Chewy, crunchy and not-too-sweet, round, chocolatey “Dubai-style” cookies have become the must-have dessert in South Korea—with the rush for the snacks even prompting the Red Cross to offer them as a draw for blood donors.
Springboarding off a global craze for “Dubai chocolate”—a pistachio-filled chocolate bar layered with fine shredded pastry known as kadaif—and fuelled by K-pop endorsements, “Dujjonku” have become a phenomenon in South Korea.
Online searches for the dessert surged more than twenty-fold in the last three…