Korean Sweets

What makes Korean sweets different

Korean sweets are less about sugar and more about what happens while you eat them. Lotte's Malang Cow candies chew almost like marshmallows, just firmer. The giant popping chocolate sticks crackle on your tongue like popping candy. And HBAF almonds come in everything from cookies & cream to fiery Buldak. Many of them are more of an experience than a dessert.

The Korean classics

The best known is the Choco Pie: it has been around since 1974, and almost every Korean man knows it from military service, where it was handed out as a snack. Its full story is on our blog. Dalgona candy was a street snack of melted sugar and baking soda in the 1970s and 1980s; since Squid Game the whole world knows it. You can make it yourself, but it takes patience.

Everything at once: the Dalgona box

If you can't decide, go for the Dalgona box with over 30 Korean sweets: candies, crisps, chocolate and more, each individually wrapped. It also makes a great gift. A little smaller is the Korea Convenience Store box with snacks and drinks just like from a Korean corner shop.

Savoury snacks, instant noodles and drinks from Korea are in the Korea category. Sweets from Japan and Taiwan are under Asian sweets.