Full Review:

Panda All Natural Cherry Licorice!

Benjamin ate this on April 12, 2010

There’s a National Licorice Day?  It’s today?  Like, right now??  Ha, seriously, I had no idea there was a national licorice day until we started Snak Snak.  And honestly, pretty much every day is national licorice day for me.  And how lucky am I to be snacking on some Panda, one of my top 3 licorices, and…and its a brand new flavor of theirs that has just come out.  Cherry.  Straight from Finland to my stomach.  No artificial flavors (this is rare), no artificial colors (also rare), and no preservatives.  Doesn’t sound like something I usually eat honestly.  Not for a snack at least.  But in this case, as with their classic Raspberry that we reviewed a while back, its super good.  It’s hard to describe Panda if you’ve never had one before – so I suggest grabbing one – but its got like a soft and “earthy” kind of texture to it with a really soft sweetness.  I think I’ve said it before, but its kind of like a mature candy.  It’s actually kind of filling too as its super dense.  So yeah, thats what I’m enjoying here today on this sacred holiday known as National Licorice Day.  Is there a national Beef Jerky day?

Ben, did you feel important while eating this snack?

You, yeah…yeah, I did.  This is like the fine wine of licorice.  Seriously, it really is.  I don’t know much about fine wine, but if I did, I’d name drop some super expensive vintage here to drive home the point.  But yeah, other licorice types look like light beers when compared to Panda.  In fact, I bet this would be good with wine – not a lot of candy is.

Is Panda Licorice the more like bamboo hardwood floors or teak?

Wow, thats a random question I just asked myself.  Teak.  If not even a mahogany.  Dark, rich, not additives or ply, you know?  Serious snacking going on over here.

What kind of store did you find it at?

This is still like a higher-end deli, market, grocer type snack.  Not a gas station snack really.  Although, I wouldn’t mind finding it there.

Did taste like it looks?

It’s got this rich color to it, and a center that almost looks like, hmm, like a really dense bread almost.  If you’ve never had it I know that might not sound like your typical candy but trust me, its really good.  That said, yeah it does kind of look like it tastes.

Did you finish the whole thing?

I decided I should probably keep some for Adam so I didn’t finish the whole box, but I “housed” the bar thing.  3 bites, chomp, chomp, and chomp.