dalgona
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Korean Cooking. a Korean sweet made from a mixture of melted sugar and baking soda, often with a shape imprinted on the surface.
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In the show, the contestants must punch out certain shapes from a dalgona cookie — a honeycomb toffee-like sweet made from caramelized sugar and baking soda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
He adds, “There are certain things, like the dalgona cookies that are prominent in the series, that we think fans will love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
In another, she conjures an entire Squid Game-inspired spread featuring hot dog "squids" and the show's iconic dalgona candy.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2022
Instead of being made from whipped instant coffee, the dalgona candies people are making are thin brittle pieces made from melted sugar.
From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2021
Candy makers melted sugar and frothed it up with a pinch of baking soda to make this dalgona candy, Ms. Park recalled.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
He now sells more than 500 dalgonas a day, from less than 200 before the show’s premiere.
From Reuters ● Oct. 1, 2021
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