Foods made famous by TV, books, and movies

This Korean treat is blowing up after featuring on Netflix's 'Squid Game'

Stars Insider

31/01/22 | StarsInsider

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Sometimes enjoying the art of another character’s sensations through a screen or a page simply isn’t enough for audiences. Some people want to actually taste what their protagonists are tasting. Indeed, there are numerous foods from fictional works that have been popular in the real world—sometimes even if they’re not real, and other times even if they’re animated! And who's really to blame? The characters make it look so good...

Even in Netflix's 'Squid Game,' which is not exactly an appetizing show, a Korean treat used in a particularly stressful challenge has piqued the interest of its millions of viewers. The wildly popular nine-episode season follows a group of people trapped in a secluded arena who must compete in a series of childhood games with extremely high stakes, in the hopes of winning a life-altering cash prize. Their second challenge is to carve out shapes—a circle, triangle, star, or umbrella—from a piece of honeycomb toffee using a needle, without letting it break.

Social media has since become obsessed with the Korean treat, known as dalgona, or ppopgi. The treat originated in South Korea as a popular and inexpensive street food in the '70s and '80s which were often sold in front of schools until the trend passed by the 2000s, People reports. The sweet, crunchy snack came with shapes embossed into the surface, and customers who could chew out the shape while leaving it intact would get a second cookie for free. 

The treat also sparked a TikTok challenge as many have posted their attempts at making dalgona—a process which involves heating sugar in a pan until it starts to caramelize, then stirring in some baking soda, pouring it onto a baking sheet, and using a cookie cutter to press a shape into the surface—and they're sharing their attempts at trying to carve out the shape, testing if they'd survive that round in the show.  

Click through to see which foods have tantalized audiences enough to make their own.

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