What are Dalgona cookies made of?

Dalgona (달고나) is a Korean candy made with melted sugar and baking soda originating from South Korea. It is a popular street snack from the 1960s, and is still eaten as a retro food.

What is the Squid Game candy made of?

Simply melt sugar until amber in color (stirring to avoid crystallization), then stir in a bit of baking soda . The baking soda reacts with the hot sugar and aerates to form a crispy, beautiful candy. Pour it onto parchment and stamp it with a cookie cutter shape of your choice.

What is the dalgona candy game in Korea?

For the dalgona game, contestants have to carefully break the toffee candy around a preset shape without breaking the whole thing . The show depicts four shapes: circle, star, umbrella, and triangle (street vendors and candy purveyors, however, offer many more options).

What happens if you break the cookie in Squid Game?

In the show's second challenge, "Dalgona," contestants have to cut a shape out of a cookie using only a needle. If they break the cookie, they are eliminated .

What gender is squid cookie?

Gender. In their Affection Jelly, Squid Ink Cookie goes by the pronouns they/them, confirming that they are non-binary .

What is dalgona in English?

Dalgona coffee, also known as hand beaten coffee , is a beverage originating from Macau made by whipping equal parts instant coffee powder, sugar, and hot water until it becomes creamy and then adding it to cold or hot milk. Occasionally, it is topped with coffee powder, cocoa, crumbled biscuits, or honey.

Is Dalgona candy healthy?

According to the expert, being loaded with sugar could make this candy packed with energy and can give an energy boost during low blood sugar scenarios. However, consuming refined sugar is not recommended for health and fitness purposes .

What are the rules for Dalgona Candy?

At the center of the dalgona is an indentation of the player's chosen shape. With only 10 minutes on the clock, the players must extricate their shape with the needle without breaking the candy. If the clock runs out or they break the candy, they are eliminated (ie. they are killed).

Who wins squid games?

Mai Whelan has finally received her long-awaited payout after winning Netflix's Squid Game: The Challenge!

How much is dalgona in Korea?

The challenge: While An's dalgona sells for 2,000 won (approximately $1.68) apiece , customers can get one for free if they can remove the shapes without breaking the treat — much like the “Squid Game” challenge but without the fear of dying.

Is dalgona game hard?

3D Dalgona Candy is a candy punch out game which was inspired by the hit Netflix series Squid Games. This is a simple though difficult game , and it does not contain any of the violence Squid Games is known for.

What's the cookie game in Squid Game?

In the Emmy-winning show, Dalgona was a surprisingly stressful game in which players had to painstakingly cut shapes (ranging from a simple circle to a terrifyingly detailed umbrella) out of paper-thin wafer cookies .

Where did the Squid Game cookie come from?

Dalgona cookies, also known as ppopgi, originated in South Korea as a popular street food in the '70s and '80s.

What is the Squid Game in misfortune cookies?

Misfortune Cookies Students need to cut the shape off their cookie . If they break it, they will die, and if they eat it, they will die, too. Patrick, Cody and Roy die because Patrick ate his cookie without being instructed to, and Roy and Cody both broke their cookie so they die, too.

What is the umbrella cookie in Squid Game?

Spencer Hawkins, a.k.a. Player 299, doesn't regret choosing the umbrella in the Dalgona challenge on Squid Game: The Challenge. Yes, he saw how difficult that shape was to cut out of the honeycomb cookie on Netflix's Squid Game.

Korean Dalgona Candy Recipe: the Squid Game Cookie

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Would you survive the Squid Game cookie challenge? Or are you intrigued by the Korean honeycomb toffee that everyone suddenly wants to make? We have the perfect Korean dalgona candy recipe for you!

In addition, we share our best tips for how to make the dalgona candy. Because, as it turns out, even making the candy is a tricky ‘game’ by itself.

The recipe is fairly simple in theory. You only need 2 ingredients. But preparing the candy is the tricky part.

With our dalgona candy recipe and tips, you will make the most perfect Korean honeycomb toffee!

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What is Dalgona Candy?

Dalgona candy is Korean candy, which was popular street food in the 1970s and 80s. It is still sold and eaten in South Korea as ‘retro’ candy.

You may remember the word ‘dalgona’ from an earlier TikTok trend: dalgona coffee! The Korean word dalguna (달고나) means something like “it’s sweet”. In Korea, they also use the word ppopgi (뽑기) for this candy.

Ppopgi is actually the name of the game. Similar to the game in Squid Game, children used to try to carve the shape out. Street vendors sometimes awarded prizes (for example toys) to children who had cut the mold nicely.

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Honeycomb Toffee

Dalgona candy is a form of honeycomb toffee, caramel-like candy. There are many more countries and cultures that make this type of candy. Other variants include hokey pokey, sponge toffee (or sponge candy), and cinder toffee.

Made famous by Netflix’s Squid Game

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Dalgona candy is making a comeback thanks to the Korean Netflix show Squid Game. In this series, a group of people (all of whom are in debt) participate in a series of 6 games. We also see the well known ‘Red Light Green Light’ game in the show!

