Pontefract cakes

In confectionery products liquorice is used to make Pontefract cakes (Figure 10.6), countlines, e.g. liquorice novelties (Figure 10.7), and pan centres, as well as the tubes and rods that go into liquorice allsorts. Pontefract cakes are a small button-like piece of liquorice they are... 

Licorice candy (Choo Choo Bar, Crows, Good Plenty, London drops, groids, Pontefract cakes. Snaps, Turkish Pepper) may not be as popular as it used to be, but is still available in confeetionery stores (Fig. 3.35). Sugarelly, a onee popular British soft drink, was also made of hcorice. The sweet taste is beyond doubt, but is it because of sugar ... 

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