Young customers come to the shop to play, some people buy up to 10 pieces after failing many times.
"I have sold over 3,000 Dalgona candies so far". She said she has to refuse customers who order a large number of the candies." But on weekends the number doubles, even triples". "My shop sells 100 to 150 candies during weekdays. She said her shop attracts hundreds of visitors every day as a result.
Many people try making the candy at home but fail". Van explained why she came up with the idea of offering the candies at her café: "‘Squid Game’ was so popular that it created many social media trends, including the Dalgona candy challenge. 15, one day after Hanoi permitted dine-in customers. Van, the shop's owner, said she started offering this candy-splitting game on Oct. Le Petit Moment Cafe, a coffee shop in Hanoi's Ba Dinh District, quickly grasped the trend and began offering the do-or-die candy challenge for customers who want to put their scraping skills to the test while enjoying a sugar high. The twist is that debt-ridden participants are not simply competing for money: they are also playing for their lives. 17, the nine-episode show on global streaming service Netflix has become number one in over 90 countries and territories.ĭirected and written by Hwang Dong-hyuk, its plot is about contestants who are in so much debt that they ended up competing in classic children's games for $38 million cash prizes. People try out the Dalgona candy challenge at a coffee shops in Hanoi's Ba Dinh District.
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The South Korean series 'Squid Game' has sparked many trends among young Vietnamese in the last few weeks, from creating Dalgona candies to dressing up as characters in the series. Young people have been sharing recipes, trying the challenge out, and re-enacting the episode, attracting huge attention on social networks. In the series, the game is all about scraping away the outside of the candy to get the stamped shape out without breaking it. In the last few weeks its recipe has generated a lot of buzz among Vietnamese netizens, who record videos of themselves making the candy in various shapes. The deadly South Korean sweet treat from the series, known as Dalgona candy, or honeycomb toffee, has taken social media by storm. Videos with the hashtag #trochoiconmuc (‘Tro Choi Con Muc’ is the Vietnamese name of ‘Squid Game’) have garnered more than 457 million views on the short video platform TikTok.