The big advantage of winning is becoming rich, but the big disadvantage of losing is that you get eliminated. It’s honestly a very metaphorical, anti-capitalist show.

We mentioned it above, but in Squid Game a game is played with this candy. It is the intention that you carve out the mold nicely, without breaking the candy.

Following this show, people on TikTok have also started playing this game. Are you able to carve out the shape nicely? The more complicated the shape, the harder the game!

How to Make Dalgona Candy?

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In theory, the dalgona candy recipe is very easy. You only need 2 ingredients: sugar and baking soda. You caramelize the sugar first.

Then add baking soda and your caramel will foam nicely! Let this harden on a baking paper (possibly with a shape stamped in it).

That doesn’t sound too difficult, but preparing the candy can cause some frustration. Sugar/caramel can burn quickly.

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Good to Know

This recipe will NOT work with baking powder. But you can use all kinds of sugar. We use granulated sugar.

Making dalgona candy is a bit like making pancakes: the first one almost always fails. There is probably a very exact science behind the melting temperature and the reaction of baking soda with caramel.

But in reality, you really have to get a ‘feel’ for this.

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Tips for Making Dalgona Candy

Get all your supplies and ingredients ready before making the recipe.
We recommend using a steel soup spoon and a wooden chopstick. Alternatively, you can also use a small pan with a wooden spoon.
Use medium to low heat for this dalgona candy recipe because when sugar melts, it also burns very quickly. Using a ladle makes it easy to keep the sugar farther away or closer to the stove.
DO NOT let the sugar burn.
Be patient with the caramelization, but work fast when adding baking soda!
Let the mixture cool for 15-20 seconds before pressing a mold. Otherwise, your mold will be stuck.
Use a ‘stamping’ method to gently press into the dalgona candy a few times (not too deep at once), otherwise your cutter may stick.
Do not press your cutter too late into the honeycomb, because it will harden quickly.
Let the dalgona candy/honeycomb cool completely before removing it from the baking paper.

Yield: 1

Korean Dalgona Candy Recipe (Squid Game Cookie)

Would you survive the Squid Game cookie challenge? Or are you intrigued by the Korean honeycomb toffee that everyone suddenly wants to make? We have the perfect Korean dalgona candy recipe for you!

In addition, we share our best tips for how to make the dalgona candy. Because, as it turns out, even making the candy is a tricky 'game' by itself.

The recipe is fairly simple in theory. You only need 2 ingredients. But the preparing of the candy is the tricky part.

We recommend using a (stainless steel) ladle and a wooden chopstick (or wooden popsicle stick) to make the candy. You can also get yourself a complete dalgona kit.

Alternatively, you can use a (small) frying pan with a wooden spoon.

You also need parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, and cookie cutters!

Ingredients

2 tablespoon sugar
A pinch of baking soda

Instructions

Prepare the setting. Lay out parchment paper or silicone baking mat, on a flat surface. Have the sugar and baking soda ready to use.
Preheat your pan or ladle. Use medium to low heat throughout the process. Once the sugar melts, it burns easily.
Add 2 tablespoons of sugar to the pan or ladle and start stirring with the wooden chopstick, or spoon.
The sugar will start to melt. Keep stirring and keep an eye on the color. Make sure it doesn't burn. If you use a ladle, it's easier to move the sugar away or closer to the stove.
When the sugar is completely liquid and has a golden brown color, remove from the heat. Now, it's time to move quickly.
Add a pinch of baking soda and stir very well, until the mixture is frothy, mixed well, and has an even, light caramel color. Note: this takes only a few seconds!
Pour the mixture out on parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
Allow cooling for 15-20 seconds. It's too sticky when it's too hot.
Optional: you can flatten the candy with a bottom of a bowl, or a special hotteok press. If you do so, press a few times lightly, before pressing harder - otherwise it will stick. We personally skipped this step as the cookie was already pretty flat.
Next (move fast if you did step 9), press the shape in the candy with a cookie cutter. We personally liked the 'stamping' method. Press the cookie cutter in the candy gently a couple of times, otherwise the cookie cutter might stick.
Let the dalgona candy cool off completely, before removing from the parchment paper/silicone baking mat. Repeat the recipe for as much candy as you want!

Notes

Note: this recipe does not work with baking powder.

You can use any kind of sugar. We used simple, white granulated sugar.

We feel making dalgona candy is like baking pancakes: the first one(s) will fail. There's probably a very exact science with temperatures and chemical reaction, but in reality, this recipe calls for 'getting that feeling'.

Learn from the failures:

Don't let the sugar burn - at any point.
Don't stir the baking soda in the sugar on the heat, or too long. The sugar can still burn at that point, and the candy can get too bubbly.
Don't press the cookie cutter too soon, too deep. It will stick. Wait 15-20 seconds (but not like a minute). Press the cookie cutter with the 'stamp' method. Gently, multiple times.
Also don't press the cookie cutter too late, as the candy will harden quickly.