Korean Desserts & Snacks 디저트·간식
Traditional and modern sweets — tteok, bingsu, hotteok and more.
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1 / 21 Korea has a lively dessert culture, from traditional sweets made of rice and honey to colorful modern cafe treats. Traditional sweets such as tteok, yakgwa and yugwa are eaten at holidays, birthdays and ceremonies, while bingsu, macarons and waffles fill the cafes of every neighborhood. Bingsu, a mountain of shaved ice with toppings, is the favorite summer dessert and is usually shared by two or three people with spoons. Traditional Korean sweets are often less sugary than Western ones and use red beans, sesame, ginseng, nuts and jujube. The words below are the names you will see on cafe menus and in bakeries, so they are great for ordering and for gifts.
Order a dessert by its Korean name the next time you visit a cafe. It is the easiest real-life practice.
Word list
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- 빙수bingsu bingsu / shaved ice dessert
- 떡tteok tteok / rice cake
- 송편songpyeon songpyeon / half-moon rice cake
- 인절미injeolmi injeolmi / roasted-soybean rice cake
- 찹쌀떡chapssaltteok chapssal-tteok / sticky rice cake
- 약과yakgwa yakgwa / honey cookie
- 유과yugwa yugwa / puffed rice snack
- 다식dasik dasik / pressed tea cookie
- 한과hangwa hangwa / traditional Korean sweets
- 식혜sikye sikhye / sweet rice drink
- 수정과sujeonggwa sujeonggwa / cinnamon punch
- 아이스크림aiseukeurim ice cream
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- 케이크keikeu cake
- 마카롱makarong macaron
- 와플wapeul waffle
- 쿠키kuki cookie
- 초콜릿chokollit chocolate
- 사탕satang candy
- 푸딩puding pudding
- 젤리jelli jelly / gummy candy
- 단팥빵danpatppang sweet red bean bread
Ready-to-use sentence
- 빙수 하나 주세요.One bingsu, please.
- 이거 너무 달아요.This is too sweet.
- 포크 좀 주세요.May I have a fork?
- 같이 먹을까요?Shall we share it?
Frequently asked questions
What is bingsu?
Bingsu is shaved ice dessert topped with sweet red beans, fruit, condensed milk or ice cream, shared at the table.
Is Korean dessert very sweet?
Traditional sweets are usually mildly sweet and nutty; modern cafe desserts vary.
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