Licorice in Bag - Pingvin Tom Heksehyl Zout (Zoute Salmiak Staafjes/Salty Sticks Filled with Salmiak),10.6 oz

Excellent Tasty as it should be

Never had these before but I love black licorice. These are interesting and delicious!

Too salty for me so I rinse the salt coating off but really not to my taste.

These are SO good! Very fresh and tasty. There was actually a fair amount in the bag. They were pricey but so worth it.

Heksehyl (literally "witches screams") has been one of my favourite salted liquorice sweets since I was a kid, and this has rekindled my addiction (I've just placed my 4th or 5th order in the course of a few weeks). For someone used to sweet liquorice, this is one of the gentler introductions you can get to salted liquorice. It consists of a thin tube of very mild liquorice dusted with sugar, filled with a firm brown filling that is a mix of very soft liquorice and ammonium chloride - like salt, but with more of a kick (and the perceptive may recognise it as an industrial cleaning agent - it's true, but it's also an essential ingredient in a lot of Nordic and Dutch liquorice sweets) Heksehyl is very distinct and if you enjoy it, chances are you'll go through the whole bag way too fast. As a bonus, if you have weak teeth, these are soft enough for just about anyone.