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Top 10 Liquorices for National Liquorice Day
Liquorice, or licorice, is a plant which is actually officially a weed! Liquorice candy is made from an extract of the liquorice root combined with sugar and a binding agent. Liquorice has been given its own official day, April 12th, now known as National Liquorice Day. Here in celebration, we round up our top 10 liquorice of all time!
Understanding what liquorice is - One of the most popular types of liquorice we sell is called salmiak or salmiakki. This is a salty liquorice common in the Netherlands, Scandinavia & northern Germany. There are also many red 'liquorices' on the market which often don't have any liquorice extract or flavour but instead take the same form and texture as black liquorice but are flavoured with fruits like strawberry and cherry. In order to respect the real meaning of the word liquorice and its incredible flavour, you will be sure to find no red 'liquorice' in our round up below!
1. Tyrkisk Peber Original
Peppery and salty, Tyrkisk Peber Original from Finland is a hardcore spicy salmiak candy, one of the most popular salmiak candies there is. The hot and salty element of this liquorice is definitely an acquired taste; some will absolutely love this stuff and others may even go so far as to spit it out in disgust!
2. Fazer Lakritsi Raspberry Filled Liquorice Stick
Another delicious liquorice from Fazer, this time a soft raspberry filled liquorice stick. A refined real raspberry filling is encased in high quality black liquorice in this well balanced sweet treat.
3. Haribo Liquorice Favourites
A British classic. The colourful mix of shapes, flavours and textures all have one thing in common...liquorice! Most variations are some combination of sweet candy paste and black liquorice but yet manage to taste different enough to keep you eating...you have to try them all!
4. Fazer Salmiakki Milk Chocolate
Milk Chocolate + Salty Liquorice = ??? This surprisingly tasty combination is worth trying! Delicious milk chocolate with a salty liquorice (salmiak) filling, this Fazer Salmiakki bar is enjoyed even by those who are not normally a fan of liquorice.
5. Fazer Pantteri Black Shot
A relatively new product on the Finnish liquorice candy market, Pantteri Black Shot are a soft salmiak gummy candy with a gooey salmiak filling. Salty, sweet, and awesome with none of the fire of Tyrkisk Peber Original.
6. Fazer Copenhagen Raspberry & Liquorice White Chocolate
New to the market in 2016, Copenhagen Raspberry & Liquorice is part of the Fazer travel range which celebrates flavour infusions from around the world. This rare combination of white chocolate with liquorice is certainly one to be celebrated.
7. Twizzlers Licorice Twists
Twizzlers from America have to hit the top 10 with their liquorice twists. Unlike its more popular red sibling, these liquorice twists really do taste like liquorice and contain liquorice root extract.
8. Walker's Lovely Liquorice Toffee Bar
A great British whole milk and real butter toffee, flavoured with the extract of 'lovely liquorice'. Just whack it to shatter it, then unwrap and enjoy.
9. Good & Plenty
Good & Plenty are an old-fashioned American sweet black liquorice candy, coated in pink and white candy shells - a cinema favourite!
10. Läkerol Salvi
Läkerol are sugarfree pastilles sweetened with an extract from the stevia plant. Läkerol come in many different flavours but there are none better than Läkerol Salvi which is the unusual flavour combination of salty liquorice & violet!