Who could resist a snack with a name like “toop-tap”? We certainly can’t. This simple Thai snack is made from sugar and peanuts in equal proportions with a little clear syrup added, pounded in a mortar, then rolled flat. The flattened sheet of delicious goo is then rolled up and cut into bite-size chunks, each of which is wrapped in thin greaseproof paper.
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