# Does anyone remember that "hollow" ersatz chocolate licorice from years ago? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-that-hollow-ersatz-chocolate-licorice-from-years-ago/701583 "2014-10-17T14:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-that-hollow-ersatz-chocolate-licorice-from-years-ago/701583/1 "2014-10-17T14:11:37Z")
Cannot find anywhere, I don’t think I am imagining it, anyone else remember it fondly? Have any idea where to find it? Penny candy stores–I don’t think it was ever packaged for consumers that I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-that-hollow-ersatz-chocolate-licorice-from-years-ago/701583/2 "2014-10-17T19:31:27Z")
You mean [Chocolate Twizzlers](https://www.google.com/shopping/product/2816859036928954548?q=chocolate+twizzlers&biw=1372&bih=1032&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&tch=4&ech=1&psi=F25BVPvyCLaAsQTrmoKgAQ.1413574181462.5&wrapid=tljp141357419100020&ei=Lm5BVLnENPaRsQToh4HQDQ&ved=0CGYQpiswAA)? ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-that-hollow-ersatz-chocolate-licorice-from-years-ago/701583/3 "2014-10-17T20:15:59Z")
Nope. These were shorter pieces, soft, maybe 6-8" long, and as I said, hollow inside. Found them all over Pittsburgh when I was a kid in the penny candy stores. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-that-hollow-ersatz-chocolate-licorice-from-years-ago/701583/4 "2014-10-17T23:45:22Z")
Are you sure this was a food product? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-that-hollow-ersatz-chocolate-licorice-from-years-ago/701583/5 "2014-10-17T23:58:10Z")
[Was it a Switzer’s product](http://www.switzercandy.com/)? I think they had chocolate at one time. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-that-hollow-ersatz-chocolate-licorice-from-years-ago/701583/6 "2014-10-18T01:54:24Z")
Yeah, I remember them. Used to get them at the candy stores in NYC when I was a kid. They were sold individually along side the red and black ones. They were shorter but fatter. A double hollow tube IIRC. Haven’t seen them in 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-that-hollow-ersatz-chocolate-licorice-from-years-ago/701583/7 "2014-10-20T14:12:39Z")
Peanuthead, exactly!! Thank og, I was beginning to think we’d all gone insane! My sisters and I were reminiscing about them.