Drop should be part of "Inburgering". 😎

It was funny how they thought 'munt' was just the Dutch word for 'mint', whereas it actually has a double meaning and in this case 'munt' is the Dutch word for 'coin'.

Booh, you dodged the “dubbel zout” with the DZ on them, my favourite 😅

"Trekdrop" It's all I'm gonna say.

Hilarious! As a native in this country, I love drop. Sweet, salt, salmiak, I like it all. The looks on your faces when tasting some of it, priceless! Zoethoudertjes are the most back to basics liquorice. The outside of it is covered in finely grained root of the licorice plant. As kids, we love to chew and suck on it. It looks like a wooden branch. Since most of the drop is an acquired taste, I'm not surprised you don't like it

13:04 And this is where the coin dropped... : D

Yeah, as a few people mentioned, Dubbel Zout (the small round ones with DZ initials on it) are really missing, and you can also buy pure Salmiak powder. I used to buy those as a kid, and just dip my finger it and eat it. Yum!

Oldtimers Zoethouders Pittigzoet: This is "zoethout" flavored, Google can't seem to translate this besides saying its licorice, it's the root of a "eurasian" plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) that contains a sweetness 30 to 50 times as strong as sugar but does not damage teeth. Its one of the "spices" we've been trading for 100's of years, at some extremely touristy destinations you might be able to find some but realistically very few people still consume it, you chew on it and over time it gets sweeter and sweeter, it's weird because you're literally chomping on some kind of stick, but if you like licorice it's honestly kinda nice, the candies are honestly weird and just what it would taste like the first 10 seconds or so, i dont get why they made it taste like that either. So yeah the comments that it reminds of wood make a lot of sense, it IS wood.

Michelle's expression eating "zoethouders" was priceless... And, yes, Dutch licorice is an "aquired taste"...

Oops: forgot the Katja Kokindjes! Those have been around for as long as I can remember. Soft and sweet and chewy. THE classic Dutch gateway liquorice. If it weren't for my mom stopping me, I'd work my way through a whole bag of those as a kid.

You missed the best one with the engelse drop. The red and pink circles are with coconut and I go WILD for them...

The zoethoudertjes, the woody ones, are coated in the dust of licorice root, 'zoethout'. So yes, actual wood. Sticks of that stuff are occasionally sold as candy--a favourite of mine, since it lasted ages and was very cheap (important with limited zakgeld as a primary school kid). Consequently, zoethoudertjes are one of my favourite candies nowadays.

Interesting, the honing drop is my favourite! 😆

If in the US murky poolwater tastes like honingdrop you should bottle it and sell it over here! Een gat in de markt, you could become rich.

This video made me crave for drop so much that I just bought the largest package of Engelse drop Albert Heijn has 😂

I am Dutch guy living in the US. Regularly I order a box with 12 bags of muntendrop. It won’t last a month. Very addictive

Oehhh salmiakballen! Zo heerlijk, eerst de zwarte coating eraf en dan de salmiak binnenkant 😍

De zoethoudertjes is one of my favs. Also piramides are yum. Fyi, sweet drop is pretty much just as salty as salty drop, but it has more sugar in it. And i’m pretty sure all black drop has ‘salmiak’ in it, but then it’s on the ingredient list as glycyrrhizine. When extra salt is added, the glycyrrhizine is called salmiak.

The first drop I remember having when I was a child and still like are "Kokindjes"

I went "omg these are so good" with everything you tried 😂

I don't live in the Netherlands and this video makes me miss all the drop! My favorite (besides dubbelzout, the "saltier" the better) is heksenhyl, they are fairly soft, sugar coated with salmiak inside.

O and it might be a bit outside of the drop category, but Stophoest is really good, and it might be the gateway to salmiak, the way kokindjes are to drop :)

We Dutchies have grown up with licorice and as such have acquired the taste for the salty stuff. Americans, as far as I can tell from popular culture, are raised with sweet candies. So I'm not surprised that you don't like the salmiak based licorice. I think the worst thing you guys could try are the so-called "salmiak bollen" and "salmiak kogels aka Napoleon zwart wit". Especially the last ones start out with a sweetish outer shell before it dissolves and unleashes its salmiak powder inner core on your senses when you suck on them. But we Dutchies love the sudden salt explosion!

No Dubbelzout? Oh dear And haribo is German liquorice, that’s like doing a beer tasting and including Dr Pepper.

When I was young my nan always used to have laurierdrop (laurel licorice), hard ones from health/organic shops. It's more of an Italian flavour. The Klene brand does soft ones. Klene also does honey licorice, which I get when I've got a sore throat. Theirs has 15,8% of honey in where the Venco one you had is just 0.3% :o The 'zoethoudertjes' you had refers to 'zoethout'; the roots of the licorice plant. These roots/sticks are some sort of old candy and those 'zoethoudertjes' taste like how it would taste if you were to be chewing on those sticks. My favourite out of what you tried is the little cats, though I wish they'd be less hard. I think there is nicer licorice out there, but those you'd find in the kind of candy shops where they'd let you fill your own bag with random candy. My absolute favourite is 'trekdrop', stretchy licorice. It's an old Dutch tradition licorice candy, but only Haribo has the recipe and they stopped producing it a couple of years ago 😢 Old Dutch licorice 'duimdrop' (it can be wrapped around your thumb = duim, and sucking your thumb = 'duimen') maybe comes closest.

