Luckily, there's plenty of room in the candy aisle for all kinds of twisty and tubular sweet treats, licorice-style or not. For more food and drink goodness, join The Takeout's newsletter.

So, if you like the flavor of licorice and you're not afraid of a strong liquor, then you can definitely handle absinthe. Still, it's best to ease into drinking absinthe. One way to do this?