Must-Try Popular Korean Snacks!

Snacking helps to keep you from getting overly hungry in between meals and then overeating at your next meal. Instead, eat a small healthy snack to tide you over. So, i made a list of popular Korean snacks you should try and enjoy while filling your eyes with these delightful snacks. Have a break! HAVE A SNACK!

1. Pepero is one of the favorite snacks of Filipinos. It is a cookie stick, dipped in different kind of chocolate like Strawberry, Almond, Nude, White Chocolate Cookie, Black Chocolate Cookie, Peanut and so on. Pepero is manufactured by Lotte Confectionery in South Korea since 1983.

2. Goraebap in Korean Language is 고래밥and the meaning of 고래 is "whale" and 밥 "food". It is a package of small fried chips with chili seasoning. As the name of the snack shows, the small pieces are shaped in marine animals such as goldfish, squid, shark, and star fish. Even though they all taste the same, you may find a certain shape tastier.

3. Tteokbokki (떡볶이) is a Tteokbokki is chopped rice cakes that are stir-fried with a hot chili sauce. It uses a sweet spicy sauce that tastes like real Tteokbokki pasta.

4. Jochung Yugua (조청유과) is a is fried rice sticks with sweet honey syrup. It is sweet in taste and simple as it look.

5. Berjib Pizza (벌집핏자) is a pizza flavored chips with the shape of a nest of the bees. You may wonder if it really taste like but it taste like a pizza. Try it!

6. Chaltteok Pie (찰떡파이) It is a chewy rice cake but with chocolate. It is shaped like a thin moon pie, white rice dough is covered with thick chocolate. The collaboration of rice cake and chocolate taste good. Try it!

7. Goguma Ggang (고구마깡) Goguma Ggang means sweet potato snack. It is covered with sweet honey sauce, fried sweet potato sticks will make you want it more. There are Yangpa Ggang (Onion snack) and Gamja Ggang (Potato snack) as the two other versions of the “Ggang” series.

8. Ojingeo Ttangkong (오징어 땅콩) Ojingeo Ttangkong means squid peanut. It is a bite-sized balls with peanuts inside. It really smell fishy and a slight salty flavor. It is delicious!

9. Yanggaeng (양갱) This snack looks like a protein block but it is made of red beans. With the water that boiled red beans, sugar and flour are steamed together to make this sweet snack. And it’s chewy like jelly.

10. Choco Cone (초코콘) If you are a chocolate addict, you must eat this Choco Cone. It is soaked in deep rich chocolate and has a crispy texture that make you feel like your in the chocolate heaven. There are many chocolate snacks similar to this one, so choose the brand that satisfies you the most!

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