I grew up eating Snickers, Butterfingers, and Baby Ruth’s, but my favorite of all candies was licorice.
I would fantasize about growing up, becoming a multi-millionaire, and buying a licorice factory. I liked both the historic black licorice and the red variety that was first produced by Red Vines about the same time I was born.
When I was young, the cost to go to a movie was 25 cents. Just down the street from the theater was a candy store. For 10 cents I could get a package of 20 red Twizzlers. I’d slip them into my pocket to hide them because the theater had a policy that you couldn’t bring your own popcorn, pop, or candy into the movie, but the theater didn’t sell licorice.
Actually, red licorice isn’t truly licorice. It is made mostly from Corn Syrup, wheat flour, and artificial flavorin…