Winter Unique Snacks Like Chapssaltteok, Bungeoppang, and Hotteok 'Flood'

Geundae Golmok Danpat Bread's 'Seolgi Danji'.

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] With the arrival of winter, the food and beverage industry is launching unique seasonal snacks. Traditional winter favorites such as ice cream, chapssaltteok, bungeoppang, and hotteok have been modernly reinterpreted by adding each brand’s own know-how.

Geundae Golmok Danpatppang, a bakery specializing in old-fashioned bread known as one of the ‘Top 3 bakeries in Daegu’ selected by the Korea Tourism Organization, recently introduced a special winter limited menu called ‘Seolgi Danji.’ This dish features baeksulgi (steamed rice cake) placed on a hot stone pot coated with butter, topped with baked soboru (streusel), vanilla ice cream, and caramel sauce, finished with a cookie on top. It is characterized by the warm and chewy texture of the baeksulgi combined with the cold and sweet ice cream, complemented by the crispiness of the cookie.

Food mall Cookat, specializing in ready meals (HMR), launched ‘Cookat Market Chestnut Chapssaltteok.’ This product is filled with chestnut cream embedded with almonds inside the chapssaltteok, offering a sweet and savory flavor that captivates the palate. The almond topping adds a crunchy texture to the richly filled soft chestnut cream. Additionally, the rice cake skin, which determines the texture of the chapssaltteok, is made from domestically produced glutinous rice, providing a chewy texture along with stickiness and sweetness.

Natuur 'Glace Tart Cake'.

Ice cream brand Natuur introduced a new concept tart ice cream called ‘Glace Tart Cake.’ This product contains ice cream inside a tart and is the first of its kind in Korea. It is shaped like a mini ice cream cake with a diameter of 7 to 8 cm, and the tart topping the ice cream is made with cocoa butter to give it a rich flavor. Various design elements are skillfully used to enhance the luxurious feel despite its small size. There are two flavors available: Green Tea and Chocolate Hazelnut.

Coffee specialty store Paik’s Coffee launched a new menu called the ‘Hotteok Series,’ reinterpreting hotteok, a representative winter snack. The series includes three items: Hotteok Latte, Hotteok Paiksccino, and Hotteok Ice Cream. All three feature a blend of savory misutgaru (grain powder) with subtly fragrant cinnamon-infused black sugar to recreate the taste of hotteok.

The Hotteok Latte blends misutgaru and black sugar with milk, offering a smooth and savory flavor. The Hotteok Paiksccino blends misutgaru, black sugar, and milk with cold ice and is available in two types: Basic and Soft topped with ice cream. The Hotteok Ice Cream features soft ice cream mixed with misutgaru and black sugar, generously topped with nuts such as sunflower seeds, peanuts, and almonds, delivering a taste and texture reminiscent of seed hotteok.

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