Homemade salty licorice

$143? Yowza.

Um…how much for the ox blood option?

Or, seriously, is there some other halfway-acceptable substitute? Any good recipes with ammonium carbonate?

Of the online premade options, I’ve found Haribo Piratos to be the best deal, and Katjes are pretty good, though I like Tyrkisk Peber and Dracula Piller better from time to time. The one time I tried Djungelvräl, the salt content was good, but the consistency was akin to rubber erasers. Maybe I got a bad batch.