People have developed a love/hate relationship with black licorice candy over the years and was first introduced and created in Holland sometime during the early 1770’s. The licorice root was brought to Europe in 1358, during the later years of the Roman Empire and was used for medicinal purposes, such as stomach cramps and pains.
The popular candy Twizzlers is not really licorice. It is flavored with
a licorice flavor called anise. Real licorice contains a chemical substance called “glycyrrhizin”, which is the main substance in the licorice root that is used to create licorice (and is around 50 times sweeter than sugar!).
Licorice was imported from Spain and Italy in bulk has played an important medical role in history going back almost a thousand years ago with many healing powers and health benefits such as: a health tonic, a blood pressure and purifier, reduces inflammations of internal organs, mild laxative and relieves sore throats.
Black licorice flavor was not for everyone so candy makers decided to come up with different flavors to other than black licorice such as: cherry, strawberry, raspberry, apple, mango, watermelon, blue raspberry, sour and many more flavors to choose from.
In addition to flavors, candy makers also started to make licorice into different shapes than the standard wheels such as: ropes, coins, pipes, string and bits.
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