Comments on: Review: (expired) Red Vines

By: G

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:15:40 +0000

What Mark is looking for is the “Black [Super] Rope” licorice from Red Vines, which I have seen at historical museum gift shops (though that was twenty years ago).

By: Mark Giannullo

Mark Giannullo — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:30:03 +0000

I’m sorry, that was a Large bag of REDVINE licorice. Peace, M

By: Mark Giannullo

Mark Giannullo — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:28:46 +0000

HELP. I hope there is someone out there who can help me find the SOLID black licorice that came in a larhe bag of mixed(red & black)licorice that I bought at Walgreens. Sometimes a bag would have twists and sometimes thay would have solid licorice strips instead, both red and Black. I am ADDICTED to the black one and can no longer find them PLEASE HELP!!!! I’m 58 years old, married a long time, have 5 cardiac stents, am a recovering alkie and that solid black licorice was the LAST of my vices! I NEEEEED my solid Black Licorice!!!!!!! Thanks for your time and your help. Peace, Mark jmj8593@cs.com

By: Temperance

Temperance — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:53:28 +0000

I tried fresh soft Red Vines but I found I didn’t like them too much…just a little too medicinal tasting and the texture was too soft for my liking. so the rest of the bag just sat there for about a month. I just tried a stale Red Vine from the bag, nice and hard and chewy and I find I actually like the stale ones because of the texture and they’re lest medicinal tasting. I also like Twizzlers stale- hard and chewy- too.

By: Hark

Hark — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:14:58 +0000

Actually I grew up on Redvines… thanks to my Grand mother… she had many favorite candies from the 50 and 60 era, and as a child of the 70’s that was one of the fav’s she had. I have my children hooked on them and, but my husband is from the east coast and likes twizzlers.

I’m originally from California where they are plentiful, yet here in the Nation’s Capital, the only place that carries them is WALMART… ( WHAT IS IT WITH THE WAL STORES AND REDVINES… WAL GREENS WAL MART ….)

My husband is more partcial to twizzlers although he said to make a true comparison he must try them together… but the first time I tryed twizzlers, my mother in law, who is also from the east introduced them to my children, and I felt like I was eatting a plastic top to a pen.

Although I will eat them if I need a serious candy fix ( while squinting), my children and I 1000000% prefer, Red vines.

Oh and also, one mentioned twizzlers and mr pibb…. try redviness with popcorn…. I made that discovery at the movies… and now that is the only thing I will eat when I’m at the movies… it’s a wonderful every now and then treat.

HARK

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:38:24 +0000

Ok, so I’m here to report on the success of the process that RedVineLv mentioned. Turns out, it’s great! However, it definitely takes a few days, and like (s)he said, they can get too soft… which certainly doesn’t pose an issue for me! I put about half of a one pound bag in a large-ish tupperware container, a small glass of water, and after six days came to find that the vines, which had been completely inedible, were so soft that they barely held their shape. They were great! Obviously, it would probably be best to limit the procedure to three or four days, but it’s certainly worth it to get those stale Red Vines back to an edible state!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:04:05 +0000

I’m firmly convinced that the Red Vines makers only make a few bags of fresh Red Vines per shipment, hoping that a newcomer will pick up a bag, fall in love, then spend the rest of their natural days trying to find other non-stale bags. It’s like winning the lottery when you do. They can be dated to expire a year hence, and still when you open them it’s nearly impossible to chew them. I have such a love-hate relationship with them, it isn’t even funny.

RESPONSE: LOL! I have only had them twice – once stale from the store and once fresh from the company. I was craving them last week though.
–Brian

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:25:17 +0000

Oh, Red Vines taste that way in date. I always compare them to chewing on wax. That's one reason why "Mr. Pibb+Red Vines=Crazy Delicious" cracks me up. It's a nasty combo, and a cheap one at that. I can get a HUGE thing of Red Vines for around $5 at Wal Mart. Should last quite a while... RESPONSE: Check out my review of fresh Red Vines.

By: Candy Addict - Red Vines Package

Candy Addict - Red Vines Package — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:38:47 +0000

[...] It seems someone from The American Licorice Co. found out about my review of the expired Red Vines and they emailed me promising to send me some fresh Red Vines and samples of some of their other products. Well, the package arrived today and it was full of candy! I now have a 1-lb bag of red Red Vines, a 1-lb bag of black Red Vines, a bag of Apple Sour Punch Bites, a bag of Strawberry Sour Punch Bites, a bag of Snaps, a large bag of Super Ropes, and a 5.5 oz box of Red Vines. Look for reviews SOON! [...]

By: RedVineLv

RedVineLv — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:56:17 +0000

Got stale red vines? Here’s what you do…
1. Separate them if they are all stuck together
2. Place them in a sealable container (tupperware is good)
3. Place a dish/glass with water (enough that it won’t all evaporate right away) inside the container. Be careful not to get the vines wet (it makes a sticky mess)
4. Wait. This takes a while (days). Longer if the container doesn’t seal correctly.

The moisture in the sealed container will gradually make the vine soft again.

WARNING – They can get too moist