Comments on: The Great Licorice Debate: Twizzlers vs. Red Vines

By: meg

meg — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:50:42 +0000

i haven’t tried either ( none in england) but ive got some off the internet (should be here today) just because of starkid :L but i think all these arguments over which is better are invalid, it looks like it depends which you grew up eating.

By: Kaithlynn

Kaithlynn — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:49:13 +0000

I just had my very first twizzler – cherry
and they were nasty! It took an effort for me to finish it.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:47:15 +0000

Oh and you werdos stop crying about how there candy twists and not that disgusting black licirice that my 97 year old grama likes. That stuff is nasty. People call strawberry candy twists like ppl call tissue kleenex. Get over it.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:43:18 +0000

Buffalo, NY here. I just went to rent some flicks and saw red vines at the checkout. I said hmm im gunna try those. My buddy said dont do it dude there gross and like plastic, get twizzlers. I replied with i always get twizzlers im getting these. I should have listened to my buddy or just ate the plastic movie cases haha. Red vines are gross. Jesse J, buffalo NY, 33 yrs old

By: Jozo192

Jozo192 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:58:49 +0000

I’m from Glendale Cali, I grew up eating Red Vines, loving it! Still do, it’s still my favorite, however, I ate Twizzlers about 4 years ago, and my first time eating it was disgusting, I hated the fake looking plastic waxy look, and the taste. Now, every time I go somewhere, even though Red Vines are my favorite, I HAVE TO HAVE TWIZZLERS WITH ME! I have grown to actually like it a lot! So i’m practically on both sides!

By: sp8472

sp8472 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:13:34 +0000

Licorice debate? Get some Dutch licorice (google it), this red stuff has nothing to do with licorice :o

By: CHello

CHello — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:06:36 +0000

I’m from the Midwest, and I grew up only knowing Twizzlers or maybe I didn’t(candy is candy to little kids)…I really couldn’t tell the difference unless they came individually wrapped. Anyway, it seems that as I got older Twizzlers became harder to chew and less flavorful. The novelty of biting off both ends and using it as a straw diminished because their centers collapsed. Then, I bought some Red Vines at a dollar store, not really paying attention(Red twirls, easy to mistake)….I fell in love, they tasted and smelled like cherries, cherry flavor that’s in all candy..they tasted like cherries, or cherry flavor…they were soft, really soft, and the centers were perfect straws. I still like the “String Cheese” Twizzlers though, they’re a novelty

You and your friend have it wrong though, Red Vines taste like wax, Twizzlers like plastic.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:49:24 +0000

Born in North Dakota raised by a Twizzler eating mom, but she actually used to buy the cherry flavor Twizzler bites, which are even better than the strawberry twizzlers. The nibs are good too, I actually had them in rope form last month, they were really good.
I think everyone likes what they are used to.
The red vines look like generic brand. As a kid I think I used them as straws too but eating them after being soaked they were just pastie and nasty. So I guess they were cool as a straw just never liked eating them.
I live in California now, which is on a different world than any other state I have ever lived. I guess it may be all the medical marijuana out here that if you are that hungry anything tastes good:-)

By: Divebich

Divebich — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:35:07 +0000

East coast here, love my Twizzies. Never had a red vine, they simply look cheap and unappetizing. Maybe it’s the packaging. But they scream ‘knock-off’ to me. And I’ll eat the strawberry if offered, I’d never buy them. The black is what I need. Just made a NIBS run. Almost impossible to find, had to call Hershey, Target had them. The rep there confirmed my comment that the NIBS were really not the same composite as the Twizzler licorice twists. I get a powerful craving for the NIBS once in a blue moon, and nothing else will do.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:27:27 +0000

East coast baby – Twizzlers rule!

But, seriously – I’m from the east coast – I moved to Cali 3 years ago – we stock Red Vines at work, and (obviously, or I wouldn’t be at this site) I’m a candy addict. I’ve tried MANY times to get into Red Vines, as they’re all we have at work, but I just can’t do it…Too artificial and plasticky tasting is right on. Sorry…