# Candy that makes you go "Blech" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963 "2008-04-26T13:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/1 "2008-04-26T13:59:35Z")
Inspired by the [Candy that makes you go “Meh”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=465449) thread. I couldn’t think of any candy that I am on the fence about. Only love it or hate it. This is the thread for hate it. My Candy Hates: Necco Wafers Licorice Ribbon Candy Red Hots Twizzlers ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/2 "2008-04-26T14:08:07Z")
Black Licorice. Why anyone would put that in their mouth willingly is beyond comprehension. Spice gumdrops. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/3 "2008-04-26T14:08:41Z")
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**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/4 "2008-04-26T14:13:16Z")
Good N Plenty. Double Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/5 "2008-04-26T14:24:17Z")
Moved from IMHO to CS. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/6 "2008-04-26T15:21:20Z")
I’ll ditto the licorice. Anyone who claims to like it is probably some sort of evil Hellspawn in disguise…best we take them out now before they plunge our world into unending darkness. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/7 "2008-04-26T15:24:26Z")
black licorice anything sour ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/8 "2008-04-26T15:35:31Z")
Another vote for black liquorice. Anything with coconut. Butterfingers. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/9 "2008-04-26T15:36:54Z")
Black licorice, I can understand - it’s not great, but it’s not terrible, either. But “double salt” licorice - my god. The scandinavians are crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/10 "2008-04-26T15:39:59Z")
I had a friend from Canada bring down some Canadian treats. I enjoyed most everything, from the “soap flavored” Thrills to the Power-Bar-esque Eat-More. Then I tried the Big Turk. Hrgk. Throat-burning “froot” flavored jujube center (like a Swedish Fish), covered in chocolate. Wait, I guess that’s a candy that makes me go “Hrgk.” ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/11 "2008-04-26T15:40:09Z")
[QUOTE=Fionn] Anything with coconut. [/QUOTE] Preach it. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/12 "2008-04-26T15:46:48Z")
Another one for black licorice. That stuff is vile. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/13 "2008-04-26T18:27:02Z")
Black Licorice. And, for a double-plus-ungood “Blech” try the Dutch “DZ.” Indescribably wretched. Like eating Abu Ghraib. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/14 "2008-04-26T18:57:29Z")
I hate black licorice with the fire of a thousand suns. I can’t even eat Domino’s Italian sausage pizza because they use anise as a flavoring. Urk. I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way about licorice. Vile. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/15 "2008-04-26T19:09:35Z")
I love licorice. The saltier the better. I wonder if its a what you eat as a kid thing? I can’t stand US-style grape flavoured stuff, but I’ve only ever tasted it as an adult in the US and the flavour is pretty uncommon in the UK. On the other side of the coin, a US born colleague was saying that blackcurrent flavoured stuff is rare in the US but pretty much ubiquitous here. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/16 "2008-04-26T19:20:55Z")
Another vote (or is it an anti-vote?) for black licorice. Where is a pukey smiley when you need one? My grandfather loved the stuff and would buy the huge tub of 500 vines and go to town. Blaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggh. I also can’t stand coconut in candy. Coconut rum, sure–but I CAN’T STAND chocolates with coconut filling. And I _always_ manage to find the coconut one in a box of chocolates…they tend to look like caramels (which I love), but invariably I take a bit and _blech_. I then pass it on to DeathLlama, who loves the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![goldenmean1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@goldenmean1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldenmean1975)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/17 "2008-04-26T19:43:35Z")
still another vote for hatin’ black licorice. I also can’t stand orange slice candy or that penut butter taffy shit passed out at Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/18 "2008-04-26T19:45:10Z")
Liquorice, circus peanuts, anything with coconut. Oh, and that old-lady candy dish hard candy that looks like the turds a velvet painting would crap out. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/19 "2008-04-26T19:55:58Z")
Another licorice hater. Though I like the cherry pull and peel twizzlers. Not regular cherry twizzlers, though. Ick. Circus peanuts, black jack gum, coconut that is not toasted (it’s a texture, thing, I guess), very very dark chocolate (though I can see why it’s tasty to some, it’s jut not to me). ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963/20 "2008-04-26T20:32:48Z")
Haven’t had real black licorice as far as I can remember. I like the black jellybeans though. Now Jolly Ranchers, I despise. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-that-makes-you-go-blech/446963.md?page=2)