After a trip to Scandinavia, I got hooked on some of their traditional salty licorices. Looking to satisfy my urge once I got back home, I searched for US-made alternatives and found none. Most domestic licorice was soft, rubbery, lacking real licorice, and, most importantly not the right kind of salty. I was able to find imported varieties on Amazon and at Scandinavian specialty stores. But it made me think, what would it take to make it myself? I ended up going pretty far down the rabbit hole on this one.