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Originally posted by MissOleum
Ah, liquorice - that's a whole lifetime love-affair ...
sticks
twists
straps
blocks
bullets
chocolate-coated logs
allsorts
and now we have raspberry liquorice and orange liquorice for dessert!!!!
Don't forget Lakritzschnecken (literally "liquorice snails", I don't know what they are called in English)! http://www.baeren-treff.de/uploads/tx_rovoshop/28178_preview.jpg
I had a phase during which I ate several per day.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Don't forget Lakritzschnecken (literally "liquorice snails", I don't know what they are called in English)! http://www.baeren-treff.de/uploads/tx_rovoshop/28178_preview.jpg
I had a phase during which I ate several per day.
We do have string licorice in the US, but I've never seen it coiled up like that. It must be a European (German?) thing.

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How about dutch licorice? the salty stuff. Not for this sweet-tooth ....

and I forgot black cats and aniseed rings as well as the plastic tubing thingies.

Dark bitter chocolate is the only kind, milk is for babies 🙂

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Originally posted by c99ux
Yeah, but it's just not Spanish any more, is it?

I used to like the liquorice sticks like twigs... Do they still sell them anywhere?
Spanish, I thought only my dad called it that 🙂
There's a little traditional sweety shop not far from me that still sells the liquorice sticks like twigs.

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Originally posted by MissOleum
I'm not a dad - but after a childhood of rejecting black jelly beans I acquired the taste - to the point of buying bags of "only black" beans. Perhaps it's an indicator of adulthood!
Right now I'm munching on my bag of only-black jelly beans -- always been my favorite!😏

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Originally posted by Aimi
Spanish, I thought only my dad called it that 🙂
There's a little traditional sweety shop not far from me that still sells the liquorice sticks like twigs.
I used to love those twigs!

http://www.answers.com/licorice&r=67

This would maybe explain why it used to be called Spanish - I remember it being called that too.

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As I get older I seem to be getting less and less partial towards sweets, but you can't beat a good bit of crumpet.

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I was always a chelsea whopper fan 😛

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Oh, but I've always liked Bristols. 🙂

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http://www.retrosweets.co.uk/


No Texan bars left :'(

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
http://www.retrosweets.co.uk/


No Texan bars left :'(
My brother got me a box of retro candy one year for my birthday.

Pretty cool.

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Originally posted by Ice Cold
For jelly beans I like Jelly Belly jalapeno flavored.
😉

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Originally posted by MissOleum
How about dutch licorice? the salty stuff.
Is that the kind that comes in different pastel colors with black on the inside? Can't stand that stuff, if that's what it is.

This stuff: http://www.rjslicorice.co.nz/images/Allsort.jpg

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Originally posted by SJ247
Is that the kind that comes in different pastel colors with black on the inside? Can't stand that stuff, if that's what it is.

This stuff: http://www.rjslicorice.co.nz/images/Allsort.jpg
those are allsorts, the Dutch stuff is found in the specialties section of the supermarket, looks like normal licorice in small size pieces but is savoury rather than sweet, and there's one called something like "dubbel zout" for double-salt that's really ugh!

http://www.littledutchgirl.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=22_48

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Originally posted by Nordlys
[b]Don't forget Lakritzschnecken (literally "liquorice snails",
These look like something one of our local makers has, a tightly-rolled up metre of licorice strap - good test of the jaws too!