Deuk Deuk Tong

Deuk Deuk Tong

A man gets some Deuk Deuk Tong ready to serve
Alternative names	Ding Ding Tong
Type	Confectionery
Place of origin	Hong Kong
Main ingredients	maltose, sesame, ginger

Deuk Deuk Tong
Chinese	啄啄糖
Hanyu Pinyin	zhuó zhuó táng
Cantonese Yale	deuk deuk tóng
Literal meaning	peck peck candy
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin zhuó zhuó táng IPA [ʈʂwǒ ʈʂwǒ tʰǎŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization deuk deuk tóng Jyutping doek3 doek3 tong2 IPA [tœk̚˥ tœk̚˥ tʰɔŋ˧˥]
Ding Ding Tong
Chinese	叮叮糖
Hanyu Pinyin	dīng dīng táng
Cantonese Yale	dīng dīng tóng
Literal meaning	ding ding candy
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin dīng dīng táng IPA [tíŋ tíŋ tʰǎŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization dīng dīng tóng Jyutping ding1 ding1 tong2 IPA [tɪŋ˥ tɪŋ˥ tʰɔŋ˧˥]

Deuk deuk tong (啄啄糖) or commonly referred to as ding ding tong (叮叮糖) is a type of traditional candy in Hong Kong. It is a hard maltose candy with sesame and ginger flavors. 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 of flat chisels, namely "deuk". The act of chiselling makes noise and attracts children to buy. Deuk Deuk Tong was thus named (Tóng means "candy" 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 flavors.

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) Archived 2019-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
• 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)