Gustaf's Dutch Licorice Cats 150g (5.3oz)

Gustaf's Dutch Licorice Cats are soft Dutch licorice in the cat shape from Gustaf's — the American-market Dutch-import licorice brand whose products represent the genuine Dutch drop tradition, here in the cat-shaped soft licorice form that delivers the characteristic Dutch licorice flavour profile: the anise-forward, sweet-salty combination that is distinctly different from the simple sweet licorice familiar to North American audiences. Gustaf's specialises in importing and presenting Dutch licorice for the North American market, where the Dutch drop tradition — one of the Netherlands' most distinctly national confectionery categories — is largely unfamiliar to non-Dutch consumers, and the Gustaf's catalogue serves as the primary point of entry for curious candy buyers and the diaspora community who grew up eating drop. Dutch licorice (drop) is one of the Netherlands' most culturally embedded confectionery items: the Dutch are among the world's largest per-capita consumers of licorice, and the range of drop shapes, textures, and flavour profiles — from soft sweet to hard salty to double-salted — is an entire confectionery world unto itself, with the cat shape being one of the classic soft licorice formats in that tradition. Eat as the soft Dutch licorice cat for anyone who wants the authentic Dutch drop flavour experience, set out in a mixed licorice bowl alongside other flavours, or give to a Dutch diaspora household as the cat-shaped soft drop from the Gustaf's range.