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CHO-CO PIE
Chocolate Mooncake 초코파이 | ||
Choco pie is Korea's second most popular snack next to saewookkang. It is manufactured by Orion Confectionery which consists of two small round layers of cake with marshmallow filling, with chocolate covering, similar to a Moon Pie. Orion supplies the South Korean military with choco pies, which are given out to soldiers after their first week of basic training.
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HO-PPANG
Steamed Bun 호빵 | ||
Hoppang is a popular hot snack commonly found in Korea especially during the winter season. It is a pre-cooked ball of rice or wheat flour dough filled with red bean paste or other favorites such as vegetable, pizza, curry, and much more. Similar to Chinese Doushabao, hoppang is steamed to keep warm and sold at small food markets or convenience stores throughout the winter months, usually costing less than few US dollars.
Outside of Korea, hoppang is usually found in the frozen aisle of Korean supermarkets where each buns can be either steamed or microwaved, ready to be enjoyed within minutes.
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HO-TTEOK
Sweet Syrup Filled Pancake 호떡 | ||
Hotteok is a sweet syrup filled pancake snacks that are very popular during the winter season and which are usually sold by street vendors in Korea. The dough for hotteok is made from wheat flour, water, milk, sugar, yeast and its handful-sized of this stiff dough is filled with a sweet mixture which may contain brown sugar, honey, chopped peanuts, and/or cinnamon. The filled dough is then placed on a greased griddle and pressed flat into a large circle with a special tool made from a stainless steel circle plate with a wooden handle as it cooks.
The types of hotteok have been changing continuously throughout the years but many favor the traditional cinnamon and peanut fillings. Many variations have developed since the early 21st century where its dough may be made with green tea, corn, and other ingredients. It is generally believed that hotteok originated from Chinese merchants who immigrated to Korea after the late 19th century. However, unlike many Chinese pancakes which often contain savory meat fillings, traditional Korean hotteok is stuffed with sweet filling to suit the native Koreans’ taste buds. Readily available hotteok is commercially available to purchase in plastic packages at local Korean supermarkets.
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PAT-BING-SU
Shaved Ice With Sweet Beans And Fruit 팥빙수 | ||
Patbingsu is a popular shaved ice dessert enjoyed by all ages especially during the hot and humid summer seasons in Korea. It originally began as ice shavings mixed in with sweetenedazuki beans known as pat and it was usually sold by street vendors. Nowadays, patbingsu has become a very elaborate summer dessert, often topped with ice cream or frozen yogurt, sweetened condensed milk, fruit syrups, rice cake bits, chewy jelly bits, cereal flakes, and various fruits such as strawberries, kiwi fruit, and bananas.
They are available in different flavors where green tea and coffee are some of the popular varieties found at cafés in New York, Los Angeles, or Atlanta. Additionally, due to its extreme popularity, patbingsu is even found on the menus of many Western-based fast food restaurants in Korea such as KFC, McDonald's, and Burger King during summer times. Starbucks Korea also released a frappuccino inspired by patbingsu.
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PE-PE-RO
Chocolate Covered Biscuit Sticks 빼빼로 | ||
Pepero is a biscuit stick covered or filled with chocolate as well as other sweets and nuts such as vanilla, strawberry, cheese and/or crushed almonds. This snack is so popular in Korea that it even has its own holiday named "Pepero Day" and its observance is similar to Valentine's Day which is celebrated in America. Pepero Day is held on November 11, since the date "11/11" resembles four sticks of Pepero and it is observed mostly by young people and couples, who exchange Pepero sticks, other candies, and romantic gifts.
Lotte Confectionary Co., who owns the Pepero brand denies starting the holiday and instead states that they noticed a bump in sales around November 11th and after continued popularity, they decided to then encourage the holiday with special gift boxes and other promotions. According to one story, Pepero Day was supposedly started in 1994 at a girls’ middle school, where students exchanged Pepero sticks as gifts to wish one another to grow "as tall and slender as a Pepero". But some suspect that Pepero Day was actually dreamt by Lotte’s marketing team.
Pepero is available in different flavors such as regular chocolate, strawberry-flavored, almond chocolate, nude (chocolate in the center), nude lemon cheese, cocoa, and much more.
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SAE-WOO-KKANG
Shrimp Flavored Crackers 새우깡 | ||
Saewookkang is considered one of the oldest and most popular snacks in Korea. It is about two-inches long in length, packed with savory andreal high quality shrimp flavors as opposed to artificial additives. It is slightly salty in taste and each piece is baked, forming tiny pores inside each cracker which makes it crunchy with every bite. Different variations from sprinkled herbs to hot & spicy shrimp flavors exist as well.
Since Korea is a peninsula surrounded by sea, seafood flavored snacks are surprisingly popular and something which everyone enjoys. A bag of this beloved snack can be found in almost every Korean household and often served in popular bars much like how party mix goodies are served elsewhere.
Saewookang was first introduced in 1971 and several billions of bags have been sold and consumed thus far.
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SHIK-HAE
Sweet Rice Drink 식혜 | ||
Shikhae is a traditional sweet Korean rice beverage, usually served as a dessert. In addition to its liquid ingredients, shikhae contains grains of cooked rice and in some cases pine nuts. It is traditionally made by pouring malt water onto cooked rice where it steeps in the rice until it floats to the top of the surface. The liquid is then carefully poured out, leaving the rougher parts, and boiled with sugar.
In South Korea and in Korean grocery stores overseas, shikhae is readily available in cans or plastic bottles. One of the largest South Korean producers of this drink is Vilac Company of Busan as well as Yalkut Corporation. Homemade shikhae is often served after a meal at Korean restaurants or at home.
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TTEOK
Sweet Rice Cake 떡 | ||
Tteok is a class of Korean rice cakes made with glutinous rice flour (also known as sweet rice or chapssal in Korean), by steaming. Normal rice flour can also be used for some kinds of tteok and there are hundreds of different kinds of tteok eaten year round. In Korea, it is customary to eat tteokguk on New Year's Day and sweet tteok at weddings and/or on birthdays. It is often considered a celebratory food and can range from rather elaborate versions with nuts and fruits down to the plain-flavored tteok used in home cooking. Some common ingredients for many kinds of tteok are mung bean, red bean, and sweet red bean paste. It can also include variations of dried fruits, sesame seeds, oil, and sugar.
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YANG-PA-RING
Onion Ring Chips 양파링 | ||
Yangparing is a popular onion ring snack enjoyed by all ages and it's the Korean version of Frito Lay's Funyuns. It is made with premium ingredients and these playful rings have a crisp texture which are packed full of zesty onion flavors. It contains no MSG and it actually has 100mg less sodium than Funyuns per serving. This onion snack is so delicious that it must be experienced.
Next time you're in the mood for a snack that's out of the ordinary, try Korea's yangparing which has a unique combination of great taste and crunch.
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YA-KU-RU-TO
Korean Yogurt Drink 야쿠르트 | ||
Yakuruto or yakult is a popular after meal, probiotic milk-like product which is sweet in taste and enjoyed by Koreans at restaurants or at home. It is made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacteria which helps in digestion of food. It was originally created by a Japanese scientist and marketed in different sizes worldwide to nearly 30 nations. In the Americas (including Mexico, one of yakult's largest selling markets), South Korea, Japan, Philippines, and Thailand, 80 ml bottles are available. It is also available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China where it comes in 100 ml bottles.
Yakuruto is made by Yakult Corporation which is one of the largest food companies in South Korea and produces beverages, ramen noodles, and dairy products.
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