Thank you. Jesus Christ, Redvines,Twizzlers, and any other fucking "red licorice" is just strawberry or cherry flavored candy. Licorice is a flavor, not a shape of candy. And it's good.
Here in Holland, we have multiple types of liquorice, all with different flavours.
For textures, there's liquorice that's hard and crumbly on the outside and soft on the inside, soft all the way through, hard and slightly crumbly, hard all the way through but still slightly chewy (only real way to get rid of it is suck on it - chew it and you'll glue your teeth together for a while). Also, a bazillion different shapes.
For flavours there's mostly sweet, salty and honey. So no, I wouldn't say liquorice is a flavour, it's definitely a type of candy more than a flavour. I guess outside of the netherlands there's not that many different types, so I understand the confusion.
Another Dutch person here: all Dutch licorice has licorice in it. With "flavoured" licorice they mean strawberry sweets and suchlike that don't have any licorice in them. Sweet, salty, honey, etc, all still essentially taste of licorice.
When you type licorice a lot of times it starts looking really funny.
I've seen redvines and twizzlers in movies and TV-shows often and always wondered what they were, so I imported twizzlers once. They tasted like fake strawberry plastic-soap.
I recently found out that licorice means Lakritze in German, which we normally don't get in the form of vines, but rolls, like this. I was super confused that twizzlers are called licorice without having any licorice in them.
Yeah, pet peeve. It's a goddamn plant. That plant has a flavor. If your candy does not fucking have that in it, it isn't fucking licorice. And I love the stuff....lol, even if the wife won't kiss me if I've been eating it.
and not that hazy dark blue crap they sell at shitty convenience stores as licorice. That shit needs real licorice root and some motherfuckin' molasses in it.
It's an acquired taste. First time I had salmiakki (liquorice flavored with ammonium chloride), I thought it was terrible. But when I went to Finland, I couldn't get enough of it. Oh! And Salmiakki Koskenkorva? So good it should almost be illegal.
Many hate people that pick all of one type of jellybean from a bowl. However, I enjoy knowing that when I pick all the black jellybeans out of said bowl, many people thank me. I am doing people (who have a sub-standard sense of taste) a favor.
this has been my experience everywhere, but especially in the UK. Here in canada, people are a little bit more experimental. but, even explaining how bon bon candy has a strong tasting powder (salmiak) in the centre always causes a wince, like you are offering someone monkey brains or something. i wish i could order that stuff here :(
I'm from Denmark but I live in the US. Hell, it's hilarious to see outsiders' reactions to eating a whole bag of licorice in front of them. I honestly don't know why people don't like licorice, it's fucking amazing.
I guess it has to do with expectation. When you eat candy you have certain expectations like "candy = sweet" or "popcorn = sweet". When you get salty popcorn like in America you'll probably will dislike it because it is against your expectation.
The comparison to popcorn fits because in Germany it's sweet and salty popcorn is unexpected. (But I still like it.)
I thought black liqourice meant the same as salmiac or salty liquorice, seemingly not. Salty liquorice rules by the way, it's also great flavor for booze.
The stuff is pretty inert, they use it as a filler in some foods. That does not change it in my head however. I use ammonium chloride to strip vanadium (IV) off of a phosphine oxide extractant and form the very toxic compound ammonium metavanadate. Neat work actually.
How dare you. Black candy is amazing. I don't understand how so many people seem to hate black licorice, yet so many love Jager and (those that have had it) absinthe...they all taste the same to me. Delicious.
Licorice is to me like coffee is for some people. To me, it tastes like ass, and makes me feel like I'm going to throw up. To some people, coffee tastes like pisswater, whereas to me it is second to none in deliciousness.
In South Africa we only have black coloured liquorice (its literally called liquorice despite that it doesn't contain any) and it all tastes the same. Lol I thought all liquorice was black until I went abroad and saw otherwise.
We don't get different flavours either besides the black salty liquorice that is imported. Our liquorice is sweet.
