So cane sugar, when you extract it from the cane is a brown sugar. Molasses is what is left over when you turn brown sugar into white sugar (it is the brown). It's vaguely sweet with its own flavor. It was mostly used as the basis for making rum, but it's also a cheap alternative to sugar for poor folks back in the day.
Don't talk like you know. Blackstrap molasses is different than regular molasses it's more concentrated. It's boiled three times over, has a much stronger flavor and taste almost like barbecue sauce or balsamic vinegar it's not sweet at all.
Molasses by itself isn't a particularly good flavor, but it blends well with other things, adding a mild sweetness to whatever you add it to, without becoming overpowering. Molasses and tomato to sweeten baked beans. Molasses and ginger makes yummy cookies. You can add a little to spaghetti sauce, goulash, or chilli.
I'm reminded of this candy shop near me. It's owned by an old man and it's in a small building next to his house. He makes all the candy himself, with a little help, and it's all really good!
When I read the title, I thought it was going to be 100 year old candy! LOL!! That sounds crazy, but it's Ashleigh! I agree with her about molasses. Molasses is very hit or miss; if you're going old-timey sweet, I go with honey.
"Ye Old Candy Company".. should be prounced 'The Old Candy Company'. The Ye is a relic of Middle English. When the alphabet was shortened, The letter that resembled a Y, but had sound of TH was dropped. So they used the Y in its place. Now it's a misunderstood nostalgia thing..
The chalky bit is glucose powder used to stop the sweet/candy from sticking to things, Black Jack isn't liquorice, we have both of these sweets in the U.K. I think that I should send you some classic British sweets (candies) to try, not the ones that you did two years ago though.
Little Sis, the look of utter disappointment when you ate the Black Jack was priceless. LOL. I'm with you on butter biscuits, but I do recommend adding some honey with the butter...divine. :)
The peppermint sounds like something I used to see in convenience stores called Angel Mints I think. They were a white stick, maybe 2 inches long, and very crumbly, dissolved in your mouth.
I wonder if the blackjack is similar to bonfire toffee in the uk? Also black jacks in the uk are aniseed (not liquorice as people think) flavoured chews. I love both because I’m a monster 😁
They use to take tiny little bites to make the candy last as long as it could, so a strong peppermint would be a delight... from what I recall It feels cool in your mouth and just dissolves on the tongue.
If you take peppermint like that and just as it melts drink a mouthful of really cold milk, the sensation is similar to a brain freeze, but down through your chest instead of up through and our head.
With those Gibralters, I imagine what people used to do was break one up (maybe with a hammer), and put the pieces on a plate for people to pick at after dinner.
You missed Halloween in Salem? What were you thinking? It's an awesome street party that takes over the whole town. Costumes, music, and spooky mahem, in the best sense of the word. Guess you better give the Blackjacks to your grandpa, he'd probably like them! Hint for future Ashleigh - avoid Horehound candies, you might like them even less.
Ashley blackjack is made from sap that comes from a tree what else were you expecting. it is boiled to the hard crack stage so it crystallizes and probably turns bitter that's all it is boiled sap candy is kind of sweet because some sap is kinda of sweet that's where Maple syrup comes from. molasses is another form of sap it's darker and it's a little bitter so if you don't like syrup you probably wouldn't like blackjacks it's an acquired taste really because there are no additives to it comes straight from the tree gets boiled and rolled out and then you go sticks of molasses candy.
"Smells like an old house" so it's comfortable, haha. And as someone who has lived in Massachusetts since birth... I've never had either of these. I've also only visited Salem twice, haha. I may have to go for another time, and try and act as a tourist, haha.
If they actually have candy that is 200 years old, I wonder if "Brad Tries" would be willing to eat it. Among the outdated beverages, he has drank Billy Beer, M*A*S*H 4077 Beer, Zima, and Crystal Pepsi! Among the outdated food, he has eaten !989 Batman cereal, a Reggie Bar, and a 25-year-old box of Mac & Cheese!
I think it's fascinating to see how treats tasted before all the processed sugar and when treats were only every once in a while. In addtion to a diet of food you cooked from local farms only. Wild.
