Korean Snacks You MUST Try

This list reflects a very biased personal taste. I tried to classify them into 4 sections below. I think it will also be fun when you try to hunt for these snacks when you go to supermarkets. They are sold almost in ANY type of supermarkets or convenient stores.

Salty Snacks

1. Onion Ring (양파링): Sadly, no real onions found inside. Light salty snack.

2. Corn Chip (콘칩): There is a bit of sweetness in this as well. Eating a lot may cause pain in the top of your mouth.

3. Oh! Potato (오!감자): I recommend the original flavour without the dip. It states that it tastes like potato gratin.

4. Whale Food (고래밥): This is not literally whale food so it's safe for human consumption. They are in little pieces in the size of your fingernail so it may be hard to consume. They come in many different flavours and they are all good.

5. Yeh Gam (예감): If you are going to buy chips, I recommend this instead because it's baked not fried and tastes as good. Original flavour is easier to eat than the cheesy one because cheesy one gets niam after a while.

Sweet Snacks

1. Jolly Pong (죠리퐁): Made of wheat so your pee can smell like this snack after you consume it (personal experience it's real!) Some people like to eat this like cereal with milk.

2. Sweet Potato Ggang (고구마깡): This snack is a little sticky and comes as a pair with Potato Ggang. The potato version is salty.

3. Mat Dong San (맛동산): This is coated with peanuts and can be a little hard. So people with allergies or weak teeth, please be careful.

4. Banana Kick (바나나킥): Not something I like but it's liked by many children. One side of the snack is coated with banana syrup. They now have other flavours such as chocolate but this is the original.

5. Homerun Ball (홈런볼): Also not my cup of tea but it was ranked as Korea's number 1 snack two years back and has always been one of the most sold snacks of the year.

Cold Snacks

1. Cool Peace (쿨피스): If you are in Korea and is weak to spicy food we offer, this is an instant remedy. The original is a peach flavour and Cool Peace is known to get rid of the spiciness in your tongue quickly.

2. Hotness Hunt (더위사냥): Frozen coffee ice-cream. You can share it with someone as it is rather big and can be snapped into half.

3. Word Cone (월드콘): Probably one of the very first ice-creams in Korea. The top part is covered with nuts and you MUST finish the cone to taste the little chocolate at the tip of the cone.

4. Pig Bar (돼지바): The centre is filled with frozen strawberry jam and its coated with some chocolate snacks. The combination is perfectly balanced.

5. Papico (빠삐코): It is a chocolate ice-cream but it is not in a bar. It is a tube shape so it is easy to eat without dripping. I know someone don't like the fake chocolate taste you get from ice-creams but this one will be different.

6. Tank Boy (탱크보이): It is actually pear flavoured so it is unique. The size has been shrinking over the years but the taste is as great.

Common Snacks

These are some snacks that are REALLY famous in Korea so I will not add special explanations.