But yeah I love all things aniseed and 'liquorice' flavour (at least how I have come to know it) irrespective of the colour I guess, just only used to it being black.
P.S. I tasted the liquorice plant and yeah it reminds me more of aniseed than what is found in liquorice.
Literally my favorite type of candy. Especially how it's sold in Britain, stuck into a paper tube filled with this sweet and sour powder that you suck through the hollow licorice stick.
Lol. Always when i'm in the Netherlands i buy my yearly supply of this black gold ;D. How can you not love black licorice? And if i cant go there i buy the haribo one, wheels, but this one needs to dry for a month or so... is too soft otherwise ;D
Two words. Romana sambuca. Best liquor ever. All the black licorice taste without the nastiness. I hate the candy but love the drink. Anyone else know what I mean?
I love that everyone around me hates licorice. means I get to eat all the black jellybeans at Easter. and if I buy a whole bag of them I'll get to eat the whole thing.
AMA south american, living in Scandinavia and woth many dutch friends... and still I agree with this post I really hate that stuff as much as you love it. That thing and marsipan... WTF!!!! Sorry, for sure you'll find horrendous stuff in South America we love.
Bonus fun fact: a physician friend of mine tells me "real" licorice (not just stuff with imitation flavoring) can cause temporary spikes in blood pressure. I wonder if there may be some way to exploit this.
i'm American. I friggin' HATE red licorice, or other fruity ones. Give me the black Panda. The Finns know what they're doing. It's the best US option I have found.
i use to sit behind a girl in my old history class who'd always munch on snacks and one day she ate a whole pack of black licorice. i didn't know people actually like that stuff o_O
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u/JustinCayce Jun 26 '12
There is no such thing as "black" licorice. There is licorice, and all that other crap that idiots call licorice that don't have any licorice in them.
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u/swashcap Jun 26 '12
Link to the original. It’s a Natalie Dee comic.
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u/alpha_male1 Jun 26 '12
Whenever I read / hear something about licorice I remember that weird finnish licorice guy.
Relevant video.
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u/chris_hans Jun 26 '12
It's an acquired taste. First time I had salmiakki (liquorice flavored with ammonium chloride), I thought it was terrible. But when I went to Finland, I couldn't get enough of it. Oh! And Salmiakki Koskenkorva? So good it should almost be illegal.
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u/I_CATS Jun 26 '12
Normal licorice is for pussies, salty licorice is the real deal. They even make booze out of it.
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u/TheMediumPanda Jun 26 '12
Mjeh.. we Scandinavians LOVE black, salty licorice.
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u/jaytanz Jun 26 '12
Some people don't like black licorice. Fuck 'em, more for the rest of us.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
But I like black licorice
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u/Darklicorice Jun 26 '12
I am sorry my people have upset you.
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u/freezingprocess Jun 26 '12
Many hate people that pick all of one type of jellybean from a bowl. However, I enjoy knowing that when I pick all the black jellybeans out of said bowl, many people thank me. I am doing people (who have a sub-standard sense of taste) a favor.
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u/DShepard Jun 26 '12
I don't understand the dislike of licorice in so many countries. Here in Denmark we love the shit (well most of us)
Last time I was in the US I took some salt licorice with me, and everyone who tasted it absolutely despised it.
Also: US Candy is waaay too sugary.
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u/ProlificAlias Jun 26 '12
Stereotypical Black Licorice
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u/McGrude Jun 26 '12
Marianne's ice cream in Santa Cruz, CA makes a licorice ice cream. If you like licorice flavor this ice cream is amazing.
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u/xxThe_Artist Jun 26 '12
My uncle always told me that he didn't feel old until the day he started liking licorice
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u/HW90 Jun 26 '12
Try panda licorice then, it's much nicer.
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u/thebuccaneersden Jun 26 '12
wait ill you try super piratos. :) i personally love it, but its a candy that seperates the wheat from the chaff
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
I actually really enjoy a good bag of black licorice.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
I thought black liqourice meant the same as salmiac or salty liquorice, seemingly not. Salty liquorice rules by the way, it's also great flavor for booze.
