{"id":31165,"date":"2015-07-14T17:10:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T08:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=31165"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:26:17","slug":"norths-choco-pie-knockoff-falls-fa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/norths-choco-pie-knockoff-falls-fa\/","title":{"rendered":"North&#8217;s &#8216;Choco Pie&#8217; knockoff falls far short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Daily NK has obtained a North Korean snack<br \/>\nrolled out to squash demand for a popular South Korean treat that had first<br \/>\nbecome a sensation among factory workers in the inter-Korean industrial complex<br \/>\nand spread across the country. Known as \u2018Chocolate Danseolgi,\u2019 the snack<br \/>\ndisplays a striking resemblance with the much-loved South Korean \u2018Choco Pie\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The new treat is said to have been produced to cut off fantasies about the<br \/>\ncapitalist world its workers may harbor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"bbs_caption1_box\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201507\/DNKE_1325_295691_1436859978_i.gif\"><br \/><a class=\"bbs_caption1\">North Korea\u2019s local \u2018Chocolate Danseolgi\u2019 snack produced to rival South Korea\u2019s \u2018Choco Pie\u2019 that<br \/>&nbsp;became&nbsp;widely popular in the North. Rolled out in May, the snack is being provided to the<br \/>&nbsp;North\u2019s Kaesong Industrial Complex workers. Image: Daily NK<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Starting last month, North Korea has been<br \/>\nproviding its Kaesong factory workers with \u2018Danseolgi\u2019, according to a source<br \/>\nwho has ties with the North and passed on the new snack to Daily NK on the condition of anonymity. This comes<br \/>\nafter Pyongyang banned supplies of the famed \u2018Choco Pie\u2019 within the industrial<br \/>\ncomplex last year, as they were being sold by the workers on the black market<br \/>\nfor good returns and gaining greater popularity across the country.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The South Korean \u2018Choco Pie\u2019 snack was<br \/>\nfirst introduced to Kaesong workers in 2006. Due to its soaring popularity,<br \/>\nmany had come to develop a sense of curiosity or fantasies about the South, the<br \/>\nsource said. Seeing the chocolate cake snack with marshmallow filling win over<br \/>\nso much love, Pyongyang set out to create an alternative in the hopes of<br \/>\nchoking off demand.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Last year, after banning \u2018Choco Pie\u2019<br \/>\nsupplies, the North tried to force South Korean firms to provide its factory<br \/>\nworkers with a home-grown chocolate double-layered cake snack, and this year in<br \/>\nMarch, it even rolled out a chocolate coated rice cake treat also similar to an<br \/>\nexisting South Korean product.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Despite these efforts, local goods have<br \/>\nfailed to take off, as Kaesong workers are already acquainted with tastes from<br \/>\nSouth Korea and are only eating the \u2018Danseolgi\u2019 as they have no other choice,<br \/>\naccording to the source.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The treat is one of the \u201clatest products\u201d<br \/>\nput out for Kaesong workers. \u201cIt was smuggled out of the country by way of a<br \/>\nNorth Korean trader in the Rason Economic Special Zone who works with<br \/>\nChinese traders,\u201d she explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cCurrently in the North, the \u2018Chocolate Danseolgi\u2019 is being distributed to workers as supplies, and they\u2019re not sold on North Korea\u2019s regular markets,\u201d she asserted. Every last ingredient used to make the snack, from the butter to the chocolate, is imported from China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Predictably,&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Kaesong workers invariably far prefer the taste of the original chocolate snack from South Korea, the source said, adding, \u201cNorth Korea will never be able<br \/>\nto produce the South\u2019s Choco Pie.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">One of Daily NK\u2019s reporters who tried out<br \/>\nthe North Korean \u2018Danseolgi\u2019 described the snack as \u201cdecidedly lacking in chocolate<br \/>\nflavor \u201d and \u201cbeing overwhelmingly pungent of butter.\u201d The wrapper claims to<br \/>\ninclude marshmallow in the product, but our taste tester reported any semblance of its texture to be nonexistent and noted that the cake itself is incredibly prone to crumbling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">*The content of this article was broadcast to the North Korean people via Unification Media Group.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily NK has obtained a North Korean snack rolled out to squash demand for a popular South Korean treat that had first become a sensation among factory workers in the inter-Korean industrial complex and spread across the country. 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