Licorice Wheels
Name: Haribo Wheels Licorice
Brand: Haribo
Place Purchased: Cost Plus
Price: $1.25 (on sale)
Size: 5.29 oz
Calories per ounce: 86
Type: Licorice
Yes, you can get licorice in whips, twists and bites, but I think that Haribo has the corner on the market when it comes to wheels. It's really just a whip all rolled up into a disk. They look kind of like typewriter ribbon.
What I think is great about this licorice is that it strikes the ideal balance between texture, mollasses and licorice flavor. Some licorice is really sweet, some kind of salty and some is just plain tasteless. This has a nice licorice punch without overwhelming (or causing those nasty licorice side effects) with a mellow and smokey mollasses hint from the brown sugar and a good chew with a hint of salt to blend the flavors together.
I find I enjoy eating them by unraveling the spiral, but sometimes I'll just bite right into the disk. By keeping them in these tight wheels, it allows you to have a soft, chewy whip instead of a hard and flavorless one.
I'd never bought these before, they'll never displace licorice pastels, which are my absolute favorite incarnation of licorice, but I can still see myself buying these again as they are far cheaper than licorice pastels (why are they so expensive?).
Rating - 8 out of 10
2 Comments:
I'm not a big fan of black licorice. Growing up I never liked the taste of it and I used to think that eating black licorice would make my teeth black. Of course, I now know better and I realized that drinking Coke and not brushing my teeth soon after will turn my teeth black.
I know that our tastes change, but then again, maybe I just kid myself that I like some things like fine wines, because, what the hell do I know? I've eaten circus peanuts ... more than once. It might all come down to emotional associations with things - I might like licorice because no one else did and they gave me all their black jelly beans.
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