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What Is Licorice and How Can I Use It?

Wondering what to do with licorice? This guide covers how to pick it, cook it, store it, and swap it — with 15 recipes to put it to work.

In Chinese:甘草
British (UK) term: Licorice
en français:réglisse
en español:regaliz

Recipes using licorice

There are 15 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Halloween Popcorn Peanut Pumpkins

Halloween Popcorn Peanut Pumpkins

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Shape popcorn into pumpkins, these cute pumpkins are a great treat at your Halloween party!

Easter Pink Easy Bunny Cake

Easter Pink Easy Bunny Cake

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This bunny cake is really simple and easy to make, if you don't want to use coconut flakes, you can just color the frosting with food coloring, and it will still look cute and pretty!

Bunny Face Easter Cupcakes

Bunny Face Easter Cupcakes

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These Easter Bunny Face Cupcakes are so cute, and cakes are so moist, coated with vanilla frosting and coconut flakes, enjoy these pretty bunny face cupcakes!

Halloween Witch Cupcakes

Halloween Witch Cupcakes

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These cute wicked cupcakes will definitely impress your kids and the friends, and they are delicious!

Easter Basket Cupcakes

Easter Basket Cupcakes

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Basket cupcake recipe is another popular one at Easter, usually frosted with frosting, coated with colored coconut flakes, topped with a few jelly beans or candy coated small chocolate eggs, using pipe cleaner or licorice laces as handles, cute and pretty!

Cute Bunny Cake for Easter

Cute Bunny Cake for Easter

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This beautiful bunny cake will impress everyone at your Easter party!!

Easter Flower Cupcakes

Easter Flower Cupcakes

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Easter is almost here. It is another good time you can spend with your kids making some lovely and cute Easter cupcakes, these flower cupcakes are very simple and easy, and they look beautiful.

Halloween Chocolate Mice

Halloween Chocolate Mice

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Tasty Halloween treats made into the shape of mice. Very chocolaty but not too sweet.

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Mounds of Bugs

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Mounds of Bugs are no-bake Halloween treats made from Mounds candy bars with licorice legs, Reese's Pieces eyes, and chocolate sprinkle spots. A fun candy craft kids love to make.

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Cute Halloween Boo Scotti

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Adorable Halloween ghost biscotti dipped in white chocolate with candy decorations. Crunchy orange-almond cookies perfect for trick-or-treaters and fall parties.

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Nasty Spider Cake

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Halloween spider cake filled with green Jello that oozes when sliced, frosted black with licorice legs and gumdrop eyes. Gross, fun, and unforgettable.

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Chocolate-Covered Bugs

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Chocolate-covered bugs made from caramels, red licorice legs, and melted chocolate chips, decorated with sprinkles and almonds. A fun no-bake Halloween candy project for kids.

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Creeping Caterpillar Cupcakes

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Festive cupcakes decorated as a colorful caterpillar for kids' parties. Fluffy vanilla or chocolate cakes topped with tinted frosting, shredded coconut, and candy details arranged in a whimsical crawling pattern.

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Halloween Peanut Butter Spiders

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Peanut butter balls rolled in coconut and shaped into spiders with licorice legs and raisin eyes. A fun no-bake Halloween craft snack kids can make in 10 minutes.

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Truffle Mice

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No-bake chocolate truffles shaped like tiny mice with almond ears, dragee eyes, and licorice tails. A fun holiday treat kids love to make and eat. Makes 2 dozen.

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