Ashen said:IMO Panda brand is still the best black licorice you can buy right now.
INGREDIENTS
Molasses, Wheat Flour, Licorice Extract, Natural Flavor (Aniseed Oil).
bob65 said:Darrell Lea is an Australian brand.
Wiley Wallaby is not.
bob65 said:No, I have never heard of Kookaburra Licorice.
I had to look them up, it seems it is made in USA (by an Australian family though), so once again Australian "style" licorice.
I never knew that Australia was reknown for making licorice.
taste is so subjective. i`ll guess you don`t like Jagermeister liqueur.WarrantMan said:Man, what a thread..
I've travelled the world and have found but two candies that I think awful and cannot eat. I still test it out every so often just to be sure, but each time... still sucks...
Licorice in any form...
and those Godawful "Circus Peanuts" .... horrible..
Maybe it's your thing, that's cool, they make it and people buy it. As for me, no can do... admittedly I eat some weird stuff.. but can't hack either of these.. go figure..
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CaneDog said:
Actually 2 of the owners still live in Australia and 1 is here now with the business and the product is imported from Australia with most of the ingredients sourced locally in NSW. Even has "Product of Australia" on the packaging, I didn't know Australia was renowned for its licorice either, but after seeing this thread it made me wonder. And it seems strange that there would be enough cache in it being important from Australia to make it worth doing so unless they were already established in Australia. Why not just mix it up here? Anyway...
But it all makes me wonder, how many fruit flies might get mixed in with the Australian licorice?
Texture is often an overlooked personal preference. Just out of interest, do you remember if it was the solid bars or honeycomb cut pieces you tried. I like the extruded honeycomb pieces for just that texture reason. Also I get it from a bulk store, it isn't stale, but it usually has firmed up a bit.The Hot Pepper said:
Panda is too gummy, I don't like the stick to your teeth stuff.
I'm with ya on that and I'm one of those guys who enjoys candy corn.Voodoo 6 said:Circus peanuts taste like someone sprayed liquid turd on a packing peanut.