Is licorice necessary or can the note evolve without it?

Might that be narrowed down to grams?

So roughly 1 gram of Garlic Powder for a recipe built upon a base of 200 grams (1.5 Cups) of Flour.

The licorice extract flavored is the flavor used to make root beer.

When you think of Root Beer there are few other Soft drinks with the same Flavor.

when you think of KFC its very distinctive Aroma and Taste, So without a Doubt there is Licorice Spice in KFC
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when you Think about Licorice many also think Vanilla extract. NOW I'm not jumping on the Vanilla Bean Train just pointing out what OLD TIMES reference.


Also Hershey’s claims that their black Twizzlers contain ”2% or less of” licorice extract, and natural and artificial flavors. Aniseed oil was added to the mix.

Aniseed oil is actually incredibly strong in flavor, and it easily overpowers the licorice root extract. This became the shift to less licorice and more aniseed.


So with the Powerful aspect of the Anise Oil or Licorice showing 2% of Less, any item with licorice would be possibly Lower in Amount used,

There have been some Bakers who Claim that Cinnamon at higher Amount creates more a Licorice Effect with other Baking Items ?


My guess is that a licorice Spice or equivalent is USED 99x & used.