Yesterday was Pepero Day and I think you must all be coming down from the sugar highs of cookie sticks dipped in chocolate. I just noticed my buddies' Pepero Day and it is hilarious! Check it out! Check out more great videos over at Eatyourkimchi.com Come take a cooking class or take a Culinary Tour in Seoul! http://www.ongofood.com

Be sure to buy your pepero! If you work at a public school, you'll probably receive tons of these chocolate sticks. Keep the boxed ones from Lotte and give away the rest. (Size doesn't matter on pepero day. Skinny is best). Want to learn more about Pepero Day look here^^ Pepero Day is coming! Look at those huge boxes to the left! Even the 7/11 is getting ready for Pepero Day Don't forget to get your pepero gift pack for your girlfriend, wife, or friend!

photo by Lunalil Here is a repost on pepero Day 11/11 or November 11 th is Pepero Day in Korea and there is a very good chance that you will receive a couple of boxes of these long thin snacks on this day. The classic pepero sold by Lotte is a thin biscuit stick that is dipped in chocolate. Over time these have evolved into thin pretzel wrappers with chocolate inside (called Nude Pepero), Almond Chocolate, Strawberry, Blueberry, Nude Lemon Cheese, and then huge peperos that are the length of an adult’s arm. It is easy to get overwhelmed by the number of these strange thin snacks that swarm the Korea landscape on 11/11. So how did it start? The Lotte Confectionary Company introduced Pepero to Korea back in the 1980s. Many people believe that the company invented this day to increase their sales. If the Lotte Company did do this then it was a huge success. It sells almost two-thirds of it’s yearly total of these snacks in the two months before November 11 th (Source: Lina Yoon Wa...