This is Dutch liquorice — real liquorice — the kind that isn’t here to charm you with sweetness but to challenge your tongue, reward your loyalty, and quietly judge the rest of your confectionery cupboard. Matthijs Liquorice Giggles and Ovals are chewy, punchy, unapologetic slabs of heritage, not softened for mass-market palates but proudly authentic.

Looking for something classic? The Liquorice Blocks and Liquorice Drop Mix offer that unmistakable mix of molasses depth and herbal edge — the kind of stuff you remember from a time when sweets actually had a backbone. The Liquorice Lucky Mix brings a riot of shapes, each piece doing its own little dance on your molars, while the Liquorice Twisters spiral between salty and sweet like a well-written suspense novel.

And then there’s the salted stuff. The real test. The Salted Liquorice Starfish and Salty Liquorice are not for the faint of heart or the faint of taste. They are bold, briny, and beautifully baffling to those who’ve never dared go near them. But once you’re in — truly in — nothing else compares.

Want fruit? Fine, Matthijs will oblige — but on its own terms. The Duo Liquorice & Fruit Bears mash up soft fruit flavour with a liquorice base in a way that really shouldn’t work, and yet absolutely does. And the Liquorice Honey Bubs? Sweet, sticky, and somehow still sophisticated — the kind of thing you'd expect to find in the glove box of a Volvo owned by a diplomat.

Matthijs doesn’t follow trends. It makes liquorice for grown-ups — sometimes sweet, sometimes salty, always serious. This is confectionery with a Dutch passport and a smug little grin.