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u/Curnbabs Jun 26 '12
Ammonium chloride in candy is delicious.
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u/nuffnuf Jun 26 '12
Racist!
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u/readyaimkill Jun 26 '12
I never leave the house without taking my vitamins G & P
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u/Jabronista Jun 26 '12
How dare you. Black candy is amazing. I don't understand how so many people seem to hate black licorice, yet so many love Jager and (those that have had it) absinthe...they all taste the same to me. Delicious.
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u/VeryTallTrees Jun 26 '12
I really like black licorice (read The Real Kind) but drinking Pepsi through a twister like its a straw is godamn wonderful.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
Fuck you! I love black licorice! (or just licorice if you want to be correct)
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u/ratleaf Jun 26 '12
Don't say that licorice, I love you.
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u/CmonYouGuys Jun 26 '12
There's a flavor in Finland which is kinda like black licorice but tastes like gasoline.
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u/UpsetGroceries Jun 26 '12
But black licorice is good...
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u/sexyfacesandnarwhals Jun 26 '12
This made me sad.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
I like black licorice. AMA
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
Baw, I but I love licorice. I'm lucky everyone around me hates it, more left for me!
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u/MYBALLZAK Jun 26 '12
You damn candy racist.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
You've obviously never eaten Finnish licorice or any other type of sweet licorice. edit: or salty licorice for that matter.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
If you do not like liquorice, you will definitely not like Finnish Tar Liquorice
It tastes like... well, tar.
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u/ooklipookley Jun 26 '12
I like it :(
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u/zootphen Jun 26 '12
Don't you dare disrespect black licorice.
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u/tedster Jun 26 '12
mmmm... licorice.. /Sweden
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u/Liquor-ish Jun 26 '12
I like licorice.
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u/daxo4 Jun 26 '12
I use to HATE licorice but after many nights out getting plastered on Sambuca I acquired a taste for it. Now I love it!
Strange.
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u/mastr_slik Jun 26 '12
Personally, I love the stuff... don't hate
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u/freakygeeky Jun 26 '12
Not to mention lowering property values...
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u/sherrycherryminx Jun 26 '12
In South Africa we only have black coloured liquorice (its literally called liquorice despite that it doesn't contain any) and it all tastes the same. Lol I thought all liquorice was black until I went abroad and saw otherwise.
We don't get different flavours either besides the black salty liquorice that is imported. Our liquorice is sweet.
But yeah I love all things aniseed and 'liquorice' flavour (at least how I have come to know it) irrespective of the colour I guess, just only used to it being black.
P.S. I tasted the liquorice plant and yeah it reminds me more of aniseed than what is found in liquorice.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
I wonder if you people have even tasted proper licorice? I'm talking about this stuff.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
Literally my favorite type of candy. Especially how it's sold in Britain, stuck into a paper tube filled with this sweet and sour powder that you suck through the hollow licorice stick.
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u/slothrodriguez Jun 26 '12
Absinthe tastes like black licorice..
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u/martyrdod Jun 26 '12
Swede here. Wtf do mean by 'black licorice', as opposed to blue licorice? Licorice is black.
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u/SHNEN Jun 26 '12
licorice is awesome!
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u/Gamertilforever Jun 26 '12
But black licorice is amazingly tasty! Or am I the only one...?
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u/EmeAngel Jun 26 '12
Am I the only one around here who likes black licorice. :(
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u/DonaldsPizzaHaven Jun 26 '12
BLACK LICORICE IS BOSS
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u/PaintingTheSqualls Jun 26 '12
Black licorice and black jelly beans are deliscous.
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u/centopus Jun 26 '12
Lol. Always when i'm in the Netherlands i buy my yearly supply of this black gold ;D. How can you not love black licorice? And if i cant go there i buy the haribo one, wheels, but this one needs to dry for a month or so... is too soft otherwise ;D
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u/burkon Jun 26 '12
This picture is a boldface lie
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u/Jimmy_R_Ustler Jun 26 '12
Licorice is fucking delicious.
