Fennel seeds are often used in candy, especially in the old style of panned mints. They’re used as the starter, a tiny little seed with a bold bite of anise that gets coated dozens of time with sugar syrup until it’s the size of a peanut. In this case they were only lightly candied and made into truffles by Compartes.
Snickers Xtreme, the limited edition version of Snickers without the nougat returns in September. If you liked the Milky Way Simply Caramel but thought it could use some nuts, this is the bar for you. (Original review here.)
Root Beer is one of those strange American flavors. Part licorice and sassafras and part wintergreen - it tastes like a muscle rub smells. These bonbons look like little barrels.
Dates, covered in dark and milk chocolate from Dubai.
Package here.
In the United States we are marking Memorial Day today with remembrances of those who have died in service to the country.
These are anise squares, hard candy flavored with anise and licorice. Sweet and spicy.
Chocolate piece meets spirograph.
(Previous review of their beta here.)
SUPERB
YUMMY 
TASTY 
WORTH IT 
TEMPTING 
PLEASANT 
BENIGN 
UNAPPEALING 
APPALLING 
INEDIBLE 
