# Ginger Altoids! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406 "2006-01-24T16:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/1 "2006-01-24T16:38:54Z")
My daughter found these at Rite-Aid over the weekend! They are my new crack. When you bite them, they sizzle on your tongue! Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/2 "2006-01-24T16:54:09Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > My daughter found these at Rite-Aid over the weekend! They are my new crack. When you bite them, they sizzle on your tongue! Yum! The ginger ones are pretty good, but I LOVED the black licorice ones. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/3 "2006-01-24T17:08:55Z")
Do they have any that taste like Mary Ann? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/4 "2006-01-24T17:26:50Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > My daughter found these at Rite-Aid over the weekend! They are my new crack. When you bite them, they sizzle on your tongue! Yum! Be proud. It takes a special person to enjoy that heat. I’ve passed them out at work, only to have people go “Ewww!” and look for the nearest garbage can to spit into. Obviously, a refined taste. More for the rest of us! ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/5 "2006-01-24T17:29:17Z")
I love 'em. People ask me about them, and if they’re any good, and I say, “It depends on how much you like ginger.” Turns out most people don’t like ginger as much as they thought they did. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/6 "2006-01-24T17:33:40Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > The ginger ones are pretty good, but I LOVED the black licorice ones. I can’t believe I put the ginger ones in my mouth. Good gravy what a taste. The black licorice ones, OTOH - Yum! Almost as good as clove Necco Wafers ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/7 "2006-01-24T18:09:45Z")
I love Ginger Altoids. Love 'em. I’m going to have one right now. I don’t like black licorice, so I doubt I’d like that flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/8 "2006-01-24T18:20:29Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > I love Ginger Altoids. Love 'em. I’m going to have one right now. > > I don’t like black licorice, so I doubt I’d like that flavor. That’s what surprised me. I don’t really like black licorice either. I bought a tin for my ex, who adores that flavor, and found myself hooked. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/9 "2006-01-24T18:23:29Z")
I love ginger Altoids… it’s a shame they’re so hard to find 'round these parts. They’re really good for motion sickness, I understand. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/10 "2006-01-24T18:27:45Z")
Big fan of the cinnamon variety. Must away to the chemist in search of Ginger… BTW, **Thudlow Boink** , very nice. thwartme ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-altoids/341406/11 "2006-01-24T18:34:53Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > The ginger ones are pretty good, but I LOVED the black licorice ones. Ja Baby! Awesome stuff!