📸 8,000 Instagram followers unlocks a bonus Candy Apple recipe.
🐦 10,000 X/Twitter followers unlocks a bonus Berry Juice recipe.
🏃 1,640,000 community steps unlocks a Fresh Produce Field Guide page for the book, with tips for picking out fresh produce, what to look for, and what to avoid.
👟 How the Step Challenge works: Download the StepUp app and join our Pocket Munchies group on StepUp. Every step you log counts toward the group total, and the challenge runs for the length of the campaign. Everyone who takes part gets a Ribbon Sticker and a ribbon pixel icon next to their name in the book's credits. The top walker in the group gets a $50 gift certificate to the JobJobLLC.com store and a free copy of the book! We're trying to get to 1,640,000 steps as a group to hit that Field Guide goal!
🎨 Creative Contests
🥘 Design Your Own Culinary Gym Badge: Create an original food-themed badge design for the Pocket Munchies world. Post it with #PocketMunchies and tag us on X/Twitter or Instagram to enter, post it in our Discord server, or email your entry to [email protected] with the subject line 'Badge Contest Entry'. We'll judge entries after the campaign ends, and the winning badge will be featured in the sticker pack.
🧳 Design Your Own Passport Stamp: Create an original travel stamp inspired by a favorite region, recipe, ingredient, or food adventure. Post it with #PocketMunchies and tag us on X/Twitter or Instagram to enter, post it in our Discord server, or email your entry to [email protected] with the subject line 'Stamp Contest Entry'. We'll judge entries after the campaign ends, and the winning stamp will be featured in the sticker pack.
📋 The Fine Print
📐 How to enter: Post your design with #PocketMunchies and tag us, or email it to [email protected] with the contest name in the subject line and your name or handle in the body. Up to three (3) entries per person, per contest.
🎂 Who can enter: Anyone 18 or older, worldwide (where not prohibited by law). No purchase necessary. JobJob LLC employees, contractors, and their immediate family sit this one out. Additional limitations may apply; email us for the full terms of our contests or if you have any questions.
⚖️ How we pick: We judge on originality, how well the design fits the Pocket Munchies world, and overall vibes. You don't have to be the most artistically talented! A good design speaks for itself, and we'll know it when we see it. We encourage everyone to enter. Contests close when the campaign does, and late entries won't be considered. Winners are announced about a week after the campaign ends via a BackerKit update, Discord, and our socials, and contacted directly. One prize per person, even if you enter both. Please enter both!
✍️ If you win: Your design may get minor tweaks for print (size, color, line weight), and you'll be credited by name or handle in the book and in the announcement post. Entries must be your own original work. We reserve the right to disqualify anything offensive, plagiarized, or lifted from official artwork.
👨🍳 Peter: Head Chef - Our resident chef, responsible for turning "what if this snack was a real snack" into something you can actually bake.
🔥 Travis: Line Cook - Currently being reminded to put down the trading cards and Balatro and cook the desserts.
📝 Rose: Editor - Keeps the recipes and copy sharp and readable. The person making sure this whole page makes sense. Also runs, a lot.
⭐ Tony: Little Helper - Does a little bit of everything: polish, feedback, and climbing up the walls.
🎥 Pat: Videographer - Films our behind-the-scenes cooking disasters and cuts them into something watchable. Talented!
🗺️ Dyguren: Graphic Designer - Behind the hand-drawn regional maps, logo exploration, and a lot of the project's visual identity.
👻 Gingko.Ghost: Artist - Contributing character and concept art, including early looks at our chef mascot.
👾 Brendan: Pixel Artist - Brings pixel-art chops to the project. Also does art direction for indie team Colorgrave.
📌 Gear: Pin Artist - Sculpts our beautiful 3D art. Also famous for shouting "CASINO!" at random. We've stopped asking why.
🎵 GlitchxCity: Musician - Composes the chiptune soundtrack for our trailer.
📊 Shakira: Intern - Handles the posting on Insta that nobody else wants to touch and somehow keeps us trending.
🖌️ Borzoi: Artist - Paints the soft watercolor scene for every recipe in the book, from steamy hot springs to sleepy village wells, then sneaks extra character illustrations and doodles into the margins.
🍕 Marco: Pizza Specialist - Brings the Italian expertise for anything involving dough, sauce, or cheese.
🧑🍳 Alyssa: Consulting Chef - Tells Peter when something isn't right, which is often.
🕹️ Cam: Pixel Artist - Old school game enthusiast! A Nostalgia Critic, if you may.
🎨 Mogwai: Graphic Designer - Extra doodles and noodles!
🏢 JobJob LLC: Publisher - The studio behind Pocket Munchies, Hero of Tides, Soul Food, FAST FOOD, and more weirdly specific fan-made cookbooks.
Thank you for following, backing, and being part of the journey. Whether you're here for the recipes, the art, or just to see what some of these recipes taste like in real life, we're glad you're here.
Come hang out with us in the Discord for recipe testing, art previews, and general nonsense.
Thank you, and may your next meal be super effective.
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