Hey, I live like half a mile from Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie. It's very small, and this time of year, is pure chaos I'm not native, but I've lived in Salem for a few decades, now. It's a beautiful old town. The Witch Trials are interesting (and if you can can get past all the fun, spooky stuff), and are a tragic reminder of what happens when you put greedy people in charge of a fearful community. But Salem also has a long nautical history; riches and good from throughout the world came and left the ports here. The city as a whole is car-unfriendly, but the downtown is very walkable. My recommendations: Between May and August are the easiest times to visit. Everything should be open and, if there are lines, they'll be short. It gets progressively more crowded, and by September it can be difficult to do the things you'd like. Now, I'm going to break with the usual advice of avoiding during October, especially the last week or two. If you now exactly what you are getting yourself into, it is really fun. Halloween day is amazing, but you have to plan way ahead, and you're going to miss out on quite a few things. If you come at a more reasonable time of year, I recommend visiting for two days, and dedicate the bulk of one of them to the Peabody Essex Museum
Mmmmpeppermint puffs. Love them. They now have cotton candy puffs and are so good. I just cut sugar outta my diet so nonesies for me. Glad y'all had a great trip.😊❤
Hello, How was your day Thursday? Wow it would be an experience to try those classic Candy for the experience hehe I would like to visit Gibraltar and beautiful places in the United Kingdom soon, I love its culture very much 🥰💖✨
I have this candy in my drawer as a souvenir but I won’t eat it lol Went to Salem 4 years ago today actually! Met Elvira and had an amazing time there! ❤
Sadly, can't be bought online. They don't list them as an option in the Pepper Candy store, and the only other place that seems to offer them is out of stock of all flavors. The original store does mention you can call them directly and ask if a special shipment can be arranged, but...I think I'll just wait for Christmas and settle for the chalky mint balls. Although I really wanted to try the lemon flavored Gibraltars!
Was hoping that maybe you were going to try old candies like the Root Beer barrels or Horehound candy, which I actually like a lot. My great-grandfather got me started on them. Wish someone you warned you about the Blackjack. The Blackjack gum is just like black licorice, NASTY.
A little bit of history for you. The rock of Gibraltar is a limestone monolith in Europe. The peppermint "rocks" are meant to look like limestone. I would wager the family who made these were from that region.
When I saw the title, I thought you were going to try candy that has been sitting around for over 100 years. Haha Give Stuart Ashen a run for his money.
How did I get educated about my own home state by a girl from Tennessee? Seriously, tho...I had never heard of these candies or this candy shop until you told me about it.😆
I love gibralters, but they were always much smaller and came in big tins...and, yes, they were usually a Christmas thing... though not exactly what you're thinking of, maybe... Black Jacks are nasty...had one as a kid and never went back...and I like old fashioned candy
I’ve been to Salem it’s kind of a tourist trap but it’s a beautiful town non the less. I never felt uneasy but New Salem Mass is a creepy af town. I wanted to get out.
I mix soft butter & molasses together for biscuits. Blackstrap is the strong flavored stuff. Are you sure your grandfather uses blackstrap, and not another type of molasses? Molasses has twice the sugar content of blackstrap, plus a milder flavor. Sugar is not added. They're all made from boiled down juice from sugar cane. The odd flavors you're detecting are the concentrated minerals and vitamins.
About 35 years ago my ex and I went to an old tourist town in northern CA and found an old style candy shop that was s lling horehound candy. It's w big, hard to op, do t of like maple gross r with root beer, and foe ed . It sugar. Patty hater itz, she said it was like bad cough medicine, but I liked it. It goes well togetherc with hot tea with lemon, and you won't need extra sugar.
You want a sad and very scarry tale to look up Ashleigh. Look up the Black strap Molases tragedy. That will just break your heart and probably give you nightmares. On second thought maybe not for you.
I really never seen Black Jack Candy, but there is Black Jack Gum...I guess it's the same flavor...I really didn't like the taste...I preferred Beemans gum or teaberry gum
I love Ye Olde Pepper Co but these two are usually the ones I pass right by. I have had no desire to try either of these and I'm going to trust your judgment on this. All of their chocolate stuff is absolutely amazing though. Also all those statements on the packages sound like typical 1800's marketing. The "healthful" description was probably a way to say it had healthy properties but that is all just crap, the definition of "snake oil salesman."
Black strap molasses probably tastes a little bitter maybe salty and kind of tangy molasses is a byproduct of sugar but this one has almost a balsamic vinegar then true molasses you can get at the store now. I bet that was disgusting You're lucky it wasn't potent.
Could have done without you spitting out all the chunks lol. Girl just cover your mouth with the paper or something lol. Black Jacks are not for everyone, I didn’t like it as much but I can see why some love it. 19th Century flavor palettes were limited lol
I've never seen someone look so betrayed by candy!😂
At least she wasn't taste testing dog treats. Lol
Oh gosh...I nearly spit out my coffee, Ashleigh's faces when she tasted the Blackjack were PRICELESS! 🤣
So cane sugar, when you extract it from the cane is a brown sugar. Molasses is what is left over when you turn brown sugar into white sugar (it is the brown). It's vaguely sweet with its own flavor. It was mostly used as the basis for making rum, but it's also a cheap alternative to sugar for poor folks back in the day.
