Licorice has been around for thousands of years. The plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which it is derived was found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs and was treasured by healers in the ancient ...

Doug Wood is a self-proclaimed blue licorice ice cream superfan. He lives in Texas, but travels back home to Manitoba every single summer, where he “gains 10 pounds eating it.” ...

Licorice candy comes not just in different flavors, but also in any shape and texture you can imagine: chewy, gummy, drops, ropes, powdered, crunchy, and runny.

Despite its ample supporters, I’m not the only one who finds the stuff hard to love. In a 2012 story for NBC News, writer Meghan Holohan tried to get to the bottom of what makes licorice so ...