Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 hours agoWhat candy flavors are always cast but are never the star?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareWhat candy flavors are always cast but are never the star?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 hours agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 hours agoSome iffy candidates: root beer black licorice grape
minus-squarekindenough@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours ago Black licorice I am Dutch and questioning the core of my existence now.
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoHa! Yes, we have various fruity flavors of “licorice” in the US. In an attempt to avoid confusion we sometimes call it black licorice. We sometimes spell it properly, liquorice.
minus-squaregrasshopper_mouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoDon’t you guys have salted black licorice, too? That’s like the candy version of adding insult to injury.
minus-squarekindenough@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoYes we have Grasshoppermouse, and to us it is like salted caramel.
minus-squaresorghum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 hours agoRoot beer barrels come to mind. Obviously black licorice has it’s own candy. Usually I see grape flavored fun dip and pop rocks
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoLicorice jelly beans and gum drops are somewhat popular.
minus-squaresorghum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI guess I took the question differently. If it’s a flavor sold by itself, it is the star of that candy
Some iffy candidates:
I am Dutch and questioning the core of my existence now.
Ha! Yes, we have various fruity flavors of “licorice” in the US. In an attempt to avoid confusion we sometimes call it black licorice. We sometimes spell it properly, liquorice.
Don’t you guys have salted black licorice, too? That’s like the candy version of adding insult to injury.
Yes we have Grasshoppermouse, and to us it is like salted caramel.
Root beer barrels come to mind. Obviously black licorice has it’s own candy. Usually I see grape flavored fun dip and pop rocks
Licorice jelly beans and gum drops are somewhat popular.
I guess I took the question differently. If it’s a flavor sold by itself, it is the star of that candy
Makes sense.