

Jeonju bakery PoongNyeon JeGwa (풍년제과), more commonly known as PNB, This resulted inĮxposure of North Koreans to the sweet treat, and as they smuggled home theirĪ black market for the bootlegged confectionery.Ĭonglomerate Lotte was scrambling to develop its own competing choco pie, North and South Korea employing citizens from both countries. Political history, with many factories close to the Demilitarised Zone between

Loyalty, preference, and recognition of its consumers. Orion has been ranked at the top of China’sīrand Power Index for consecutive years, measured through the strength of brand Initially popular with children and the elderly, it’s now consumed globally, A purple sweet potato-flavoured Oh! Yes Choco Pie from Haitai Confectionery. Cue Orion, one of the most recognised brands of choco pie alongside the conglomerate giant Lotte (Choco Pie, and its classier counterpart Mon Cher (몽쉘)), and the popular confectionery brand Haitai (Oh! Yes Choco Cake). Supposedly, as history (or Wikipedia) outlines, the snack was first developed by Tongyang Confectionery after one of their development technicians sampled a similar sweet sold in an American hotel, and the resulting product was so good that the company rebranded to name itself after the product it had created in 1973. A choco pie with a nutty roasted-soybean flavour, but with the classic cake, marshmallow filling, and chocolate from Orion Confectionery’s Choco Pie House line. The snack consists of two round cakes sandwiching a marshmallow filling, and coated with chocolate. If you’ve at all visited an Asian supermarket in the last decade and wandered down the sweets section of the snack aisle, there is more chance than not that you’ll encounter choco pies. Choco pies (초코파이) are a ubiquitous Korean snack.
