# Good & Plenty and other licorice **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 15, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617 "2023-10-15T21:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617/21 "2023-10-17T13:19:09Z")
My wife is a fan of the Wiley Wallaby black licorice. I like black licorice, but it’s not high on my “really like” meter so not worth the calories for me to ingest. As I get older, I get pickier about what I ingest. When I was 30 I’d happily eat day old donuts. Now, nope. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617/22 "2023-10-17T13:39:14Z")
While I despise black licorice in any shape or form. I do like the red Twizzler variant (yeah, I know it really isn’t licorice). But putting that in a tightly sealed zip lock keeps it from drying out. If ya don’t, you could use it for a tow rope. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617/23 "2023-10-17T13:54:37Z")
I love salmiak (ammonium chloride) salty licorice, and salmiak Rondos have the perfect mix of salty, sweet, and licorice for me. > **[Salmiak Rondos by Venco, Dutch Sweets- Dutch Sweets](https://www.dutchsweets.com/salmiak-rondos-venco-p-67.html)** > > These delightful Dutch classic dropjes are soft licorice on the outside with a black shell, and have a deliciously salty zwart-wit (black/white) salmiak powder on the inside.Imported from Holland ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617/24 "2023-10-18T13:58:00Z")
I used to love Diamond Hards. They were hard buttons; good flavor & not salty. You couldn’t bite them at all at first, but after sucking on them for about 5 mins the were barely soft enough to mush them _a bit_ with your molars. It was like the licorice version of hard candy except they didn’t shatter if you bit down on them the way a peppermint starlight mint does. One would last 20-30 mins. Sadly the company that made them went out of business & I’ve never been able to find something like them since. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617/25 "2023-10-18T14:12:57Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > do they still make good and fruity? which i ate a lot of I cause i like red licorice I love black licorice. But strangely, I can’t stand red licorice. I can’t even stand the smell of it. Not sure why. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617/26 "2023-10-18T22:52:14Z")
There is no such thing as “red licorice”. There is Licorice. And then there … something else. Twizzlers, I suppose. It ain’t licorice. That’s a dirty lie! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617/27 "2023-10-19T01:19:07Z")
I went through a few months of craving Good & Plenty. I was eating some almost every day. I’d buy several boxes and empty into a ziploc bag. That way I could eat only a small handful per serving. I still like G & P occasionally. But not like before. I like plain licorice too, but G & P’s sugar coating makes it better. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617/28 "2023-10-19T02:08:52Z")
Good & Fruity does still exist. I just don’t understand why, because licorice is black licorice. No other flavor or color, IMO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617.md?page=1)