Korean Slate

The chocolate version of the CW’s chaltteok cookie, this gwaja is Invention Patent No. 0626971 — sticky rice encased in a soft, hollow cookie. What a way to combine traditional Korean and modern Western in a baked goodie! CW translates their product into English as Korean Biscuit.

The picture on the wrapper shows the filling as white, but actually the chaltteok inside is dark brown in color.

Ingredients list as given in English: sugar, cocoa, wheat flour, corn syrup, corn starch, salt, glutinous rice. The label on another part of the box says it contains 2% “cacao.”

Six of these individually wrapped cookies are contained in a box which states that its price is 2,000 won (Korean currency). The box bears a sticker containing nutrition facts and other information in English.

국내산 찹쌀이 함유된 청우 찰떡 쿠키

Each cookie weighs 20 grams, which equals one serving. Each serving contains: 74 calories, 13 from fat. One gram of total fat — no saturated or trans fat. Two milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium. Fifiteen grams of total carbohydrates — no dietary fiber, 6 grams of sugars. One gram of protein. No vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium or iron.

Net weight: 120 grams (4.23 ounces). UPC 8 801204 202335. Made by the Korean confectionery company Cheong Woo known in hangeul as 청우식품. Product of Korea. Available at HK Super for 99 cents when on sale.