Squid Game's Dalgona Candy Goes Viral: Here's How to Make It

Dalgona, a sweet honeycomb candy and fun Korean street food, is having a moment thanks to the hugely popular Netflix series Squid Game.

Since the fictional South Korean survival game featured the toffee snack in its third episode, Korean street vendors of dalgona have gone without sleep, as their popularity surged, while Tiktok and vloggers respond with their tips and recipes.

Spoiler alert: In the series, the challenge comes when each contestant has to extract a shape - like a circle, triangle, star, or umbrella from the delicate piece of honeycomb - to avoid being shot in the head. 

Here's a look at the global Korean honeycomb craze:

"The production crew and I would joke about our series starting a dalgona craze, like how Netflix's Kingdom did with the gat ― a traditional Korean hat ― but I'm astounded that it actually happened," Squid Game creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk told The Korea Times.

What is Dalgona?

Dalgona is made from a blend of sugar and baking soda to produce a light, crispy, caramelised sugar with a moreish toffee-like flavour and melt-in-your-mouth texture. 

Dalgona coffee also went viral on TikTok last year.