Yow! This is *candy* ?!

[vakkotaur]

This past weekend I bought some Dutch licorice candies. I've sampled three packets so far. Two are quite good. One... well, I'll get to that.

First, some background. I like licorice (or else why would I have bought any?). I munch on licorice Altoids, so it's not just a mild thing. I can deal with licorice at Altoids strength.

But this is no

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[ginafae]

Excellent! You have discovered what we in RST call a "Nasti-snak". Nasti-snaks are things that my husband is notorious for eating.

Salted Dried Prunes (with pits)? Yep, he loved them.
Chili-lime Pistacios? He ate them with glee.
Basically any candy in the Mexican isle in the grocery store, yep, he goes for it.

This one candy he loves which is a lime/mango/salt powder (I can't remember what it's called) was tried by me and some other RST members. It was described like this: *hopeful tone of voice* "It tastes like an orange..." *pause* *eyebrows turn down in disbelief and disgust* "that rots in your mouth!"

I think Frank would love it.

[vakkotaur]

Chili-lime pistachios sound like they'd be worth a try, at least. I don't see how salt and prunes would work together, and I prefer prunes not have pits anyway. I'll bring the double salt licorice with me to Peoria. I rather doubt anyone else will want any of it.

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[vakkotaur]

This one candy he loves which is a lime/mango/salt powder...

Was/is it perhaps pico?

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[vakkotaur]

That appears to be it, from the picture, but the reviewers either had something else not quite as nasty, or just plain missed the ammonia (How?! It was blatant). They say "sodium chloride" and that would at least not have had the ammonia. However, that is doubtful as the use of ammonium chloride in these candies is common. Evidently at least some of the candies are salmiak and at having tried some of the non "Duppel Zout" there is just a hint of ammonia, but not the gas attack of the DZ stuff. Even not being DZ, there is significant saltiness to it.

One packet has red and white candy-coated versions of the stuff (not DZ) so they look sort of like large M&Ms. Which could make for some interesting reactions, but one would probably not wish to be too close when the difference is discovered.

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