49.379% of People HATE This Candy! Do You?
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49.379% of People HATE This Candy! People generally love or hate this candy! Some people have to spit it out after tasting it, and other place orders of exclusively that flavor! But wait till the end where we taste test an even MORE polarizing flavor!
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00:00 adding the flavor
1:55 candy pour
9:24 warby parker ad!
10:39 back to candy making with cara?
11:09 cara on the candy hook!!
14:07 pulling out the batch
20:00 taste test!
22:38 2nd taste test?
24:35 extra credits
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SOO Pizza spiced.. Lol
Very Interesting,but STOOPID, was Hogan's Heroes
I love black licorice-jelly beans, Good & Plenty, and Twizzler’s. I have never tried licorice hard candy but I betcha I would like that too.❤😊
Anise seed is the flavour of Ouzo, which is a Greek alcoholic drink and probably why it was added to the spice mix by Steve’s family. A traditional taste of the old country.
Interesting, I would have never knows!
its also on Pizza
I'm laughing so hard at Julia's description of the clove candy! "Tastes like Christmas Decorations" EPIC! 😂
😂
Licorice is from a root. You were showing a picture of star anise which is not the same as anise seeds. They both have the licorice flavor, but there are differences. Star anise is used a lot in Asian cooking.
"All tradition is is peer pressure from dead people" Words of wisdom from Craig!
😂
Trademark that Craig! Outstanding words of wisdom!
true. very true.
immediately saw the title and new it was gonna be black licorice (anise). Cant stand it personally but my dad could eat it breakfast lunch and dinner
I can eat it no problem don't see why everyone doesn't like it's bitter and sweet
I said the same thing when I read it. "It's licorice!" I like it though and so does the majority of my family.
There are so many different licorice tastes. Sadly my favorite discontinued but I still love others. It's also funny: most from North Germany like licorice South not so much
Historically black licorice is ammonium chloride and not made with anise and other similar ingredients 😊 Taste is pretty similar but real black licorice is way different especially when comparing side by side 👍
Scott is really the only one of us who loved it 😂
Maybe to put into perspective the flavorings that were available to "early" candy makers... were the spices... the other fruity flavors came along a long time after. Early candy makers were just so ecstatic to have sugar at their disposal... they didn't really consider all the other options they had to flavor the candy. To me... this is why original "ribbon candy" at the holiday season (when I was a kid about 100 years ago) was always spiced flavors. It looked so pretty, but as kids, it was really kind of yucky.
That makes sense
Absolutely love black licorice. And even better but less available is horehound candy.
Oh wow! I haven't had horehound in ages. I agree with you 100% and adore both flavors!
I love black licorice too. I can't find it nowhere anymore.
I adore horehound candy but I despise anise/black licorice.
I honestly had no ideas Leah was one of their kids. I thought it was just Cara and Craig. She don’t look like she fits in
I finally got to try some of your hard candies, a while back I considered a purchase but 18$ shipping felt excessive, this time I said what the heck because I was so curious. I LOVE the flavor of your hard candies they are great and long lasting. You guys show so much care in how you package the candy and the packaging materials are high quality which definitely justifies the cost the old saying "you get what you pay for" is definitely apropos and I will definitely be ordering again, love the candy!! Should've purchased it the first time I checked out your store😍
Thank you so much for the glowing review, I'm glad you enjoyed everything!
Green should be an acceptable color for anise as star anise is an evergreen tree in Vietnam and China. Love your videos. You ate all so much fun to watch. Thanks for sharing your candy life!
Love love black licorice, black jelly beans!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I hate anise, but love clove. Mom used to make what we called 'crystal candy' when I was a kid and would get the oils from the pharmacy. Also, 'Very Interesting' is from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Arte Johnson used to play an inept German soldier and say that. Loved Hogan's Heroes though!
I was just coming here to say this. Arte Johnson and Laugh-In was where the "Verrrry interesting" quote came from.
Did your mom ever use clove oil when you had toothache?
@@lynn69jackson No
@@lynn69jackson Yes, I think so. Whenever I smell cloves, it reminds me of the dentist's office!
