[Mama_Bear]

There's a hard candy company in Denmark that sells hard candied black licorice, and inside is a pinch of black pepper.

Well, that sound just wonderful. < /sarcasm> LOL

Why on earth would they even call anything like that "candy"?

My Finnish daughter just loved the licorice she brought over from home, but it was so salty I couldn't eat it.

You know, if it isn't chocolate or something wrapped in chocolate, it isn't candy, IMO.

[MonicaG]

I'm with you on the chocolate - keep the skittles I'll take the m&m's!

[BigSkyFreeper]

I only tried the salty licorice once. My brother in law loves that stuff. I then came up with a philosophy, "if he likes it, it's not good". LOL

I agree about the chocolate though. I love chocolate, especially dark chocolate, even if it has a little bit of liqueur inside, it's pretty good.

[snugs]

It is strange how we all look at things. Sweets to me (candy) are anything other than chocolate, chocolate to me just either chocolate or a chocolate bar but I immediately think of other confectionery if someone says sweets or candy to me.

Maybe when I was little it was how my parents or grandparents explained the difference between the 2 and it has stuck with me.