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{{Short description|Korean variant of the chinese dessert}}
{{Infobox food
| name             = ''Kkul-tarae''
| image            = Kkultarae, Korean court cake.jpg
| caption          = Korean court cake
| alternate_name   = King's Candy
| country          = [[Place:Korea|Korea]]
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| course           = Dessert
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| main_ingredient  = [[Chemistry:Honey|Honey]]
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| serving_size     = 100 g
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| similar_dish     = Dragon's beard candy
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{{Infobox Korean name
| title      = Korean name
| hangul     = {{lang|ko|꿀타래}}
| hanja      = none
| rr         = kkul-tarae
| mr         = kkul-t'arae
| koreanipa  = {{IPA-ko|k͈ul.tʰa.ɾɛ|}}
}}

'''{{transl|ko|Kkul-tarae}}''' ({{Korean|hangul=꿀타래|labels=no|lit="honey skein"}}), is a Korean dessert based on the Chinese Dragon's beard candy. It is popular as street food in Korean streets such as Insadong.

==Cooking method==
A hard dough of honey-[[Chemistry:Maltose|maltose]] mixture is kneaded, twisted, stretched and pulled into skeins of silky threads, in which assorted candied nuts, chocolate, or other fillings are wrapped.<ref name="Chakraborty">{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/street-of-the-octopus/|title=Seoul Food: Hitting the streets in search of Octopus|last=Chakraborty|first=Shruti|date=3 April 2016|work=The Indian Express|access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> 
==History==
The Dragon's beard candy was never considered a traditional Korean candy and was first introduced to South Korea from China in the 1990s. Its original name was ''yongsuyeom'' (용수염), a direct translation of the Chinese name "Dragon's beard" (龙须糖). The first line of stores that opened in Seoul who marketed it as ''kkul-tarae'' were inspired from the Dragon's beard candy that was sold in Chinese hotels. Despite initially revealing its Chinese origins explicitly, the Korean brands later changed their marketing strategy by attributing a [[Unsolved:Pseudohistory|fake history]] for the dessert, claiming it as a traditional Korean dessert enjoyed by the royal court with a 500 year old history. This marketing was later disseminated in news outlets, contributing to the public perception of the dessert being a traditional Korean dessert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ymnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=10333|title=인사동 꿀타래가 궁중음식?}}</ref>
The name {{transl|ko|kkul-tarae}} was trademarked in November 7th of 2000 with intent to sell dessert similar to Dragon's beard candy in Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1999111900209147001&edtNo=45&printCount=1&publishDate=1999-11-19&officeId=00020&pageNo=47&printNo=24357&publishType=00010|title='꿀타래''황금잉어빵'등 이색 거리간식 선풍|website=NAVER Newslibrary|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>

== See also ==
* List of Korean desserts

== References ==
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[[Category:Pseudohistory]]


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