And now, Candy.

Here’s a product I’ve discovered lately:

Yes, it’s red licorice!

I’ve got an unconquerable sweet tooth, I must admit. I have to be really careful about indulging it, for obvious reasons, so I try to err on the side of small servings of high-quality sweets. I’ve recently found this stuff, Wiley Wallaby Licorice.

The Store recently started carrying this brand. It’s a bit on the pricy side (a bag of this costs around 2.5 times what a standard bag of Twizzlers does), but it is high quality in that just a few pieces satisfies the craving. A bag of this stuff (full disclosure: I’m on my fourth bag) lasts me a few weeks, when consumed at a rate of two or three pieces at a time, only once a day. I’m not likely to sit and plow through a bag of this like I would a bag of Twizzlers or Red Vines. (Red Vines are particularly dangerous because they, like Twizzlers, are hollow in the middle, and that cavity is wide enough in Red Vines that you can use them as a straw. Imagine sipping your cola through a piece of licorice. Evil, I say!)

Pieces of Wiley Wallaby are much, much shorter, being only about two inches long. But they’re much, much fatter, and what’s more, they’re solid. Behold:

These are a chewy-candy delight.

Now, in “the wild”–meaning, at The Store–I’ve only seen three flavors of this stuff. There’s the Classic Red, which is just about perfect as red licorice goes. And there are Green Apple and Watermelon, neither of which I have tried because I quite honestly don’t like either of those flavors in candy settings. Maybe they’re wonderful in the Wiley Wallaby universe, it’s possible, but I’m not spending that much to find out. Looking at their website, however, I am intrigued by a few other flavors: Blueberry Pomegranate? Huckleberry? Yes, I may well be trying those.

But for now, this stuff rocks.

This has been a non-commercial endorsement. Nobody at Wiley Wallaby has paid me for this. (But if they want to send some free licorice my way, I am not so churlish as to say No.)

 

 

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2 Responses to And now, Candy.

  1. Roger says:

    Oh, geez, KS, this sounds right up my alley. I was doing Red Vines or a something like them since before you were born!
    And BTW, the taste of watermelon candy, et al is VILE.

  2. Heh – I’m glad I’m not the only one who has used Red Vines as a straw. We’ve had Wiley Wallaby in my neck of the woods for a number of years, as well as a competitor called Kookaburra. Apparently “Australian style licorice” is a thing. I actually prefer the Kookaburra – its texture is a little firmer, more chewy like Twizzlers, which I enjoy — but Wiley Wallaby is tasty. FWIW, the huckleberry flavor is pretty nice. I can’t speak of the others.

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