I can't remember the last time I saw just your family in a video. So heartwarming. I'm getting all the feels. 🙂
I love anise and black licorice! My siblings always gave me the black jellybeans out of their Easter Baskets. If I see anise candy in packages, I scoop it up and horde it for weeks. My maternal grandmother loved it, too, and shared her knowledge with me when I was quite young! 💕💕💕
Yes, my mom loved it and shared it with me. I think you have to be exposed to it when you're young to truly love licorice. People who didn't have it when they're young are missing out!😊
I think I read somewhere that black licorice can raise your blood pressure.
@@PCTLadyPuterTutor Only if it contains actual licorice root (most of what is called licorice these days does not) and only if you eat an insane amount of it.
Good licorice flavour is the bomb
I love black licorice. If you like licorice, you usually also like root beer. I do love both.
Schultz:"Col. Hogan, if you ever escape...."
Hogan:"Yeah?"
Schultz:"Be a good fellow, and take me with you."
😂
I love anise, black licorice is my favorite flavor next to fruit
Love all the flavors in this mix!
I have always wondered if you made sugar free candy. I was recently diagnosed with diabetes and as you can guess sugar is not my friend. If you don't maybe you could have Witch Helga do a little majic and remove the sugar. Regardless of the diabetes I really love watching your videos, you all seem to have a good time and it seems to be a great place to work. Thanks for making these videos and keep up the good work.
They make sugar-free chocolate. It's quite good.
I am Type 2 diabetic too. My doctor said all things within reason. Candy, while not exactly good was hard to avoid at all costs so she just recommended that i limit myself.
I can confirm there is a difference in taste between real licorice and anise. My father can't taste the difference but I can. Maybe it's one of those weird genes like the bitter gene where some have the taste buds to know the difference and some not
I'm not surprised the hot clove oil fumes were challenging. Fun fact: Clove oil is an anesthetic and is used to sedate fish.
Love black licorice and the best part is no one else eats it so more for me!
I love your family expresses love in your videos
I love that cutter you used. It is my favourite one. I also love black liquorice (i just call it liquorice, not black liquorice).
Im Hispanic and we always use Anise in biscochito cookies for now for the holidays but it DOES NOT give a licorice smell or taste it actually gives a very cinnamony shortbread taste!! So its very interesting how in candy its such a different taste and smell!
I am eating this right now! ❤️❤️❤️I love the spice hard candy! Going to order more! Thanks❤❤😊
I think Anise is a "cultural" flavor. If you grew up Italian, for example. I don't have a sense smell but I like the taste of anise, or what seems to me anise.
There are a couple of 'old fashioned' flavours in Australia, and Anise is one of them (but we call it Aniseed). Growing up, we'd have aniseed sticks (also called slate pencils - which will date them). The other one is Musk. Both are not popular in younger generations, but are for us oldies. I think cloves as a flavour goes back to 1800's? Was used as a breath freshener.
He hits it with a hammer bc the hook is cold & the candy sticks to it. My father-in-law LOVES anise. I make hard candy for Christmas, he’s the only one that eats it. My house smells like it for a day.
Love it! My whole family enjoys the flavour.😊
Just received my spice candy after being notified via email. I'm so glad to get this. I love clove and anise (Clove and Blackjack gums also BlackJack taffy). Fantastic.
Oh yes, I love blackjack gum too!
The spice flavors are my fave. I love anise, clove, cinnamon, molasses, ginger. Wintergreen taste and smell is disgusting but love peppermint and spearmint. I would order things all year round, the candy prices are fine but the extreme shipping costs, which with some things couldn't be avoided, but makes the orders more than I can afford on a fixed income.
I love all the funky flavors , clove, Anise etc 😊
The the oil extracted from anise seed consists of trans-anethole (85.69%), limonene (2.92%) (also found in orange peel!), chavicol (2.69%), and anisaldehyde (1.79%). At Princeton University (and many many other schools), the organic chemistry students do a steam distillation of the crushed seeds (from dried Star Anise flowers) to obtain the oil. Some to the components are actually foul-tasting and it might be best to use pure trans-anethole, though it's more expensive and probably seldom done.
