A few years ago, my sister actually found Sen-Sen someplace in Florida and sent a pack to me. They were just what I remembered - tiny square things (smaller than a saccharine pill) with a highly concentrated licorice flavour. I'll have to ask her if she can still find them.
I can eat a whole pack of these in one sitting. I miss Sen Sen too. All the old time candy is dissapearing
"Rosewater Chocolate Cake – Lavender-Cointreau Ice Cream......$6" OOOOOOHHHHHH,Christa! I could have lived without THAT news! Or not... Stop definitely in order!
You can buy all flavors of the mints and gum directly from the company: http://www.chowardcompany.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=OS&Product_Code=03600&Category_Code=
If anyone finds Sen-Sen, I hope they let us know. I haven't had a chance to look yet. Remember the large size of sen-sen like candy that you could buy; the last time I saw them was at Tops, in the bulk food, years ago. There was also a lavender variety. They were sorta cube-like, like a smaller computer keyboard key, and were joined together in strips that you broke apart.
Paul
Great post--totally vintage. My mother loves these and you can pick them up at Vidler's if you're in the neighborhood. Every time I've been there, the Violets are in stock so enough people must like them.
For the fans of the sweet and floral, I just got this week's menu from The Coda restaurant. Besides reading like a sonnet and detailing some marvelous offerings, the dessert menu lists the following item:
Rosewater Chocolate Cake – Lavender-Cointreau Ice Cream......$6
Roo also offers some of the best coffee in the city- it sounds like a visit might be in order! For a look at the complete menu, got to www.the-coda.com.
Happy Eating!
They sell these at the tiny snack store on the first floor of 1 M&T Plaza downtown. My boss was just eating them the other day and remarking how much she loved them. I didn't know they were so hard to find!
I used those mints (and the C Howards gum) exclusively in high school to cover up my beer breath from my parents.
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