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Liquorice Allsorts

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BitSilly · 25/09/2026 18:08

Are you a fan?
I've just bought a bag on a whim!
I only like the round pink and yellow coconut ones, and the spogs.
Any takers for the rest of the bag 😂
Which ones are your favourite?

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Musicmummy63 · 25/09/2026 18:29

Never knew they were called spogs!! I loathe those, the square brown ones are my favourite.

BeardySchnauzer · 25/09/2026 18:26

I’ve just added them to my online shop

i always take the pink and yellow off and eat the liquorice middle. Other than that I’ll happily eat the lot!

Girliefriendlikespuppies · 25/09/2026 18:25

I love liquorice all sorts, you’ve made me crave some now!

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BeardySchnauzer · 25/09/2026 18:24

Used to love the liquorice pipes - or the wheels so you would spend ages unravelling them like spaghetti and then finish with the spog in the middle

i miss the penny sweets at the newsagents back in the 80’s and 90’s! Love aniseed balls too

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BitSilly · 25/09/2026 18:24

@AmyDudley I remember that set! Those were the days 😂

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BitSilly · 25/09/2026 18:22

I've never read this before.
I have learnt something today!

Liquorice Allsorts
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AlonsoMosley · 25/09/2026 18:20

My people - I am in! I like most of them actually, except the coconut. I put a few dishes of them around the room during our Christmas party last year! They looked so retro - the old fogies had a fond sigh and the younger crowd were curious. They seem a bit marmite though - people are in or out!

Gloriousgardener11 · 25/09/2026 18:19

I love any liquorice but the salty stuff is just weird!

AmyDudley · 25/09/2026 18:18

When I was a little girl (about 200 years ago) we used to get for Christmas a liquorice smokers set, with candy cigarettes, a liquorice pipe and various other bits of edible smoking paraphanalia, I loved them. Obviously not really suitable to give to children but it was the olden days and I was a candy cigarette 20 a day girl.

OriginalUsername2 · 25/09/2026 18:16

I love the coconut ones too, plus the sandwich shapes ones and the bobbly ones. I think that just leaves the black tubes.

BeardySchnauzer · 25/09/2026 18:14

DH loves the hard salty liquorice - the fish shaped ones.

weirdo

AmyDudley · 25/09/2026 18:13

I haven't had any for ages, I like the big cubes that are white candy stuff and liquorice stripes, and I like the ones that are a sort of liquorice tube with a candy centre (do they still do those?) I don't particularly like coconut so I won;t fight you for the pink and yellow ones !
You can buy bags of just spogs I think if you like those best.

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BitSilly · 25/09/2026 18:13

Has anyone tried Nordic liquorice?
My sister and I bought some when in Copenhagen.
OMG, it was like eating a mouthful of salt.
Couldn't eat it!

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BeardySchnauzer · 25/09/2026 18:13

I hate the coconut ones but love the square ones - particularly the brown

i also like the spogs and have just learnt what they are called!

Felu · 25/09/2026 18:12

We would be perfectly matched because I only like the little sandwiches and the liquorice logs and usually just throw the rest away.

rainbowsparkle28 · 25/09/2026 18:11

No thank you! (but I’m coeliac and even if I wasn’t also don’t like liquorice 🫣😂)…

AintNoPunshineWhenShesGone · 25/09/2026 18:11

I hate liquorice of any kind.

Love a Spog though.

Merseymum1980 · 25/09/2026 18:09

Im not but my grandad adores them and home bargains are currentley doing a selection box of them

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