Don't talk like you know.
Blackstrap molasses is different than regular molasses it's more concentrated.
It's boiled three times over, has a much stronger flavor and taste almost like barbecue sauce or balsamic vinegar it's not sweet at all.
Molasses by itself isn't a particularly good flavor, but it blends well with other things, adding a mild sweetness to whatever you add it to, without becoming overpowering. Molasses and tomato to sweeten baked beans. Molasses and ginger makes yummy cookies. You can add a little to spaghetti sauce, goulash, or chilli.
I just want to make it clear that Ashleigh Burton is a national treasure.
Clear.
"National treasure".
That happens to be what the epitaph on my tombstone will be.
Make it clear Ashley is Ashley
You may be right about that but we serve a higher purpose
I'm reminded of this candy shop near me. It's owned by an old man and it's in a small building next to his house. He makes all the candy himself, with a little help, and it's all really good!
2:27 Either I've contracted glaucoma or you forgot to add an overlay 🤣
When I read the title, I thought it was going to be 100 year old candy! LOL!! That sounds crazy, but it's Ashleigh! I agree with her about molasses. Molasses is very hit or miss; if you're going old-timey sweet, I go with honey.
"Ye Old Candy Company".. should be prounced 'The Old Candy Company'. The Ye is a relic of Middle English. When the alphabet was shortened, The letter that resembled a Y, but had sound of TH was dropped. So they used the Y in its place. Now it's a misunderstood nostalgia thing..
The chalky bit is glucose powder used to stop the sweet/candy from sticking to things, Black Jack isn't liquorice, we have both of these sweets in the U.K. I think that I should send you some classic British sweets (candies) to try, not the ones that you did two years ago though.
Little Sis, the look of utter disappointment when you ate the Black Jack was priceless. LOL. I'm with you on butter biscuits, but I do recommend adding some honey with the butter...divine. :)
Your reading in a blur is probably the most accurate thing I've seen in a while.
The peppermint sounds like something I used to see in convenience stores called Angel Mints I think. They were a white stick, maybe 2 inches long, and very crumbly, dissolved in your mouth.
I wonder if the blackjack is similar to bonfire toffee in the uk? Also black jacks in the uk are aniseed (not liquorice as people think) flavoured chews. I love both because I’m a monster 😁
Sounds like you have the perfect candy to pass out to Trick or Treaters!!
My mother always ate the black jellybeans, which were licorice. That was okay with me, but some of the McCool children weren't cool with it.
When you said you'd never heard of blackjack, I pretty much knew what was coming, lol.
I don't recommend eating pizza/food while watching this video. I almost choked on my food from laughing.
Ashleigh: “It looks sticky!”
Me: “Yeah, it’s a stick.” 😏
They use to take tiny little bites to make the candy last as long as it could, so a strong peppermint would be a delight... from what I recall It feels cool in your mouth and just dissolves on the tongue.
If you take peppermint like that and just as it melts drink a mouthful of really cold milk, the sensation is similar to a brain freeze, but down through your chest instead of up through and our head.
With those Gibralters, I imagine what people used to do was break one up (maybe with a hammer), and put the pieces on a plate for people to pick at after dinner.
I wonder if the mint thing is related to Kendal mint cake? Looks similar.
Only video reviewing this candy, particularly Black Jack. Thanks for the review!
You missed Halloween in Salem? What were you thinking? It's an awesome street party that takes over the whole town. Costumes, music, and spooky mahem, in the best sense of the word.
Guess you better give the Blackjacks to your grandpa, he'd probably like them! Hint for future Ashleigh - avoid Horehound candies, you might like them even less.
Thanks, Ashleigh! 🍬 #AwkwardAshleigh #AmericasOldestCandy #SalemMassachusetts #Gibraltars #BlackJacks
I use to get Black Jack gum and Clove gum all the time from the store where the school bus dropped us off. Love licorice.
The powder on the outside is probably cornstarch to keep it from sticking to the paper
One of my great grandmothers apparently put black strap molasses in her pasta sauce to cut the tomatoes.
Black jack candy which I haven't had but it looks like a longer version of Horehound candy
Spitting food out is a tradition on this channel!
