licorice

I am on a huge licorice kick. I really like black licorice. I think this all started from my recent trip when I got some Good and Plenty candy. Then when I got home and we went to the local sundries shop I saw that they had some brands of licorice I had never tried. So we bought some. I fell in love with the brand above- RJ's. This is the best licorice I have ever had. The store I bought it from only sells the black kind as single logs ( see below)

The company is based in New Zealand. Why do the Aussie's and Kiwi's have the best licorice? I went online today and bought a few bags of the stuff (like the photo at the top). The raspberry licorice flavor they have is good- really addictive, but this black licorice is like nothing I have ever had. the texture of it is perfect, and the flavor is very strong.
Love it! Did I say that already ;-)