Dalgona or Ppopgi is a Korean Sponge (aka Honeycomb Toffee or Sea Foam) Candy that you can make with just sugar, baking soda and heat. Classic Korean Street Food from the 60's and 70's. Press shaped molds make it even a fun game!
Prep time: PT3M
Cook time: PT5M
Total time: PT8M
Rating
5 stars (3 reviews)
Keywords
candy, fun snack, street food
Ingredients
1 Tbsp sugar
1 pinch baking soda
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 ladle or large spoon
1 metal chopstick or a candy stick
1 small silicon spatula or spoon for scraping
1 flat plate or smooth metal or stone surface
dalgona mold or cookie cutter molds ((optional))
Categories
Dessert
Snack
Cuisine
Korean
Steps
Coat a plate or a metal or stone surface with a bit of vegetable oil. Coat oil on a hotteok press or any ceramic or metal plate/pan that you can use to press the melted sugar. Have these two items and a silicon spatula ready next to your stove.
Add 1 Tbs sugar in a ladle or large spoon.
Hold the ladle or spoon on top of the stove at medium-low heat and melt sugar for about 3-4 min until it becomes liquid and is transparent. Avoid burning by stirring constantly with a chopstick while it melts and take it away from the heat anytime it starts to smoke. Lower the heat if necessary.
Once it has turned into sugar syrup, add a pinch (or 3 dips with the end of the chopstick - see video) of baking soda to the syrup.
Immediately take the ladle off the heat and mix soda with the syrup.
Move the ladle one more time back on top of the heat and heat it up for just about 4-5 seconds, until the sugar mixture starts to puff up. Don't wait until it puffs up fully, then you are most likely going to burn it.
Transfer sugar+soda mixture onto greased plate or surface. Immediately press it down to make a thin disc like candy. Press for 3 seconds or so and then before it fully hardens, press your mold on the candy - not so hard that the shape will be cut out.
Let it cool and then you have a fun Korean Dalgona Sugar Sponge Candy!
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 80 kcal
Carbohydrates: 12 g
Fat: 4 g
Saturated Fat: 3 g
Sodium: 78 mg
Sugar: 11 g
Reviews
zoe cassidy on 2024-05-05 (5 stars): In Northern Ireland, their version is called "yellow man". My Dad told me stories of going to the Lammas Fair every year and buying it. It's a very sticky version.
Ivana on 2021-12-25 (5 stars): This worked so well, thank you so much!
