I have to confess to a little addiction, I have it under control, in this instance apparently seven months have passed since I snuck into the corner shop went round to the secret sweets bit where the sherbet dips, boiled sweets and liquorice sticks are kept, but tonight horror of horrors, I’m presented with Cards, the sweets all gone, moved, and liquorice, no more, they can’t get it.

Kids apparently no longer buy it, and particularly not the really tough teeth enamel chipping Basseti sticks I need from time to time.

What am I to do?

Online supplier? Candyhero or something?

Holland & Barrett, or just porn out…

A great source from a great store…

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/p12982/Australian-Soft-Eating-Liquorice?gclid=CMn92eeQ8rsCFWnjwgodMwkA4Q&src=gpkit&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!38143064291!b!!g!!liquorice%20soft%20eating&ef_id=@ERPMR1rW0EAAIAI:20140109222254:s

+1 Holland & Barrett (link)

The Panda stuff is very tasty, less ‘sweety’ than Bassetts sort of liquorice. Most wholefood/healthfood places I know of stock it.

Aldi normally have Goodes soft eating liquorice, damned nice it is too

The Netherlands.

No, these sticks are really really hard, you have to bite so hard you damage your teeth, I’m always down the bloody dentist having them fixed, but… You know how it is, well maybe you don’t, maybe I’m mental, but having to chew so hard is part of the joy, it’s also like if i can’t do it, I’m too old, losing it.

I also associate it with cycling to school when I was a lad.

I only ever have the two sticks, if I bought any more I’d break every tooth in my stupid skull.

So mass purchase on the net?

Very dangerous.

I share your pain brother. I too hanker for those liquorice sticks that were flattened at one end. I found a local market that sold them, which was nice.

Then low and behold, a sweetie man now turns up a work regularly flogging all sorts (see what I did there?!) of old fashioned sweets including liquorice sticks.

breatheeasy – Member
I share your pain brother. I too hanker for those liquorice sticks that were flattened at one end. I found a local market that sold them, which was nice.

Then low and behold, a sweetie man now turns up a work regularly flogging all sorts (see what I did there?!) of old fashioned sweets including liquorice sticks.

That’s them, flat one end with Bassetti written in it.

Liquorice to die for..

Today is your lucky day
Aldi offer

I work near an old school street shop.
Basetti sticks, two at a time, 3 times a week.
I am an addict.
There is a big box of sticks for sale in the shop at £15 for 75.
Go halvesies ??

+1 holland and barrett

But don’t go crazy with it if you suffer if you have a tendency for high blood pressure 😮

Come to Yorkshire, the home of Pontefract Cakes, proper lickerarse (as we called it at school)

Funny isn’t it, I see the word liquorice and was immediately drawn to this thread! Yes I’m a bit of an addict too. Currently sitting here drinking licorice tea! Love the stuff…

I can’t stand the stuff myself but mrscarlos loves it , have a look on here–> http://www.tigertreatsoflooe.com/ 70+ different types from around the world (and they’ll post it out)

I haven’t seen the Bassetti ones since forever ago but on another retro liquorice tip – B&M stores sell Pontefract Cakes

But don’t go crazy with it if you suffer if you have a tendency for high blood pressure

can cause muscle failure and resultant death too, but you’d need to be knocking back 1/2lb of the stuff a day, every day really

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bassetti-Original-Hard-Liquorice-Sticks/dp/B0071J1IT0

however when it comes to Pomfret cakes:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Taveners-Pontefract-Cakes-Kg-Pack/dp/B006DYSL1M/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1389308841&sr=1-1&keywords=pontefract+cakes

3 kilo’s of the stuff – just don’t eat it all at once

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3733757.stm

Oooh just remembered, I had some liquorice flavoured icecream in Sweden and it was delicious

Yes, life long addict here. Get the hard liquorice in stick form from across the road or the soft stuff in bags from the Supermarket.
Then spend the next few days sat on the bog.

You don’t get the red stuff as much. Used to like that from time to time.

Salty liquorice from IKEA is where it’s at.

I buy my Bassett sticks from a sweetshop on eBay. Delivered in plain packaging which all true addicts will be thankful for. 😆

Salty liquorice from Ikea is….okay ( a bit sweet)

Get over to Denmark for some…

all things liquorice

That’s them, flat one end with Bassetti written in it.

And 2oz of American cream soda to dunk it in.

When you said it was rock hard, I thought you meant the stuff in the jar next to the coltsfoot rock… Mmmm, tooth grinding hexagonal loveliness in black or beige…

As an impressionable youngster, I read all the Just William books, in which The Outlaws made liquorice water by simply shaking up sticks of the stuff in bottles of water.

Months. Months I spent, trying to enjoy the foul concoction. Can’t look at Bertie Basset without feeling slightly nauseous.

you cant beat the hard stuff – bassetti sticks

get mine from makro – about £11 a big box

You need to go to Finland for some salmiakki, they eat tons of the stuff.

I moved to the Netherlands a couple of years ago and they love their liquorice here. You go into any supermarket here and there’s literally racks and racks of different types! I wasn’t a fan before I moved here, but I’m slowly coming round to it, after some subtle persuasion from my Dutch girlfriend

Have to be careful to avoid the horrible Dutch salted liquorice 🙁 When I worked in NL there would be a bowl of liquorice in the office, and the forriners would carefully avoid the salted stuff, whereas the cloggies would specifically pick it out.

(Liquorice Allsorts go by the name of “English Sweets” in NL)

Thanks everyone, a bit like an AA meeting (not that I’ve been) comfort in like minded company, I shall use a couple of those links, dare I trust myself with an entire box?

Kids should be force fed liquorice from birth or we’ll run out of future consumers.. 😉

(Liquorice Allsorts go by the name of “English Sweets” in NL)

Not strictly true. They’re ‘Engels drop’ which is simply ‘English liquorice’. (But that’s just an excuse to show off one of the few words I can translate from Dutch!) 😉

Only on STW could you have a thread about niche liquorice.

We’ve got a few independent sweet shops around here that all have jars and jars of strange-looking licorice things (including many Dutch and Scandinavian varieties).
There are two in Macclesfield, a http://www.mrsimmsoldesweetshoppe.co.uk in Alderley Edge, one in Buxton and probably more that I don’t know about.

I’m addicted to these…

Old skool liquorice root sticks. If I ever see them in a shop I tend to buy their current stock (after haggling for a good price).

jaymoid – Member
I’m addicted to these…

Old skool liquorice root sticks. If I ever see them in a shop I tend to buy their current stock (after haggling for a good price).

OMG <shakes visibly>

Haven’t seen them in years- where did you get them?

@BeardedDave – you should set up a business importing it 😉

OT – Your surname isn’t Mumford is it? I assume there’s more than one Bearded Dave in the world, but it’d be good to find my bearded Dave again!

I’m still in contact with Portly Dave 😉

OMG <shakes visibly>

Haven’t seen them in years- where did you get them?

Generally a stall in Leeds market, they haven’t had them the last 2-3 times I’ve been in though 🙁

http://www.allthingsliquorice.co.uk/

I bought some of the pipes last year and they are not as big as I remember them to be from my younger years. Got a big bag of salty liquorice on my desk – there are only 3 of us in the office who like it.