The Side Effects of Endorphins

Where I grew up licorice was a religion. there was licorice of many colors shapes and sizes. There were strings of licorices we weaved intricately. to form sticky necklaces.

There were reds and greens and purples and blacks. I am pretty sure many have been discontinued because of dyes and food colors.

Of course some of it is nostalgia. My grandma loved black licorice and used less than graceful terms to describe it.

I still occasionally get black licorice on long road trips. Sorry red vines are not licorice. In a pinch their black licorice is okay. However, if you find a lonely bag of licorice on the bottom shelf of an isolated convenience store. Buy it, even stale black licorice tastes pretty darn good.