“鱿鱼游戏”风靡全球，周边服装和游戏道具也开始流行，其中的挑战道具“韩国糖饼”，你知道多少？

Korean Honeycomb Candy from Squid Game

By any measure, Netflix’s Squid Game is a runaway hit. The Korean drama-slash-horror series about a battle royale conducted via children’s playground games — think Red Light, Green Light or tug of war but with a lot more blood — debuted on September 17 and became an instant sensation, rocketing to the top of Netflix’s most-viewed releases and generating memes across social media. 

Squid Game’s success is such a fantastic payoff for Netflix’s decision to invest $500 million in Korean entertainment in 2021 that it is causing the company’s stock to boom. That might be somewhat ironic given that Squid Game is all about socioeconomic divides, the exploitation of the poor by the rich, and the desperation of Korea’s financially destitute class of laid-off workers.

The Honeycomb Candy Episode

In the K-series Squid Game, a large number of people were recruited to play a series of children’s games. The person who remains wins a huge pile of money. However, much to the surprise of oblivious contestants, the greatest twist on the game mechanics is, whoever is eliminated, is killed.

Aside from the extremely graphic scenes and the level of violence portrayed, one thing that we didn’t miss was the Korean food and treats presented in the series.

One particular treat was even used in the second game! In the third episode of the series, the players were asked to choose from the shapes circle, triangle, star, and umbrella. The players were then given tin cans with hardened candy engraved with the shape they chose, and a needle beside it.

The challenge was, using only the needle, the player should be able to remove the shape without breaking it. This candy that launched a thousand memes on social media is called Dalgona Candy.

All About Dalgona Candy

Before Dalgona Coffee was ever on-trend, there was already a dessert called Dalgona Candy. It’s a sweet treat sold to children in schools and playgrounds. It usually doesn’t come in a tin can. Instead, it’s sold on a popsicle stick, similar to a lollipop.

The word Dalgona came from the word “dalguna (달구나)” which means “it’s sweet”. It is also called “ppopgi (뽑기)” which means “to pick”. If you got a bit tongue-tied with all the Korean words, you can also refer to this as the Honeycomb Candy.

DALGONA CANDY RECIPE

Dalgona candy needs just two simple ingredients. You can make this dalgona korean candy recipe easily at home without the tools. What you need is only Granulated sugar and Cooking soda.

重点词汇：

a runaway hit    rocket（动词）    meme                playoff

exploitation       laid-off workers  be recruited to  engrave            

launch                lollipop

阅读背景：

《鱿鱼游戏》风靡全球，它的火爆带动了剧集周边的服装，食品，游戏等元素的流行。在电视剧中，韩国传统糖饼格外有趣，本文介绍了这种糖饼的相关情况。