What's in your mouth right now?

My tongue... Earlier it was an aniseed ball... Yummy in my tummy
Aniseed balls are a type of hard round sweet sold in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. They are shiny and dark brownish red, and hard like Gobstoppers, but generally only 1cm across. They are generally sold by weight- traditionally, for example, they were sold by quarter pound. Today, sweets are sold by metric units in sweet shops in the UK and Ireland.
They were a staple traditional sweet in the 50s and 60s in Australia and New Zealand but have become rare in recent years.
They are flavoured by aniseed oil, have a very strong aniseed flavour, and last for a long time in the mouth before dissolving. In the centre of the ball is normally a whole rapeseed, which is used for forming layers of sugar around, although other nuclei are sometimes used, for example a sugar crystal.
 
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