How To Make Squid Game's Infamous Sugar Honeycomb

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Squid Game is taking over Netflix and is on track to become the streaming platform’s biggest ever original series – beating our much-loved Bridgerton.

For those yet to watch, the South Korean show is a hyper-violent thriller about a group of people who are lured into a survival game where they have a chance of winning 45.6 billion Korean won (£28.5 million). However, if they lose they die.

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The challenges aren’t too complicated, though, and some are based around childhood games. In episode three, we see the contestants take part in the Dalgona honeycomb challenge, which is a popular Korean childhood game.

In the challenge, players must carefully cut out a shape from a paper-thin sheet of sugar honeycomb using a needle. If the honeycomb cracks, you lose.

The game has become popular on TikTok, with people trying the #honeycombchallenge for themselves. But no, there are no frightful repercussions if your honeycomb cracks, just lost pride.

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With Halloween approaching, Squid Game looks to be the theme of the season, with versions of the game front and centre.

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If you want to play yourself, here’s how to make sugar-based honeycomb:

• Put some sugar in a pan
• Put the pan over a high heat
• Stir and wait until all the sugar has caramelised and then take it away from the heat
• Take it off the stove
• Add a dash of baking soda to the melted sugar
• Stir in the baking soda
• Pour it all onto baking paper
• Wait about 30 seconds or so for it to cool and then use your cookie cutter to add a shape’s outline.

And voila! That’s how you make honeycomb at home. Remember, Squid Game is just a TV show, so leave all the violence on the TV screen.

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