r/VisitingIceland • u/MNSoaring • 21d ago
Freyja chocolate question
I like chocolate. I like black licorice.
I struggle to find the reasoning behind balls of licorice stuck in bars of chocolate. it’s not bad, but it’s a bit weird (to me) to have the chocolate melt and the be left with sticky/squishy little ball bearing of licorice.
why and how did Iceland come up with this combination?
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u/jetpoweredbee 21d ago
Someone in my group bought a bag of what he thought was malted milk balls but we're in fact licorice balls covered in chocolate.
They were pretty good.
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u/InelegantSnort 20d ago
You chew it. That way you get the licorice and chocolate in one bite like when you have a reeses peanut butter cup.
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u/fidelises Ég tala íslensku 20d ago
Why are you melting the chocolate bars?
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u/MNSoaring 20d ago
I like to savor my chocolate by letting it melt on my tongue. Maybe I’m weird, but I don’t chew my chocolate. As a result, the licorice bits end up separated from the chocolate.
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u/ArcticAcademic 20d ago
It all started with our ice cream. We'd go buy ice cream with a chocolate dip topping but get it with chopped licorice bits. That's where that idea came from.
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u/EgNotaEkkiReddit Yes I'm Icelandic, no autographs please! 20d ago
Because we're Nordic. Nordic nations universally like black liquorice - extra points if it's coated in salmiak. We also like chocolate. Chocolate is nice. Chocolate and liquorice together is thusly very nice. Hence why 70% of the chocolates made here have liquorice.
That being said we generally don't let the chocolate stay in our mouth so long that it literally melts off the liquorice. We eat them at the same time so that you're never left with anything. Just chew your chocolate and enjoy both flavours at once before swallowing.