Ashley blackjack is made from sap that comes from a tree what else were you expecting. it is boiled to the hard crack stage so it crystallizes and probably turns bitter that's all it is boiled sap candy is kind of sweet because some sap is kinda of sweet that's where Maple syrup comes from. molasses is another form of sap it's darker and it's a little bitter so if you don't like syrup you probably wouldn't like blackjacks it's an acquired taste really because there are no additives to it comes straight from the tree gets boiled and rolled out and then you go sticks of molasses candy.
I haven’t started watching but I’m here for Ashleigh’s gagging sounds
Hi Ashleigh what tasted worse the blackjack or pupperoni?
Wahaha
That's kind of like that time I thought blue cheese was white white chocolate 😂😂😂😂
"Smells like an old house" so it's comfortable, haha. And as someone who has lived in Massachusetts since birth... I've never had either of these. I've also only visited Salem twice, haha. I may have to go for another time, and try and act as a tourist, haha.
If they actually have candy that is 200 years old, I wonder if "Brad Tries" would be willing to eat it.
Among the outdated beverages, he has drank Billy Beer, M*A*S*H 4077 Beer, Zima, and Crystal Pepsi!
Among the outdated food, he has eaten !989 Batman cereal, a Reggie Bar, and a 25-year-old box of Mac & Cheese!
I come here to see uniqueness. Now THAT, was special.
Want to visit more of the New England area. I've been to Boston in 2001
Oh you totally should; so many beautiful things to visit in MA!
The molasses sticks are SO GOOD with coffee! :) :) :)
I think it's fascinating to see how treats tasted before all the processed sugar and when treats were only every once in a while. In addtion to a diet of food you cooked from local farms only. Wild.
Ashliegh Hubbin must have a blast on the regular just watchin you react to life, your very entertaining. hope your having a wonderful week.
Hey, I live like half a mile from Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie. It's very small, and this time of year, is pure chaos
I'm not native, but I've lived in Salem for a few decades, now. It's a beautiful old town. The Witch Trials are interesting (and if you can can get past all the fun, spooky stuff), and are a tragic reminder of what happens when you put greedy people in charge of a fearful community. But Salem also has a long nautical history; riches and good from throughout the world came and left the ports here.
The city as a whole is car-unfriendly, but the downtown is very walkable. My recommendations: Between May and August are the easiest times to visit. Everything should be open and, if there are lines, they'll be short. It gets progressively more crowded, and by September it can be difficult to do the things you'd like. Now, I'm going to break with the usual advice of avoiding during October, especially the last week or two. If you now exactly what you are getting yourself into, it is really fun. Halloween day is amazing, but you have to plan way ahead, and you're going to miss out on quite a few things.
If you come at a more reasonable time of year, I recommend visiting for two days, and dedicate the bulk of one of them to the Peabody Essex Museum
I need you to try shoo fly pie 😂😂
Mmmmpeppermint puffs. Love them. They now have cotton candy puffs and are so good. I just cut sugar outta my diet so nonesies for me. Glad y'all had a great trip.😊❤
How much do those costs. Keep up the great content.
I appreciate you and thank you for making content.
Massachusetts candy always scares me....they also came up with my least favorite ever. NECCO Wafers. (New England Candy COmpany. Just vile 😂😂😂
Necco Wafers make candy corn, black licorice, and circus peanuts taste good by comparison.
Hello, I recall those. They added heat to the inside of the mouth and sort of a burning sensation to the nose.
I love Necco, AND candy corn AND black licorice! lol
Hello, How was your day Thursday?
Wow it would be an experience to try those classic Candy for the experience hehe I would like to visit Gibraltar and beautiful places in the United Kingdom soon, I love its culture very much 🥰💖✨
I have this candy in my drawer as a souvenir but I won’t eat it lol
Went to Salem 4 years ago today actually!
Met Elvira and had an amazing time there! ❤
Keep the Gibraltar, and let Hubbin have all the Black Jacks.
A treasure In deed she is…lovelovelove ❤️✌🏻🌸🌈
Hey, don't point that thing at me. 😂
Was there supposed to be text on the screen when you were reading about the Gibraltar and the screen went blurry?
Sadly, can't be bought online. They don't list them as an option in the Pepper Candy store, and the only other place that seems to offer them is out of stock of all flavors. The original store does mention you can call them directly and ask if a special shipment can be arranged, but...I think I'll just wait for Christmas and settle for the chalky mint balls. Although I really wanted to try the lemon flavored Gibraltars!
As Ashleigh was explaining the jack black's taste, I wonder if the dude who was wanting the sugar water in Men in Black might like it. Lol
As soon as you said molasses... i knew this was gonna be a good reaction xDD
we really out here in the good ol days
Both you and your granddad are correct. Lots of molasses (unsulfured(Grandma's), not black strap) on a hot heavily buttered biscuit.
