Deuk Deuk Tong

Deuk Deuk Tong
A man gets some Deuk Deuk Tong ready to serve
Chinese	啄啄糖
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin zhou2 zhou2 tang2 Cantonese - Jyutping doek3 doek3 tong4
Ding Ding Tong
Chinese	叮叮糖
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin deng2 deng2 tang2 Cantonese - Jyutping ding1 ding1 tong4

Deuk Deuk Tong or commonly referred to as Ding Ding Tong is a type of traditional candy in Hong Kong. It is a hard maltose candy with sesame and ginger flavours. The sweet is made by first melting maltose, then adding to it various ingredients and continuously stirring the mixture. Before the mixture solidifies, it is put on a metal stick and pulled into a line shape, then coiled into the shape of a plate.

In Cantonese, deuk means chiselling, breaking things into pieces. When street hawkers sold the candy, it was necessary for them to break apart its original shape with a pair flat chisels, namely "deuk". Chiselling makes noise and attracts children to buy. Deuk Deuk Tong was thus named (Tong means "candy" or "sugar" in Cantonese). Today, in order to cater to young people's tastes, different flavours of Deuk Deuk Tong are also made, including coconut, chocolate, mango, banana, and strawberry flavours.

See also

• Dragon's beard candy
• White Rabbit Creamy Candy

External links

• GTO 的偉大記事: 細味人間 People Profiles (啄硺糖)
• 叮叮糖 (Ding Ding Tong)
• 叮叮麥芽糖 聲響引小孩 (The sound of Ding Ding Tong draws the children)