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I'm 피스타임, a Nexon Picker.

The foods from MapleStory I'd love to try in real life include bungeoppang, Meat, and various recovery items. They look appetizing even as tiny pixel sprites, and I'm especially fond of the foods I used often while playing.

These days in MapleStory, I mostly rely on Power Elixirs for recovery, so I don't have much reason to use food items. You can also drink 세이람의 영약 or Wealth Acquisition Potions, but those potions don't exactly make my mouth water.

A closer look through the consumables, though, reveals quite a few foods I'd like to try in real life. Today, I'm sharing my MapleStory food bucket list—a selection guided less by stats than by one question: “What would this taste like?”

Contents
1. Bungeoppang to Enjoy Before a Boss Battle
2. Meat to Pick Up and Sink Your Teeth Into
3. Ice Cream Pops and Red Bean Sundaes to Crave Even in Winter
4. Melted Cheese: Even the Name Sounds Delicious
5. A Chocolate Stick for Pepero Day
6. Here's to Good Health! All Cure Potions

1. Bungeoppang to Enjoy Before a Boss Battle

First up are 붕어빵 뿌리기 and 달콤한 붕어빵 뿌리기, both still familiar sights in MapleStory today. Bungeoppang appears in the game as a map-wide atmospheric effect item. 달콤한 붕어빵 뿌리기 in particular boosts Attack and Magic Attack, making it a useful buff to have before taking on a boss.

Bungeoppang makes my character stronger, but seeing it on-screen just makes me want some myself. I set out to prepare my buffs for a boss battle and end up hungry instead.

I imagine the regular bungeoppang has a red bean filling, while the sweet bungeoppang is filled with custard. I haven't actually checked what's inside, but that's where my mind goes whenever I see the two side by side.

The colder the weather gets, the more I crave warm bungeoppang. I'd love to bite into one filled with red bean paste, then follow it with one full of sweet custard cream.

2. Meat to Pick Up and Sink Your Teeth Into

In MapleStory Worlds experiences based on old-school MapleStory, such as 메이플랜드 and 메이플 플래닛, you use a variety of recovery items. After getting used to Power Elixirs, seeing these foods again feels like a welcome reunion.

Of all those foods, the one I've most wanted to try is Meat. The name sounds a little rough around the edges, but it looks just like the meat you see in cartoons. A single bone runs through a hefty chunk of meat, practically inviting you to hold it in one hand and take a bite.

I have plenty of opportunities to eat meat in real life, but rarely anything shaped quite like that. Perhaps that's why I wonder what it tastes like every time I see it. I don't know what kind of meat it is, but it looks delicious enough to earn a place on my food bucket list.

There's even cola to go with it—a perfect pairing.

3. Ice Cream Pops and Red Bean Sundaes to Crave Even in Winter

A serving of meat deserves a dessert to follow, so next up are Ice Cream Pops and Red Bean Sundaes. The pinkish color of the Ice Cream Pop suggests strawberry to me. I don't know its actual flavor, but in my imagination, it's already sweet strawberry ice cream.

I imagine tearing off the tip and squeezing it up a little at a time would bring back that familiar taste. It might be cold for a winter treat, but enjoying one in a warm room has an appeal of its own. There is a saying about fighting cold with cold, after all.

Red bean shaved ice is already a favorite of mine. Using Red Bean Sundaes so often as recovery items in 메이플 플래닛 has only made me crave it more.

Shaved ice comes with all sorts of toppings these days, but MapleStory's version brings the classic back to mind: sweet red beans piled over ice, and a generous spoonful that leaves you with a momentary brain freeze. (You can't actually see any red beans, but they are in the name.)

4. Melted Cheese: Even the Name Sounds Delicious

I can't leave out Melted Cheese, either. I've never eaten cheese in real life that looks like this MapleStory item. Perhaps it looks even more delicious because it's so different from the sliced cheese I'm used to.

It looks like something a cartoon mouse would love, but the name is its real selling point. Even plain “cheese” would have caught my interest, but the Korean name's promise that it “melts in your mouth” makes me imagine each bite softly melting away.

I'd like to cut off a small piece to try on its own, and also try some on warm bread. A helping of cheese after a few bites of Meat sounds like it would make a fairly hearty meal, too.

5. A Chocolate Stick for Pepero Day

Although it isn't a consumable, there's also an item called 러블리 초코스틱 that looks like Pepero. It resembles a Pepero stick dotted with sweet bits of sugar. I'd love to try it to celebrate Pepero Day.

6. Here's to Good Health! All Cure Potions

Last on the list is the All Cure Potion, which doesn't quite qualify as food. Could just one really cure every illness? Perhaps only a game item could live up to that name, but if it existed in real life, I'd probably reach for it before the meat or shaved ice. By name alone, it sounds less like a food bucket list entry and more like something I'd always want to keep at home.

I'm curious about the taste, too. Would it live up to its medicinal name with an intensely bitter herbal flavor, or would it be surprisingly sweet and easy to take? I have a feeling that the more effective it is, the more bitter it would taste—but ideally, it would taste good, too.

My MapleStory Food Bucket List

In-Game Item	How I'd Like to Try It in Real Life
Bungeoppang, Sweet Bungeoppang	One warm red bean pastry and one warm custard pastry
Meat	Cartoon-style meat to grab by the bone and sink my teeth into
Ice Cream Pop	Strawberry ice cream enjoyed in a warm room
Red Bean Sundae	Refreshing shaved ice piled high with sweet red beans
Melted Cheese	Cheese to try on its own and on bread
러블리 초코스틱	A bite to celebrate Pepero Day
All Cure Potion	An imaginary item I'd love to try for its taste and effects

Looking over the list, MapleStory's foods could cover everything from appetizers to dessert. Meat is still the one I'd most like to try, while warm bungeoppang is my pick for something I could actually eat right now.

If you enjoy browsing in-game foods or tiny pixel-art items, take a look through MapleStory's consumables, too. Which food would you most like to try?