Have you ever done the bean boozled challenge? You either get a good flavor or a nasty flavor
Looks like a chunk of After Dinner mints
I warned you about the Black Jack. 😂
Was hoping that maybe you were going to try old candies like the Root Beer barrels or Horehound candy, which I actually like a lot. My great-grandfather got me started on them. Wish someone you warned you about the Blackjack. The Blackjack gum is just like black licorice, NASTY.
A little bit of history for you. The rock of Gibraltar is a limestone monolith in Europe. The peppermint "rocks" are meant to look like limestone. I would wager the family who made these were from that region.
I don't know what is in those Black Jacks but I grew up eating bread and molasses as a snack and it sure didn't taste like dirt
When I saw the title, I thought you were going to try candy that has been sitting around for over 100 years. Haha
Give Stuart Ashen a run for his money.
Hi there Ashleigh, you're amazing as always, you have a nice day sweetie 🥰❤️
Maybe the peppermint from the first candy affected the taste of the second candy?
I must be in the minority, I love black licorice!
How did I get educated about my own home state by a girl from Tennessee? Seriously, tho...I had never heard of these candies or this candy shop until you told me about it.😆
I love gibralters, but they were always much smaller and came in big tins...and, yes, they were usually a Christmas thing... though not exactly what you're thinking of, maybe...
Black Jacks are nasty...had one as a kid and never went back...and I like old fashioned candy
My father always used Brer Rabbit Black Strap Molasses on his pancakes. It's a bit strong for me, but.... :D
I’ve been to Salem it’s kind of a tourist trap but it’s a beautiful town non the less. I never felt uneasy but New Salem Mass is a creepy af town. I wanted to get out.
What is the cost to have a reaction done
I mix soft butter & molasses together for biscuits. Blackstrap is the strong flavored stuff. Are you sure your grandfather uses blackstrap, and not another type of molasses? Molasses has twice the sugar content of blackstrap, plus a milder flavor. Sugar is not added. They're all made from boiled down juice from sugar cane. The odd flavors you're detecting are the concentrated minerals and vitamins.
Well, one more thing I might have to try that Ashleigh has promoted.
Thanks for tasting the Blackjack, so I don’t have to!
I thought it was going to be Necco
About 35 years ago my ex and I went to an old tourist town in northern CA and found an old style candy shop that was s lling horehound candy. It's w big, hard to op, do t of like maple gross r with root beer, and foe ed . It sugar. Patty hater itz, she said it was like bad cough medicine, but I liked it. It goes well togetherc with hot tea with lemon, and you won't need extra sugar.
Still better than eating the vegamite you tried before.
"I hate black licorice."
That's candyist.
I would love it then...
You want a sad and very scarry tale to look up Ashleigh.
Look up the Black strap Molases tragedy. That will just break your
heart and probably give you nightmares. On second thought maybe not for you.
Black Jack is about as welcome as a hit in the head, hence the name.
That’s why everyone was so skinny back then. They had nasty candy like that.
To be fair, people back then would've, probably, hated Sour Gummies.
I bet their chocolate is REALLY good though.
"Healthful"? Like medicine? You ever had a medicine that taste good?
YUM YUM GIMME SUM
SWALLER IT DOWN
Yeeehawww!
That molasses could've been rum 😒
I don't think I've ever seen anybody look. So sad while eating candy
I really never seen Black Jack Candy, but there is Black Jack Gum...I guess it's the same flavor...I really didn't like the taste...I preferred Beemans gum or teaberry gum
Without the red and white stripes. Since the candy is already white you meant to say without the red stripes.
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I’m sorry Ashley Molasses cookies are a million times better. Molasses has a very strong bitterness to it almost a burnt taste
I love Ye Olde Pepper Co but these two are usually the ones I pass right by. I have had no desire to try either of these and I'm going to trust your judgment on this. All of their chocolate stuff is absolutely amazing though. Also all those statements on the packages sound like typical 1800's marketing. The "healthful" description was probably a way to say it had healthy properties but that is all just crap, the definition of "snake oil salesman."
Black strap molasses probably tastes a little bitter maybe salty and kind of tangy molasses is a byproduct of sugar but this one has almost a balsamic vinegar then true molasses you can get at the store now.
I bet that was disgusting You're lucky it wasn't potent.
Sticky, like a stick😅
Smells like us
Could have done without you spitting out all the chunks lol. Girl just cover your mouth with the paper or something lol. Black Jacks are not for everyone, I didn’t like it as much but I can see why some love it. 19th Century flavor palettes were limited lol
"Ye olde" is pronounced "the old".