They can become straws, fake braces, candy bracelets, and the perfect movie snack. But here's why Twizzlers don't taste like the licorice they seem to be.

Twizzlers are the top-selling licorice-type candy in the United States. ... Y&S still uses corn syrup, flour, sugar, cornstarch, shortening and flavorings to make the candy.

A Twizzler is to genuine licorice what Edward Cullen is to Vlad The Impaler: empty calories. The real thing is an unmistakable, reverberant, compellingly Gothic experience, older than a crumbling ...

Ho Hos. Jack in the Box onion rings. Peeps. We all have it – that low-end dish or snack item on the top of our personal food pyramid. Laurie Notaro's is Twizzlers. What's yours?