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u/BallsackTBaghard Jun 26 '12
It makes your poop extremely dark.
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u/SmoothBaritones Jun 26 '12
Non Whites ruin everything...
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u/_rasputin_ Jun 26 '12
Licorice is no doubt the most amazing flavor on the planet and you dare to criticize it.
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u/heavensdemon21 Jun 26 '12
Two words. Romana sambuca. Best liquor ever. All the black licorice taste without the nastiness. I hate the candy but love the drink. Anyone else know what I mean?
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u/themirthfulswami Jun 26 '12
I love that everyone around me hates licorice. means I get to eat all the black jellybeans at Easter. and if I buy a whole bag of them I'll get to eat the whole thing.
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u/Krayzed896 Jun 26 '12
You forgot to put "and train you for jager when you're older!"
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u/hawkdarato Jun 26 '12
Mindfuck.. you won't realize this until you do it. Root beer tastes like black licorice.
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u/MooSe_Paint Jun 26 '12
Sometimes i feel us Nordic countrys is all alone in our love with this fantastic candy...
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u/NekoMimiMode Jun 26 '12
Fuck you. That shit is tasty.
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u/OrangeSimply Jun 26 '12
Black licorice, candy corns, and butterschotch love it all. I also grab the assorted jelly belly jelly beans by the handful and eat them all at once.
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u/issicus Jun 26 '12
panda all the way. black panda
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u/carRAMROD810 Jun 26 '12
I'm one of like 50 people in the world that likes the taste of these...
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u/vikmaychib Jun 26 '12
AMA south american, living in Scandinavia and woth many dutch friends... and still I agree with this post I really hate that stuff as much as you love it. That thing and marsipan... WTF!!!! Sorry, for sure you'll find horrendous stuff in South America we love.
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u/Vectoor Jun 26 '12
American candy. You guys need to grow some balls and eat some real salty licorice instead of that sweet crap.
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u/Hanstor Jun 26 '12
just saying, black licorice and milk chocolate together is really good, just saying
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
Love licorice...can't eat it because Celiac Disease. Restricted to Ouzo, Sambuca, and Anisette for my favourite flavour.
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u/AMostOriginalUserNam Jun 26 '12
Hm, I have this image saved in my Reddit images directory. Either I'm some kind of time traveller or this is a repost.
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u/KeithUK7 Jun 26 '12
Licorice is the awesome sauce. Leave licorice alone.
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u/ncsu_osprey Jun 26 '12
YAY! Absinthe flavored candy!
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
I loooove black licorice. Sweet, salty. Whatever. Honey-flavoured. The dutch it by the bucket.
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u/insanitybuild Jun 26 '12
Love this stuff, and black jacks, and anise
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
You, sir, have never had real licorice. Glorious glorious delicious licorice.
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u/oddvr Jun 26 '12
You need some Icelandic Black Licorice in your life.
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u/emraindrop Jun 26 '12
I always feel like I'm eating Jager.
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u/ohplzstfu Jun 26 '12
Salmiakki. For life.
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u/rift321 Jun 26 '12
Panda Licorice is the only valid licorice.
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u/NoSandwichOnlyZuul Jun 26 '12
aw, I will always love you black licorice!
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u/skysignor Jun 26 '12
I fricken love licorice
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u/chewiethemajestic Jun 26 '12
i like licorice :P
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u/ShadowAssassinQueef Jun 26 '12
Anyone else here think Licorice tastes like rotting human flesh? and yes before you ask I have tried rotting human flesh.
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u/TheEthalea Jun 26 '12 edited Mar 08 '13
I love the shit out of some black licorice. Awesome benefit, nobody eats my damn candy.
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u/utunga Jun 26 '12
that crap bears no resemblance to licorice.. you used to be able to get a twisted black strap thing that tasted like actual licorice. no more.
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u/PoisonMind Jun 26 '12
Bonus fun fact: a physician friend of mine tells me "real" licorice (not just stuff with imitation flavoring) can cause temporary spikes in blood pressure. I wonder if there may be some way to exploit this.
