Comments on: Candy Review: Young and Smylie Licorice

By: MichaelS

MichaelS — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:01:12 +0000

Bought a bag of black today at Target without realizing they were made by Hershey. I agree that it’s a bit too chewy and almost sticks to my teeth, and in my opinion it’s a bit too sweet. But not bad.

Oh, and the resealable dog food bags? I suspect that’s to keep critters out rather than freshness in.

By: Paris

Paris — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:43:32 +0000

I bought some while out shopping Labor Day weekend, although I am not a huge licorice fan, my boyfriend and I at the entire bag in two days!! — They are so delicious, soft and yummy. Right now I’m online trying to purchase them in bulk!

By: Kli

Kli — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:54:34 +0000

I got the peach mango and I couldn’t put them down! I love them so much.

By: Beck

Beck — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:57:55 +0000

I saw these this week, at K-Mart of all places! I will have to go back and try them now. Thanks for t he review.

By: Kli

Kli — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:32 +0000

! I saw those at the store a month or 3 ago and knew I had to try them. Thanks for reminding me to try them :)

By: ButterflyKyss

ButterflyKyss — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:57:16 +0000

Wow, actually here in Washington state these have been on the shelves for quite a few weeks now. I have tried the black licorice (very tasty, but as a lover of black licorice, the only thing that could make it better would have been a stronger flavor to accompany the ‘made with real licorice’ statement on the bag) and the strawberry.

I unfortunately was really disappointed by the strawberry considering my love for the black licorice. I thought it was awful. It left this horrid, chemical-ly aftertaste in my mouth, almost like strawberry air freshener might taste, if you were so inclined to spray some in your mouth. My family downed the bag of black (ok, the THREE bags of black we bought), but we ended up throwing away 3/4ths of the bag of strawberry.

All in all, it seems the candy varies from flavor to flavor quite a bit, quality wise. I only hope the peach-mango is more along the lines of the black than the strawberry.