Honey butter potato chips have become so ingrained in South Korea’s popular culture that the craze has its own Wikipedia page. The company that makes honey butter chips is building a new factory to meet Koreans’ demand, and in the meantime there’s a shortage. Make sure to keep the thickness the same for each slice to ensure even frying. It has also created a sort of black market for those who don’t have a Korean supermarket handy. Last summer, the Korean snack giant Haetae launched a honey-buttered chip on the local market, and the unassuming junk food became a sensation, spawning copycats, disappearing from … With demand way outstripping supply, people started making their own versions at home and posting the videos online.The incredible thing is that even when tossed in moist butter and honey, instead of the … I adapted this version from here. Soak the potato slices in water for 6-10 hours. I think the craze started when a celebrity or two shared photos with honey butter chips and it snowballed from there? Crunchy, buttery, sweet and salty, there is a reason why this snack is so addictive. So they're classy! I prefer the chip more but tong tong is still good. I could eat twelve of those loaves. I've found them at a few of the local GS25 convenience stores, the Shinsegae supermarket, a small mart near where I work, and another place or two. Both of them taste alike with honey and butter favour but in different texture. Co-owners and chefs Brian Kim and TK Ku of Oiji created their own version of the popular Korean Honey Butter Chips. Specifically, honey and butter from France. If you Google “honey butter chips… A hand-written memo posted at the entrance to a convenience store in Gangnam, southern Seoul, Wednesday, reads: "Honey Butter Chip sold out!" It’s became a craze in Korea to give almost any kind of snack a honey butter flavor. Since I found some long forgotten potatoes buried at a corner in my fridge, I decided to make some Honey butter chips at home. Basically, after these chips came out in August of 2014, Korean pop stars started posting pics of themselves with the bags. The sweet chips created a cult phenomenon in 2014 when K-Pop stars began posting “selfies” with the convenience store food item. A hand-written memo posted at the entrance to a convenience store in Gangnam, southern Seoul, Wednesday, reads: "Honey Butter Chip sold out!" Vice's Munchies blog published a fascinating story this week about South Korea's improbable obsession with Honey Butter chips, which are nothing more than potato chips with the taste of -- you guessed it -- honey and butter. Fans of Korean pop culture will know that Korean honey butter chips, are extremely popular and high in demand. That loaf of honey pumpernickel-wheat bread they set down in front of you with that ramekin of honey butter? 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