I love black licorisse. This is a tragedy
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2026
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same. it's an acquired taste that I grew up with cause my mom ate it. it's a great treat especially because no one will steal it from me lol
Coming from a country that has a very big licorice-candy based selection, there is a lot of room within the category too, from sweet to salty, from hard to soft licorice.
Some of them I like, some I don't.
The sweat tasting ones are the best!
I love some black licorice. Could go either way for the ones in the post.
It's offensive... But I get it.
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Is the FDA announcing this, so I'm guessing the announcement is that somehow the licorice has been contaminated with uranium or something because they just keep escalating.
This particular screenshot was from 2018, but nowadays you are totally right. Just waiting to see the next thing they announce has been recalled.
The licorice companies are waiting for RFK Jr to make a speech in the shade somewhere, so that a similar looking photo of contaminated licorice can be taken.
not surprised, american liquorice has a tragic lack of ammonium chloride
Salmiak is life.
To be fair, there's probably plenty of lead in it.
oh it's sweet liquorice? :/
Well, yeah, we like to shoot at our licorice, as is tradition.
Moved to Sweden, tried salted licorice. Somehow even worse. Ammonium chloride is legitimately the worst flavor I've ever had in my mouth and I put everything in there
Or you're just weak. If my candy isn't trying to kill me, what's the point.
I tried one of the saltiest ones there while actively suffering from kidney failure so it was literally killing me.
It tasted amazing.
Worst flavor? Have you tried petrol or brake fluid?
don't think we have those flavours of candy in stock but i'll check in the back
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Black licorice, despite comprising only 14% of the total licorice inventory, is responsible for over 50% of customer complaints.
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Liquorice allsorts were a fixture of my childhood. Haven't had them in decades.
Edit to add: I call the pelotons of road cyclists in their colourful sponsored jerseys 'The Liquorice Allsorts Crew'.
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More for me.
Not a shitpost, but don't eat too much black licorice all at once, it can cause heart problems. Too much of the glycyrrhizin produced naturally in the plant's root that's used to make black licorice causes your kidneys to flood potassium out into your blood and it'll mess up the electrical signals in your heart. You have to eat like two bags a day for two weeks though.
Most licorice candy is actually made from anise root, which has no glycyrrhizin.
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Their actual quote is "recalled 100 tons for possible fecal contamination".
But it's not any more real than OP's image
The article was written by Big Candy Corn™
A subsidiary of Big Traffic Cone™.
I know this a shitpost, because yet another food item legitimately has shit in it, this is now a constant problem in America.
I can only presume it’s because the workers are treated extremely badly, remunerated poorly, and the corpos face no consequences for apparently disgusting factories, and there’s no regulations?
There’s no reason this should happen in a modern factory, there should be three hand wash stations before a worker even gets close to the food.
“American food tastes like shit”
Nah, it's just that some people don't like the flavor of anise.
Okay but for real a little anise in a few recipes makes them taste right. I do not like the taste of black licorice but I keep a little star anise in the spice cupboard and a small piece makes ramen taste right.
Yeah but you have to keep your anise clean and hygienic if you want people to eat it
I think rats and birds in the factories are the main source of shit contamination in american foods factories
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
Nordics: Good. More for us.
“Recommends chewing a handful of anise seeds and grimacing…”
Current fda is so fucked they probably like black licorice.
I don't understand. I honestly love black licorice.
They wouldn't even make it if no one liked it. I also like dishes that use fennel or anise.
Always have and always will. Red licorice is the garbage one.
I was in my teens, I think, the first time a friend said they liked black licorice. I really thought they were kidding, just blew my mind. I mean, if you like something, you like it, can't really argue with that. Still.
I think the flavor is too strong on its own for people to appreciate, but you may be surprised how it has been used in dishes you loved.
I also love licorice =)
I really like licorice root tea, and when I was a kid I'd take the seeds out of star anise pods and suck on them XD
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Laughs in Dutch
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Too honest to be coming from this FDA
The chocolate one is also gross and weird and yet you end up eating all of it.
Chocolate licorice is gross and weird in a good way. Black licorice is gross and weird in a gross an weird way.
I’ve never once eaten the chocolate one and I only once took a bite of the black one.
Try the chocolate. It tastes fake but it's still better than Hershey's vomit chocolate by far.
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Unfortunately, these days it feels like there’s poison in almost everything, as if they’re trying to kill us faster.
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