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A licorice pipe is a candy made of licorice
Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English) ( ; also ) is the common name of ''Glycyrrhiza glabra'', a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring can be extracted.
The liq ...
shaped like a tobacco pipe
A tobacco pipe, often called simply a pipe, is a device specifically made to smoke tobacco. It comprises a chamber (the bowl) for the tobacco from which a thin hollow stem (shank) emerges, ending in a mouthpiece. Pipes can range from very simp ...
, often with red sugar balls on the head of the pipe. A pipe may weigh around 16 grams, and the licorice is usually soft and sweet. There are also other varieties, for example with blue or yellow sugar balls, the latter with a taste of sea salt.
History
The first known licorice pipe () was manufactured as early as the 1920s at the Heikki Huhtamäki factory inKokkola
Kokkola (; sv, Karleby, ) is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland.
The town is located in the Central Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of ...
, Finland.
In January 2010, displaying licorice pipes for sale in stores was banned in Norway. In August 2013, licorice pipes again made headlines because of a forthcoming EU directive
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
on tobacco prevention, with the potential of a ban which could affect the sale of sweets and toys imitating tobacco products. The licorice pipe then went clear of the ban.
The Norwegian Progress Party has worked towards removing the ban on displaying licorice pipes in stores./ref>
See also
*Bubble pipe
A bubble pipe is a toy shaped like a tobacco pipe, intended to be used for blowing soap bubbles.
Design
Bubble pipes are one of the original bubble toys, Most bubble pipes are made of plastic and therefore cannot be used for actual smoking. ...
* FADS Fun Sticks
* Hippy Sippy
*Weed World Candies
Weed World Candies sells lollipops. The lollipops are marketed and sold in vans across the United States. With advertising on the vans depicting cannabis plants next to lollipops, strong euphemism suggests a cannabis flavor or the possibility of ...
*Candy cigarette
Candy cigarettes are a candy introduced in the late 19th century made out of chalky sugar, bubblegum or chocolate, wrapped in paper and packaged and branded so as to resemble cigarettes. Some products contain powdered sugar hidden in the wrapper ...
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