Comments on: Candy Review: Katjes Kinder and Licorice Scotties

By: Ren

Ren — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:48:07 +0000

Kat is dutch for cat, Katjes is dutch for kittens.
Kinder is German for children.

By: Kaddele

Kaddele — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:24:48 +0000

Katjes is actually situated near the border between Germany and the Netherlands and the name comes from the fact that the first type of licorice they produced was shaped like little cats. Kinder here doesn’t really refer to the shape of the candy but to the fact that it’s meant for children (which is why it says “with calcium and vitamin c” on the packet.)

By: schlaura

schlaura — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 08:55:55 +0000

I´m from Germany and we love >Katjes Katzen

By: pruh

pruh — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:17:54 +0000

A Katje is a little cat in dutch. And they speak dutch in Holland, not in Germany.

Kinder is children in german, so that’s kind of strange.
We still eat katjes drop in Holland. We eat al kinds of drop(licorice)and you can buy it per pound or kg

By: cybele

cybele — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:42:56 +0000

Ah, I know where I got mixed up, katje is kitty in Dutch … it’s hard to keep track!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:56:16 +0000

Actually, cat is katze. Katzen is the plural. I’ve never heard katjes in German, but perhaps it’s from a dialect or related language. I’m pretty sure it isn’t High German. Kätzchen is kitten.

RESPONSE: Good – so maybe we weren’t wrong :)
–Brian

By: cybele

cybele — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:35:45 +0000

Katjes means cat. I think katjes kinder means “kitten”.

I had some earlier this year and didn’t realize they were supposed to be rock hard.

RESPONSE: I suspected that but couldn’t confirm it so I didn’t point that out :)
–Brian