Black licorice is actually licorice, the other colors are not. Although it is difficult to find licorice with actual licorice root in it anymore because eating too much licorice is not good for you. Modern, American black licorice substitutes Anise for the Licorice root. The taste is similar.
I cannot really describe why I don’t like it. It’s a very bold flavor which invokes a gag reflex in me personally. I just cannot like the black licorice taste.
It’s the aniseed. It tastes horrible to me, and those of us with refined palates (fwah fwah fwah lol) hate the taste of that devil-candy.
Oddly enough, when I was younger I liked it but around age five the flavor changed somehow. Perhaps @davidk , that’s when the flavorings changed? I honestly don’t know how different they are.
It’s so funny, you can tell all the licorice lovers are giving GA’s to the fellow licorice lovers. Oh you licorice people, always sticking up for what you believe in…licorice!
I think the reason I don’t like licorice is because I tried Twizzlers first. The offsetting bitter taste creeped me the hell out, so I just don’t like it.
@filmfann explains why I’ve always said, ‘It tastes like shit.’
@HTDC I’m just glad that the names of all the stuff that I don’t like stem from unknown sources, rathern than food I do like.
I like black licorice, but I get it from an organic candy store. Other than that, I won’t eat it because it tastes different, and makes my mouth numb when it is made with anise oil.
This people loves black licorice, anise and fennel. I just ate an extraordinary cold beet salad with diced red onions, orange juice, brown rice vinegar, anise seeds and salt and pepper. (Organic beets and someone else peeled them. Perfect.)
@Draconess25: Cold cooked beets in a mild vinaigrette are delicious. Have you never had borscht in the summer? It is cold beet soup with sour cream and chopped chives…very refreshing.
Be brave. Taste a freshly cooked, organic beet. It is a sweet vegetable.
My daughter and I love it. I’m crazy for licorice ice cream too. My wife can eat the red vines. Give me the black licorice anyday. And wash it down with ouzo.
I don’t hate it; it’s not going to make me throw up or anything, but I would pretty much never choose to eat it. It’s bitter and the flavor is just…not good. My grandmother on the other hand would practically collect black licorice.
@Draconess25- Oh yeah. I’m certain they’ll serve it in heaven. Baskin-Robbins used to have it. But the best licorice ice cream ever is at Marianne’s Ice Cream in Santa Cruz, California.
@Draconess25 Yes! The chocolate licorice of my childhood was some of the best ever. Big wide long twists of melt in your mouth fudge/chocolaty goodness! Yum yum yum!
@Cruiser You can find that Old Fashioned Black Licorice just like when you were young on Amazon.com
There’s several pages of several kinds. Many more than I ever knew about.
I Lurve/Love/Luv Black and Red Licorice. the old fashioned kinds. Not the dollar a bag plastic rubber sticks at Wallmart.