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Franco Cozzo 25-06-2015 09:18 PM

What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Hello guys,

I'm hoping you can help me, used to be able to get a pack of hard licorice squares from the local servo, it was flat, moulded into 6 squares in a clear packet, and hard as a freakin' rock (like nearly break your teeth hard).

I haven't been able to find them anymore, I'm trying to find pictures of them but I'm not having any luck.

Looks like this:

http://eduudle.com/wp-content/upload...dy-700x470.jpg

But flatter, maybe 3mm thick.

Hopefully you guys know what I'm talking about.

Stefan 25-06-2015 09:35 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Satan got tired of makin em...

Ross 1 25-06-2015 09:47 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Some Coles stock it in the international section, in the Dutch part. Pick the right one though, one is salted.

Franco Cozzo 25-06-2015 09:50 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Stefan (Post 5424027)
Satan got tired of makin em...

Well damn it Satan, snap snap get cracking!

XR Martin 25-06-2015 10:21 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Yeah I think ive seen them occasionally at ALDI also

Blue Ice 25-06-2015 11:32 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Inch licorice, that's what I remember it being called, sometimes see it for sale at servos and newsagent around here.

I normally don't fancy licorice much but this stuff is pretty good.

Lunch 26-06-2015 05:52 AM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Probably find it in stores that stock arsenic, feral sheet! That stuff is as bad as Vegemite!!

buggerlugs 26-06-2015 08:18 AM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Red Licorice mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............
Any Licorice for that matter, cleans you out to !!

Beastie 26-06-2015 08:51 AM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Maybe try Darrel Lea or Stixs

FPV GTHO 26-06-2015 10:21 AM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lunch (Post 5424225)
Probably find it in stores that stock arsenic, feral sheet! That stuff is as bad as Vegemite!!

Soft ****. Everything is weak once you've gone double salted.

2011G6E 26-06-2015 01:40 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
When I worked in a soft drink factory, one of the ingredients in the Sarsaparilla was licorice. It came in a cardboard box, about the size of two house bricks. The stuff was literally hard as a rock, glossy black, and to get pieces off you had to hit it with a hammer whereupon it would shatter like glass. You had to put it in heated water to soften it.
Interestingly over a period of months it would start to "sag" in the box as it sloooooowly flowed downwards under gravity. After about a year it was rounded all around the edges

MercurySilver 26-06-2015 02:07 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
the misses gets those dutch salt things from the supermarket
**** me drunk they are disgusting

loves em but she grew up with them from dutch parents

horrid things lol

aussiblue 26-06-2015 03:22 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
This: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4-x-Melba...item3cf9588259

blueoval 26-06-2015 05:20 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
I used eat Kopiko's coffee hard boiled lollies from servo's a lot. Was one of my favorites. Hard to find now.

Blue Ice 26-06-2015 09:04 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
https://www.melbaschocolates.com.au/...icorice-block/

$1 per block or a box of 40....

Franco Cozzo 26-06-2015 09:28 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by aussiblue (Post 5424460)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue Ice (Post 5424662)

http://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnoj...SxXy/giphy.gif

XR Martin 26-06-2015 10:16 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by blueoval (Post 5424529)
I used eat Kopiko's coffee hard boiled lollies from servo's a lot. Was one of my favorites. Hard to find now.

Still see them at asian/indian grocers

Ford_The_Win 27-06-2015 02:17 AM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Damo (Post 5424688)

Haha, this was my reaction when I found Junior Mints in the Reject Shop today...one of the few American chocolates worth buying. I bought 10 boxes to be on the safe side.... Mmmm :yummy:

MercurySilver 27-06-2015 11:23 AM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
oh man junior mints
we always are on the scope for them
a box lasts like 2 mins

Franco Cozzo 27-06-2015 11:27 AM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by blueoval (Post 5424529)
I used eat Kopiko's coffee hard boiled lollies from servo's a lot. Was one of my favorites. Hard to find now.

Yeah I liked those too, our IGA still sells them, maybe try an IGA?

superyob 27-06-2015 12:56 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Now this is a first tier mystery worthy of further investigative endeavour Big Damo, almost on par with the rapid decline of cobbers and choo choo bars, none of which I have seen in the wild this century!

God speed in fulfilling your long and arduous quest for those delectable culinary delights and should you find that which your heart desires, see if you can find me a Golden Gaytime (now, now! :raisedeye) from the seventies...

msman 27-06-2015 04:08 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
choochoo
http://www.lollywarehouse.com.au/pro...bars-licorice/

has gaytime changed over the years? still see it at coles aussie made aswell.

superyob 27-06-2015 04:17 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by msman (Post 5425075)
choochoo
http://www.lollywarehouse.com.au/pro...bars-licorice/

has gaytime changed over the years? still see it at coles aussie made aswell.

I may just be getting old a cranky but I am sure that most of the goodies I loved in the 60s and 70s have been tampered with in one way or another. What they call Coca Cola now is not what I was used to years ago...

Franco Cozzo 27-06-2015 04:34 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
USA Coke and the Aussie variant are different, ours is made with cane sugar but not sure on changes over the years.

Majority of USA soft drink has moved to HFCS instead of cane sugar like our stuff as its cheaper.

But gives me stomach problems, I bought 10 slabs of Dublin Dr Pepper made with cane sugar rather than HFCS after they couldn't export it anymore legally.

nuthin' fancy 27-06-2015 05:03 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Damo (Post 5425095)
USA Coke and the Aussie variant are different, ours is made with cane sugar but not sure on changes over the years.

Majority of USA soft drink has moved to HFCS instead of cane sugar like our stuff as its cheaper.

But gives me stomach problems, I bought 10 slabs of Dublin Dr Pepper made with cane sugar rather than HFCS after they couldn't export it anymore legally.

How long will that last you?

Franco Cozzo 27-06-2015 05:25 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nuthin' fancy (Post 5425106)
How long will that last you?

It was a few years ago, I only have them every now and again, its very close to what our variant of Dr Pepper was like.

I've still got 6 slabs left.

The HFCS variant is no good.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Dr_Pepper

I wont drink the last can when I eventually get down to it, I'm going to keep it.

Cav 27-06-2015 06:04 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
At Junee, about an hour's drive from my place. Great place to visit..

http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attrac...uth_Wales.html

Franco Cozzo 27-06-2015 06:10 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
What's the deal with salted licorice? I've never tried the salted variety.

superyob 27-06-2015 06:45 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Damo (Post 5425134)
What's the deal with salted licorice? I've never tried the salted variety.

I think this is Dutch licorice? You will ether love it or hate it...

FlipXW 27-06-2015 06:51 PM

Re: What happened to those hard licorice squares? :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Damo (Post 5425112)
It was a few years ago, I only have them every now and again, its very close to what our variant of Dr Pepper was like.

I've still got 6 slabs left.

The HFCS variant is no good.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Dr_Pepper

I wont drink the last can when I eventually get down to it, I'm going to keep it.

Dr Pepper :notworthy:notworthy . Most underrated product ever and by far the best soft drink money can buy.


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