Addictive properties of licorice?

[Beware_of_Doug]

For years I could take or leave licorice. Then I went to Denmark and had licorice ice cream. Mostly because I wanted to find out what battleship-gray ice cream would taste like. (Answer: licorice.)

Well, couple week ago I saw these Sugar Free Licorette Pastilles in the store and I bought a pack. Then another. Then another. NOW I CAN’T STOP POPPING THE DAMN THINGS! They’re yummy and tingly and freshen my breath and they’re ever-so-slightly chewy, but if you just suck 'em they release this mind-searing burst of shiny black flavor.

I just wonder if there is any medically addictive substance in them, and whether I’m headed for licorice withdrawal unless I order the full store display tray. Help.

[blackhobyah]

@Beware of Doug

I just wonder if there is any medically addictive substance in them, and whether I’m headed for licorice withdrawal unless I order the full store display tray. Help.

I think you should just up the ante and go hard core. I especially recommend Dutch salted liquorice, or the double-salted for the truly addicted.

[Beware_of_Doug]

Yet another reason Holland is one of the most civilized nations on the face of the Earth.

My only stipulation on licorice is that it be sugar-free. (I’m diabetic.) Are the salted varieties also sugared?

[Yookeroo]

@blackhobyah

I think you should just up the ante and go hard core. I especially recommend Dutch salted liquorice, or the double-salted for the truly addicted.

I love the double-salted. Not this guy though.

@Beware of Doug

Yet another reason Holland is one of the most civilized nations on the face of the Earth.

My only stipulation on licorice is that it be sugar-free. (I’m diabetic.) Are the salted varieties also sugared?

The salted licorice is something of an acquired taste. Tread lightly.

[wolf_in_second_hand_clothing]

I don’t know. Perhaps it’s the same thing in sugar free dentyne fire gum? I’ve been chewing so much that I have suffered chemical burns on my tongue. Seriously.