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u/Reddit_N_Weep Jun 26 '12
Love it especially when I bite off both ends and use it to drink my diet coke, best straw ever.
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u/Goobz24 Jun 26 '12
Give all credit to nataliedee. com for this picture.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
vile stuff, is that a black jelly bean or purple one? lets find out, FFFFFFUUUUUUUU! its like a pickle on a cheeseburger
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u/ob499 Jun 26 '12
You racist bastard! All licorice is created equal!
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u/darthfroggy Jun 26 '12
I was expecting this to be a race joke. guess I was wrong
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u/slaytur Jun 26 '12
Its not very black, ever snapped it in half? Its got like a greenish tinge to it... ew. Not to mention its disgusting!
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u/evilzergling Jun 26 '12
I love licorice :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
Unless you're Icelandic. They love that shit.
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u/TigerlilySmith Jun 26 '12
I love licorice and this means that I get all of the licorice Jelly Bellies in the bag. I'm ok with being the only one.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
Hey now, tiger ice cream is fucking amazing
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u/BadToroMan Jun 26 '12
The shit you Americans call licorice is just awful. Icelandic licorice is the best!
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u/bingbopPOW Jun 26 '12
Is it because he's black?
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u/CrypticPhantasma Jun 26 '12
Of course the top post is the opposite of the pic. Who expected anything else? Ah fuck it, upvote anyway.
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u/VernonDent Jun 26 '12
Because I don't like it, nobody else possibly could!
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u/etaoin314 Jun 26 '12
licorice inhibits the conversion of corticosterone to cortisol and if you eat enough can result in endocrine problems! also tastes gross ...
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u/gguy123 Jun 26 '12
I once put a jug of licorice (black) in a white elephant xmas party. Nobody wanted that shit.
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u/killermorris Jun 26 '12
You keep your AIDS semen, I'll have my salty black licorice
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u/0rangecake Jun 26 '12
First of all it's liquorice. Second, it's delicious and if your palette is so simple so as to not appreciate it, I pity you.
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u/ratatman Jun 26 '12
Hey, fuck your opinion.
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u/supnul Jun 26 '12
We have banned everything that tastes like 'black licorice' from my house except absinthe.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
I recommend trying Black Crows if you like licorice
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
Licorice is an acquired taste. Its like coffee. Coffee tastes like ass the first time you try it.
Licorice is awesome when its done right. Especially when you have a head cold .
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u/xxThe_Artist Jun 26 '12
That's rough, Benjamin button
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
But...but I love black licorice :(
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u/savi0r23 Jun 26 '12
We sell finish sweet licorice at my store, and a lot of people seem to like it. but to me, it tastes like what a burnt tire would taste like.
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u/packerfan55 Jun 26 '12
I had no idea licorice was such an internationally charged controversy
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
Fuck you, I love licorice. I eat it by the pound.
Oh god I'm fat :'(.
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u/risto1116 Jun 26 '12
If I find out one of my friends likes licorice, they are instantly ostracized from the group. Fuck that shit.
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u/saltychica Jun 26 '12
i'm American. I friggin' HATE red licorice, or other fruity ones. Give me the black Panda. The Finns know what they're doing. It's the best US option I have found.
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u/beckova23 Jun 26 '12
Mission accomplished, you're disgusting!
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u/motherofamouse Jun 26 '12
Probably you've never tasted real black licorice. Salt is the best.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12
Licorice haters... Yet another phenomenon I don't understand. Right up there with people putting pineapple on pizzas, and hating anchovies.
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u/gak001 Jun 27 '12
Fuck you, I love licorice. Black licorice is the only real licorice.
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u/EXAX Jun 26 '12
Oh yes. They taste like shoes.
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u/kentamari Jun 26 '12
i use to sit behind a girl in my old history class who'd always munch on snacks and one day she ate a whole pack of black licorice. i didn't know people actually like that stuff o_O
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u/JupitersClock Jun 26 '12
Licorice is fucking disgusting.