These strawberry licorice wheels taste great but should not be confused with the original strawberry wheels I enjoyed so much in my youth. The taste and texture are completely different.The ones I remember from the 60's & 70's were made of a flat ribbonlike licorice rolled into a wheel; some even had a small jaw breaker type candy in the center.These are made of a somewhat oily 2 strand round shoestring licorice rolled into a wheel.Again, product tastes GREAT but......