Dalgona candy is fun, but it tastes way better in a milkshake than on its own
, the terrifying South Korean survival drama series turned global phenomenon. And maybe you’re one of those viewers who was so inspired by the Netflix show’s third-episode dalgona candy challenge that you tried to make the candy on TikTok, where #dalgonacandy has racked up over 1 billion views.
And then maybe, once you made all of that dalgona candy, you asked yourself: What do I do with all of these sweet, crunchy shards of burnt sugar? The answer is simple: Go for aBut before we get to that, let’s take a minute to look at how dalgona got yanked from its Korean roots in the service of 20-second TikTok videos and, in the process, became a symbol of global food culture.
So why is everyone calling it dalgona candy, and how did dalgona become a viral trend not once, but twice in as many years? The explanation illustrates the global evolution of language. In 2020, South Korean actor Jung Il Woo appeared on a Korean reality TV show at a cafe in Macau drinking a wildly frothy instant coffee, which he likened to ppopgi.
My sister and I, in the throes of pandemic recipe sharing-turned-cookbook writing, tried it and were amazed: whipped instant coffee with the flavor and, miraculously, the same frothy texture of pre-hardened ppopgi. Because it’s nearly impossible to make ppopgi without burning the sugar at least a little , it tastes remarkably like a cappuccino from a big-chain coffee shop.
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