Comments on: Salty Liquorice: The ‘Treat’ of Scandinavia

By: Lisa Gade Asquini

Lisa Gade Asquini — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 06:10:29 +0000

I loved this article! My father emigrated to the US, and when my children were elementary school age, we took them to Norway to meet cousins. My cousin bought some for her son’s, who loved it. Ours stayed in our mouths for one hot second before flying out the car window.
Definitely an acquired taste and a cultural love.

By: Pandra

Pandra — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 22:34:12 +0000

My favorite is Salmiak Buttons made by Meenk, a Dutch company. At 4% salmiak salt with real licorice extract, they have a good balance. And the texture is somewhat chewy, but hard enough to suck on as well. I’ve also tried Dubbel Zout with 7% ammonium chloride, and those pack a pretty good punch. I don’t eat them often but I like one occasionally. I’m born and bred in America, but I’ve always loved licorice. It’s hard to find the good stuff, and the only way to buy the salty licorice is on the internet.

By: Daniel Albert

Daniel Albert — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 17:13:03 +0000

In reply to Kristen.

Hello,

I asked him for you. Here’s his reply:

Several things come to mind.
Two products from Malaco
1) Salt sild
2) Godt og blandet, super salt

Then you have the Salt skum from S-märke.
Lastly you have Salte skaller from Nidar (in bulk), which I love. There’s a version from Brynild (in bag) that looks similar, but I haven’t tried it (yet).

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:14:26 +0000

I am hoping your Norwegian friend can help me with a salt lakrids suggestion. I really love salty and soft liquorice. I got some salt sild at a pick n mix store that was so strong and salty and perfect, but I’ve discovered that all brands are not equal. I got Katjas salt sild and they were really disappointing. I actually like the ones made by Nordthy, but their mix has soft gummies and some that are like trying to chew rocks. Who do you think makes the strongest soft gummy salt liquorice?

By: Lorna Long

Lorna Long — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 19:29:34 +0000

Totally addicted to salty liquorice. I knew it was unhealthy, but never kicked the habit. Been eating it for nearly 50 years on almost a daily basis since my Netherlands friend brought it to school….

My favourites are something called zalte griotten and are more a Netherlands variant. They are oatmeal-coloured square, marshmallow-like, chewy, sugar-coated cubes, flavoured like salty liquorice. They are also available in Sweden as ‘bläckfisk’ and are the extruded shape of an octopus.

Turkish peber also make a hexvrål variant…..salty liquorice in tube-like inch long lengths, filled with a softer, light brown version of peppery salmiak.

….and fish-shaped, black, chewy salty liquorice.

By: ketil Reimers

ketil Reimers — Tue, 23 May 2023 16:48:55 +0000

skipper lakris båter er BEST

By: Sandy Whitman

Sandy Whitman — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:08:53 +0000

On a recent Norway bus tour, I purchased some salty licorice thinking I would love it as I was a black licorice lover. My first bite – well, it didn’t stay in my mouth very long! SO, what to do with this uneatable bag of licorice! I tho’t I’d be generous and pass it along to my bus mates (without letting them know who passed it). As it traveled around the bus, I laughed inwardly at the gagging sounds I heard and the uncomplimentary comments that were made. I never ‘fessed up.

I always bring home ‘foreign candy’ to my grandkids when I travel, so salty licorice came home with me. Some liked it, some didn’t, some wouldn’t even try it. But I have and I won’t again. Thanks for the fun article.