Why is/was licorice flavored chewy candy colored black?

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donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 17 January 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago) link

when yo extract the crap from licorice root it is black.

Ed (dali), Saturday, 17 January 2004 01:27 (twenty years ago) link

Licorice poops?

donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 17 January 2004 01:33 (twenty years ago) link

(That was meant as a earnest fully formed sentence, not a new candy idea proposal)

donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 17 January 2004 01:33 (twenty years ago) link

I expect you boil the llicorice troots and black stuff oozes out.

Ed (dali), Saturday, 17 January 2004 01:43 (twenty years ago) link

Because it's trying to warn you not to eat it.

Leee Majors (Leee), Saturday, 17 January 2004 01:45 (twenty years ago) link

licorice is 3000 times sweeter than sugar.

Ed (dali), Saturday, 17 January 2004 01:47 (twenty years ago) link

liquorice--the real stuff--is made of anise, liquorice root extract and molasses. It's the molasses that makes it black.

oh, also, I'm a big gay loser and my name is Phil

phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 19 January 2004 01:46 (twenty years ago) link

LUCAS REBICK, I CURSE YOU!

phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 19 January 2004 01:54 (twenty years ago) link

GO TO HELL AND MAY YOU ONLY PACK WOOLY SWEATERS!

phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 19 January 2004 01:54 (twenty years ago) link

haha

A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 19 January 2004 01:59 (twenty years ago) link

Racism.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 19 January 2004 02:01 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.palmy.net.nz/futurama/weirdscenes/alien-seating2.gif

This thread confuses and infuriates me!

Trayce (trayce), Monday, 19 January 2004 02:21 (twenty years ago) link

I remember my dad used to bring home licorice root when I was a kid. It was quite woody and you chewed it (there's no way you could eat it, well, not unless you were a yak or termite or soemthing). But the key thing was it was brown, not black.

MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 19 January 2004 12:12 (twenty years ago) link

licorice has always been brown until the rolling stones painted it black.

ken c (ken c), Monday, 19 January 2004 12:18 (twenty years ago) link

they left the sugar brown tho.

MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 19 January 2004 12:46 (twenty years ago) link

But they did see a red door and they wanted to paint it black!

(Um, that made little sense in this context, I know.)

Phil, your posts here have delighted me. Many "thank you"s your way.

As Sweet As Melody (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 19 January 2004 18:54 (twenty years ago) link

three years pass...

I want to make my own licorice.

roxymuzak, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:38 (sixteen years ago) link

always bet on black

hstencil, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:39 (sixteen years ago) link

OMG the licorice craves I got right now are RILING ME UP FIERCE.

Abbott, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Me too!

Hey, has anyone here ever had or encountered licorice flavored ice cream?

roxymuzak, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link

OK so Twizzlers makes both black and red confections -- is the black TRUE LICORICE and the red NOT?

oh, also, I'm a big gay loser and my name is Phil

wanko ergo sum, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link

(!) (?)

But yeah, the black is trill, the red is nil.

roxymuzak, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:43 (sixteen years ago) link

Hahaha in Borgel by Daniel Pinkwater this kid and his talking dog get stranded by an intergalactic ice cream shop on a space highway that selld only licorice ice cream. The kid and dog find a bag of cough drops in their missing uncle's car and fight over it hardcore, bcz the ice cream is unpleasant and they've eaten it for weeks.

Abbott, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:44 (sixteen years ago) link

I bet it would be good in reality!

roxymuzak, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:48 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.chow.com/recipes/10430

remy bean, Sunday, 25 November 2007 04:02 (sixteen years ago) link

Eating licorice + drinking whiskey = heaven

Abbott, Sunday, 25 November 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link

Sounds so good!

xpost, Abbott, we should be friends!

roxymuzak, Sunday, 25 November 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link

man I love black licorice but think it is totally unnecessary to hate on red licorice just 'cause you love the real stuff. Red licorice is yummy. Red vines, red ropes, nibs, fuck yeah red licorice. If you had to save one and destroy the other, obviously you'd save black because, c'mon, it's licorice, but people need to back the fuck off red licorice 'cause the shit tastes good all right thanks.

J0hn D., Sunday, 25 November 2007 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link

Amen.

Also Roxy, I am wondering about the black licorice flavored ice cream now too!

ENBB, Sunday, 25 November 2007 04:38 (sixteen years ago) link

nibs are the shit

chaki, Sunday, 25 November 2007 04:40 (sixteen years ago) link

i have had ouzo sorbet, it is v v good

remy bean, Sunday, 25 November 2007 04:42 (sixteen years ago) link

i think licorice ice cream is a bad idea: there's a funny chemistry created by cream and anise spiciness that feels like it wouldn't work as well in practice as in theory

remy bean, Sunday, 25 November 2007 04:43 (sixteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

Did we get this assorted?

éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link

i had a mini licorice torpedo the other day, but i expect that's small comfit to you

Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link

I aniseed what you did there

éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link

you're getting carawayed with these puns

YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link

i kind of agree, fennelly enough

Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link

I can't stick these puns.

I've Got A Ron Wood Solo Album To Listen To (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:14 (four years ago) link

NV simply mint he likes sweets, these puns are menthol!

Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link

These posters doubting licorice ice cream, have they never tried Tiger Tail?

dinnerboat, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link

who has the thyme?

maffew12, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:29 (four years ago) link

https://images.app.goo.gl/Bb6cdeNht2mrFpfP7

^ ceci n'est pas une pipe

Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Thursday, 12 December 2019 04:38 (four years ago) link

it really isn't, apparently - that was supposed to be a pic of liquorice pipes, which really are the best damn thing.

Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Thursday, 12 December 2019 04:39 (four years ago) link

Alright, I think that's good n plenty for this revive.

☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 12 December 2019 12:04 (four years ago) link

at least until payday

maffew12, Thursday, 12 December 2019 13:05 (four years ago) link

eight months pass...

I asked a message board
Why is/was licorice flavored chewy candy colored black?

peace, man, Wednesday, 19 August 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link

They said, peace, it's because people heave
and no barf bag makes it less whack

the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 19 August 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link


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