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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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AvengingAngle · 25/09/2026 18:38

I absolutely hate them. Liquorice tastes horrible to me - I don't like aniseed - I don't like things with a chewy texture either.

I only really like peppermint flavoured sweets (not spearmint - that's horrible too) but generally if I'm going to have confectionery, I'd rather have chocolate than sweets.

BeardySchnauzer · 25/09/2026 18:39

BitSilly · 25/09/2026 18:30

Ooh I got a lucky bag!
Here are the contents.
My favourite in order from left to right...

My favourites go the other way🤣

IndigoBabble · 25/09/2026 18:43

Cazziebo · 25/09/2026 18:34

I'm also celiac and I so miss liquorice! Center Parcs (oddly enough) sold lovely gluten free liquorice but it’s a bit of an expensive way to get it!

https://www.liquoriceheaven.com/collections/gluten-free-liquorice?srsltid=AU7gw4X8uKjv05RUNR8qI6GRxCfJRLH8TiRa6T1_PjQ0bn3PzwKJysYa

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BitSilly · 25/09/2026 18:46

BeardySchnauzer · 25/09/2026 18:39

My favourites go the other way🤣

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I'm sending you all liquorice and chocolate ones Beardy 😂

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RaraRachael · 25/09/2026 19:02

I hate any form of liquorice. Vile stuff.

WhatDoRacoonsSay · 25/09/2026 19:04

Not a fan now but I used to love the spogs.
I liked salt licorice too.

gingercat02 · 25/09/2026 19:10

I love liquorice and did love allsorts, but they are very sweet now.

MouldyCandy · 25/09/2026 19:12

I like the IKEA licorice - both the sweet and the salty. Good value too.

starafuzina · 25/09/2026 19:16

Actually kind of love them. Especially the pink and blue ones with bobbles. Enjoying the fact they seem so cheap now compared to £££ chocolate

HexInductionHour · 25/09/2026 19:16

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.

😅 also do you remember the sweet tobacco pouch? Think it had a pirate type illustration.

Enko · 25/09/2026 19:17

I like them all but I cant eat many without feeling over sugared.

MingingRunnersFeet · 25/09/2026 19:18

I love all of them! Home Bargains do a big bag of them (own brand??) that I can demolish in the car between shop and home!

professionalcommentreader · 25/09/2026 19:22

Lakrids is my favourite

CocoPops39616 · 25/09/2026 19:23

I’ll have the Bertie and pink square ones :)

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BitSilly · 25/09/2026 19:26

I had some really posh ones as a taster in Selfridges over the summer.
It was coated in white chocolate with a lemon flavouring covering the liquorice centre.
It was very delicious and extortionate

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Ted27 · 25/09/2026 19:30

Love them

Coconut rounds are my favourite. Ive never heard the word spog before but they.are my least favourite.

I think the old fashioned sweet shops sell the coconut ones separately. They definitely have coconut mushrooms
I used to love the Catherine wheels - dont make them anymore.

BaronessBomburst · 25/09/2026 19:33

My Dutch colleagues can demolish a bag in seconds. They love Bassetts and the fact that the sandwiches all taste different, and that you can actually taste the orange/ chocolate/ strawberry flavour.
My favourite is 'school chalk' - soft liquorice torpedoes with a peppermint icing coating.
I also like Albert Heijn's salty salmiac spiders.

Globules · 25/09/2026 19:34

I was today years old when i found out what a spog is.

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BitSilly · 25/09/2026 19:34

@professionalcommentreader I've just posted about them!
Which do you like best?
I haven't tried any of the other flavours, just the lemon freebie 😂

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ThewordsofShakinStevens · 25/09/2026 19:35

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!

We are spirit animals 😂

BeardySchnauzer · 25/09/2026 19:38

IMO coconut flavoured things should be banned. And banana flavoured things.

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BitSilly · 25/09/2026 19:39

Globules · 25/09/2026 19:34

I was today years old when i found out what a spog is.

Happy to share the knowledge 😅

I didn't know it was a relatively unknown word/name!

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AvengingAngle · 25/09/2026 19:39

BeardySchnauzer · 25/09/2026 19:38

IMO coconut flavoured things should be banned. And banana flavoured things.

If you'd like to put yourself forward for Prime Minister, you have my vote already!