Have you ever done pomegranate flavor? I think it would be awesome!
We have not, but I wouldn't completely rule it out!
It's good to see Cara get more air time.
I love it. Got a pretty good receipt for anis cookies from my grandma ❤
Black Licorice is one of my favorites! ♥️
Salmiac licorice is a northern European confection. Basically it's hard black licorice with ammonium chloride. The only reason I know about it is because it was offered to an anime character who thought it was chocolate and promptly threw up when she put a few in her mouth.
Let's just say I'm kinda glad Ikea didn't bring that and lutefisk over here.
That "Very interesting..." was actually from "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In"......though the guy that said it was dressed like a German soldier, so was very easy to confuse with Hogan's heroes. It was one of those quick cuts like they did with Goldie Hawn dancing and "Sock it to me time".
Main difference is that anise flavour comes from the seeds of Pimpinella Anisum, where liquorice comes from the roots of Glycyrrhiza Glabra. Anise is spicier in flavour and is not sweet. Liquorice root, on the other hand, is more mild and contains a natural sweetener that is 50 times sweeter than cane sugar.
Anise comes from Pimpinella anisum, licorice comes from Glycyrrhiza glabra. Most licorice candy in the US is flavoured with anise, because the glycyrrizhin in licorice root can cause edema and is dangerous if you have high blood pressure.
Spice hard candy time. That must mean that the holidays are coming!! Can't wait!!❤🎄🍫
I love aniseed flavour!! Especially aniseed twists
Love the black licorice!!
The colors make it fun!
I wished I lived closer to you guys. Looks as though you all have fun
i love Anise, and Clove....i have never had a Molasses candy....might have to order some😊...Love watching you all in action, looks like a nice Family Business; Keep on making the Yummy's💜💜
The whole anise looks very pretty in a fall punch. It is very pretty.
In Brazil, anise candies are blue. There are jelly beans anise favored, kids hate it! We have cinnamon candy (they're very spicy and dangerously round like a slippery ball), too, and kids don't often like ir too. Unfortunately there are no clove, licorice or fennel candies. Guess I'll have to wait till I can visit Hercules Candy so I can try those. ❤❤
I love it!!❤
I absolutely LOVE anise! 🥰
Anise is from seeds usually 5star and licorice is a root of a plant and I love them all and sasprella is a blend of both
Def not a licorice fan. Fun thing I learned from chemistry/cooking: anise, star anise, fennel, and black licorice all contain anisin, which is largely responsible for the smell/taste. And all also taste terrible imo, but useful to know
We will support you all no matter what. Keep working hard.
Haha thanks Sophia!
BTW, just checked, as I thought, licorice was a root, not a seed, and yes, they are different plants.
Anise is a favorite flavor for me. I love the spice mix. It smells and tastes like christmas to me.
anise is a normal green plant, the dried seeds are brown, liquorice is completely different so this shouldn't be black at all
LOVE LOVE LOVE ANNISE!!!!!!!
I love black licorice (Licorice is a root) but anise has an almost identical taste - is by far my most favorite candy.
My favorite. Just bought the Spice Mix and I pick them all out!
Go Cara! looking good.
Clove is actually a common flavor here in Ireland. Clove rocks or Clove drops. Brandy drops are also nice and spicy but I haven't seen them being sold in years
OMG I just received my shipment and man is that Anise soooo good! Thanks for saying in the video how to get it (by getting the spice mix). I love spice candy. You can bet I stuffed some of that green and white candy in my face the moment I opened the box!!
Haha it really is a love/hate flavor, but I'm glad you loved it!
licorice, anise, fennel...i love it all lol. grew up occasionally having finnish salmiakki (little too salty for me) but i love anything that tastes like black licorice
Love anise, black licorice and fennel.
Mmmmmm black licorice/anise.. sooo good..one of my favorites.
