The snack you might know as 호도과자

A brief history of hodu-gwaja

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Hodu-gwaja

The basics

Little cookies made with walnut flour and chopped-up pieces of (you guessed it) walnut, with a red bean paste filling.

The place

Korea (originated Cheonan)

The story

I love a good food that’s fully transparent about what it contains. A Nut Roll? That’s a candy with nuts rolled around a nougat center…