dalgona

[dal-goh-nuh, dahl-guh-nah]

noun

plural

dalgona, dalgonas 

1. Korean Cooking.,  a Korean sweet made from a mixture of melted sugar and baking soda, often with a shape imprinted on the surface.

2. dalgona coffee.

Example Sentences

A gateway into Korean content for many around the world, “Squid Game” show served to spotlight previously lesser-known aspects of South Korean culture, bringing inventions like dalgona coffee — made with a traditional Korean candy that was featured in the show — to places such as Los Angeles and New York.

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The next was a round in which contestants were tasked with punching out specific shapes from a dalgona cookie — a honeycomb toffee-like sweet made from caramelized sugar and baking soda — using a needle within a limited time and without breaking it.

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The second tournament is a combination of the episodes “Gganbu,” where players had to steal all their opponents’ marbles, and “The Man With the Umbrella,” where players had to cut a shape — circle, triangle, star or umbrella — from dalgona candy.

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The other contest, Operation, in which players use tweezers to pull out body parts while avoiding hitting the edges, felt strangely analogous to what it might be like to anxiously break parts of dalgona candy so that a perfect umbrella shape remains.

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While Simon didn’t say if the dalgona challenge would be replicated in one of the event’s games, it’s safe to assume they will be heavily featured at Squid Game: The Trials.

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