Growing up, there was a older lady who lived on our street who made these Anise cookies. They were sort of like a Biscotti biscuit. Great with hot coffe or hot cocoa ot some teas. All you have to do is store them away in a tin can and they would last forever...
The older they became they would become rock hard.. almost dangerous weapon rock hard... LoL.
But they were sooo good. You heat them up just a little and they softened enough to eat.. still hard and a bit dry..but crunchy,,??
I miss them.
Maybe Springerle?
Ordered the large spice and a fall bag. Love black licorice!
I love black licorice! Red also. Black is supposed to be good for your health. ❤
I amazed how they get the rods right on table to hold the pour ! The have never overflowed that I’ve seen!
Absinthe is flavored with anise and is colored green.
Love it to death. There is a licorice root and bark. It is hard to find it in hard candy form. Only in Italian bakeries that i know of. The Anise seed is different then the bark and root but you can find more info on google. Holand uses it a lot too.
Oh man, I love black licorice, i might like the spice bag, might also try to get it once I can.
Of course great video as always.
Thanks so much! That spice bag sounds like it's perfect for you!
Thanks!
Very interesting was also said in Laugh in.
I love aniseed flavour but I can’t stand liquors. Love cloves also, they are just the best winter flavours.
Man, I would love to have a bunch or a few of those brown flavor bottles, and I didn't like this flavor, but now I crave it.
Haven't had yours, but i'm a fan of anise! Our pizzellas at chirstmas are anise--- one of my favorites! I like clove too... Clove gum, just chewing on one until my lips go numb! Have you ever done cardamom?
Licorice is a perennial herb that's native to Western Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe. It's also known as Glycyrrhiza glabra. Licorice is used as a flavoring in: Confectionery, Tobacco, Beverages, Pharmaceuticals.
Here in the UK it's pronounced Aniseed and has been very popular since I was a child in the '60's. Seaside Rock is usually Aniseed flavoured. Over here, Cloves are used in food as a flavouring, but also they are used as a remedy for tooth ache and when the oil is rubbed on the gums it relieves the pain but it's also disgusting to taste.
1:14 "Veerrry interesting, but stupid" was Arte Johnson on Laugh-In, not Hogan's Heroes.
Schultz's line from Hogan's Heroes was, "I see nothing. NOTHING."
Anise candy sounds great, I'll have to find some in Australia
I enjoyed having licorice buttons from Meyer Brothers in Paterson NJ as a teen. Our cousins arrived from Holland with salt drops of varing degrees and shapes and sizes. I can buy Horehound candies at the local Heritage Park candy store. I love it all!!! In Calgary AB. Keep up the good work.
Black licorice❤❤❤❤ I absolutely love it and clove candy, I have a anise tree in my backyard
I love it!!!
I love anise. Of course, I'm half Italian so i greww up with it. Love cloves, too.
LOVE anise! 😋
Black licorice is one of my favorites, I have always really liked it since I was a little kid and I always Will 😃
I love licorice and clove sweets. Love from London UK.
I used to hate black licorice as a kid, and came to love it after I graduated from high school. Oddly enough, my husband hated it until he tried an anise caramel I had gotten, and he loves it now.
I LOVE IT! It's a favorite for lots of people. :)
It really is a love/hate flavor!
I love anise and black licorice 🥰
Montana watching from Arizona 😊
It's always a Hercules vidya that drives each season home for me.. as of I've just been oblivious to the fact it's fall, or winter etc. One of these vidyas and it sinks in. The holiday spirit is around the corner. See ya next time yall ❤🎃🍂🍁..
Craig, we need a Halloween store tour! Please 😌
Actually a couple of our recent livestreams had Halloween tours at the end of them
@@HerculesCandy you're absolutely right.. and i watched the replays and forgot I did 🤦🏻♀️😆 I just forget Halloween is a smaller section so i was waiting for some kind of grand finale like Valentine's, Easter, and Christmas.. i apologize 🙈
Humbugs are Aniseed hard candies that are traditionally black with white stripes.
Love it!
I love the taste of anise. Every year when I make pizzelles for Christmas I always use two bottles of anise so good.
I love black licorish❤ I grew up on it