Trying Horehound Candy

Southern Living

In this video, we try horehound candy—an old-school herbal sweet that’s part nostalgia, part acquired taste. With its distinct flavor made from the horehound plant, this vintage treat was once beloved for its supposed medicinal qualities. So, does it still hold up?

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00:00Y'all remember when I talked about grandma candy in the glass dish?

00:03Apparently, there was one candy that I left out.

00:05And whenever I saw the name, I was like, you have got to be kidding me.

00:09And here it is.

00:11Whorehound candy.

00:12It is a terrible name.

00:14Made with natural whorehound herb tea.

00:17I am a professionally trained chef.

00:19I didn't know there was a whorehound herb.

00:22Brewed and steeped in copper kettles to enhance the whorehound flavor.

00:26I am not sure if I need anything to be enhanced about the whorehound.

00:31A lot of y'all said this is like a love it or you hate it sort of thing.

00:34Oh, the smell.

00:36It smells a bit like licorice, which I hate.

00:39But I'm going to take one for the team.

00:42It is bitter.

00:43The initial taste has gone away.

00:45I'm not saying that that's a good thing.

00:47It's not as licorice-y as the smell gives off.

00:51Slight hint of like mint, but that is like so subtle on the back end.

00:54If my grandmother ever offered me this, I must have been in trouble because this is bad.

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