Best licorice-candy shops Maastricht

Best licorice-candy shops Maastricht | M+TRICHT*MAG recommends – licorice lover ? In Maastricht you find licorice in walking distance from Bourgogne Suite Maastricht.

Best licorice-candy shops Maastricht | What is Licorice?

Licorice root is cultivated throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is used as a flavoring in candy, other foods, beverages, and tobacco products. Many “licorice” products sold in the United States do not contain actual licorice. Anise oil, which smells and tastes like licorice, is often used instead.

For all its strangeness, Zoute Drop ( salty Licorice ) remains one of the Netherlands’ culinary treasures. The average Dutch person eats four pounds of it per year, making them the largest consumers of salty licorice in the world. The Netherlands boasts the highest per capita consumption of licorice in the world, with each person eating more than 4 pounds per year!

Best licorice-candy shops Maastricht | M+TRICHT*MAG recommends | Some High Lights!

You can find walls of licorice in any Dutch supermarket, Hema or specialty candy stores. In the Netherlands, you’ll even find drop in the drugstore and pharmacy – thanks to aniseed’s many apparent medicinal properties. For a truly authentic experience, make your way to Het Oud-Hollandsch Snoepwinkeltje (The Old Dutch Candy Shop). Set on a picturesque canal in the middle of Amsterdam, the traditional candy store is a short walk from the Anne Frank Museum. Here, you’ll find drop not in regular supermarket packaging, but in big glass jars, where you can buy it by the gram.
If your preference is for salty flavors, give dubbel zout (double-salted drop) a try. If you want something with a novelty factor, katjes (cat-shaped drop) is for you. You’ll also find honingdrop (honey flavor), griotten (a square of soft licorice that looks like a sugar cube) and even salmiak (the classic salty Dutch licorice). Any trip to Maastricht isn’t complete without trying typical Dutch food, and if you’re a sweet-lover, then you can’t ignore Dutch licorice.

Pinky

The local Candy shop on 4 locations

Pinky is a pampering paradise at the best locations in the historic city center of Maastricht, where fun, quality, service and hygiene are of paramount importance. A daily fresh experience of waffles, macarons, ice cream and coffee. Candy and soft ice cream are also part of the range.

Jamin

A candy store like a super market!

Cornelis Jamin was born in 1850 in Boxmeer. At the age of 20 he moved to Rotterdam, where he started a street trade in confectionery. Ambitious and self-willed as he was, he quickly turned his street business into an official pastry shop with a sugar confectionery factory. After 10 years he had two sugar confectionery factories: one on the Roodezand and one on the Crooswijksekade. And another three years later, in 1883, the Netherlands had its first Jamin store, in which Cornelis sold his own products. He had a great business instinct and therefore did good business.
Whether you’re looking for something to spoil yourself or surprise someone else, you’ve come to the right place at Jamin!

Kruidvat

Your licorice bar in Wyck

Kruidvat is a drugstore, located in Wyck and was founded in 1975 by the de Rijcke family. Since its foundation, a stormy development has taken place. Only eight years after its foundation, the 100th branch was opened. We now have almost 1250 stores in the Netherlands and Belgium.
In Kruidvat you find in the middle of the store a self service licorice bar!