I don’t reply that often to you or any youtube video for that matter (do watch many of your vids) but man have I laughed so so hard!! The faces, the descriptions, the jokes, the whole lot! You are very likable, entertaining and everything. Thanks for the work you put in these videos both of you. Keep it up. My cheeks are actually still hurting from smiling throughout the video!!! 🙏🏻😂😂

Zoethout translates to sweet wood. Zoethouden translates to keeping somebody sweet , so appeasing somebody. It's word play. Zoethout actually is licorice root. It grinds to a light brown powder. As a kid I used to chew it. Looks like you are chewing on a branch. It's amazingly good for your throat and and bronchi. You can also buy zoethout tea.

The oldtimers zoethouders are even hardcore for the average dutch person:)!!!! I was sadistically laughing before you guys ate it:)

Michelle kan zo lekker moeilijk kijken 😂hilarious. 😁

First off all , I like Michelle's face from the start of this video!! You both are verry brave😀... Engelse drop is nice when you are going on holidays in the car to France😁👍

13:02 LOL, the realisation

As a child we would go out to the market on saterdays and my parent let us choose 1 piece of candy by the candy stand. I always went for the salmiak in powder form. Wet your finger a litle and dip it in!! Good memories.

My favorite drop is honing drop. Can't stop eating it when I start😂😂

Best video ever! I personally don’t know anyone who loves every type of drop. You showed the perfect combination of courage and naughtiness while tasting and ranking drop. Cannot wait to see your next video. 😊

ps. If you wondered why Salmiak tastes like a cleaner of sorts, sal ammoniac the salt component of Salmiak is literally ammonium chloride, also historically used as industrial cleaner in hospitals et al.

Some classic drop I remember from years ago: - zachte drop (very soft); - sleuteldrop (medium soft); - *dubbel zout* (small granite block of sodium death)

You should try napoleon candy, it’s not from the Netherlands but it’s from Belgium, but you buy it in the supermarkt here, and try Salmiak😂 I just love those

The zoethoudertjes are my favorite liquorice. Love them!

I use honingdrop when I have a cold, they help with the throat. This is the original reason to eat drop. They used to sell them at the pharmacy.

Have one muntdrop or boerderijdrop every day for a month - you will start to appreciate and even crave it. Same with black coffee!

De Drop Mentos zouden jullie ook eens moeten proberen!

I laughed so hard! Drop is definitely an acquired taste 🤣, having said that, you dissed my favourite salmiak drop ....

American here. I can take a little of the salty stuff, but I never bring drop of any kind back as a souvenir unless someone specifically requests it. You're actually making me miss it a little!

What I learned from this video is that old timers stoofpeertjes is basically a gateway drop😂

Jullie zijn mijn helden van de dag. Ondanks dat jullie het niet lekker vinden, hebben jullie stug alle verschillende soorten drop geproefd. 5 stroopwafels voor het proeven van alle dropjes.🎉🤪😉

Thank you!!!! :D ten seconds in and I am already laughing my backside off!

Here is a fact: Scandinavian people are also fond of "drop". When i am in Sweden or Norway i always gather chacolatebars with licourice. Also the have icecream with liquorice. Thats the best! Imagen a Magnum with hard liquotice winit the chocolate and liquorice sauce in blended in the icecream....

16:20 the oldtimers where zoehout flaoured, a very populair litterally tree twig that was eatable and one could chew on for days, very healty, good for the teeth and also good against throat pains. Salmiak has the same effect.

Since Alex liked the mintyness of schoolkrijt he could try kruisdrop, a hard and sweet drop. (Not for chewing!) For a very soft drop with a mild flavor you can try 'kokindjes'. Drop-adjacent things to try might be 'stophoest' pastilles, and... plain zoethout 🙂 Zoethout (the dried roots of the zoethout plant) looks like a chunk of tree branch, it can be sucked or chewed on to get the flavor out (not to eat up whole!), or can be used in cooking.

When you guys tried the zoethout (which actually are the roots and the stem of a plant) the plant flavour was so accurate... 👌🏻

Hahaha, that was funny 😅. Love the expressions on your faces. Poolwater...!!Ocean water!!! Lol 😊 My favourite is Muntendrop ( Coindrops). The best was sold by the Hema, a very long time ago. They don't sell it anymore. 😢

I tried drops for the first time when I visited the Netherlands for language camp in January and February. That first one was surprising, but I kept trying them. Now I really like them! You have me wanting to get my hands on the pear ones!

You guys have no idea how I miss drop here in Greece.

Munt drop is my all time favorite. I always have a bag in my car and on my workbench. It is like coffee, it takes time to like it.😅

Awesome video yet again

Zoethoudersdrop is actually made to represent the candy zoethout that was indeed a plant you could eat. My favorite? Salmiak Riksen. Hmmm Salmiak.

Your faces when Alex said "It's coins" #classic #rofl 😂 The Zoethouders have licorice (root) powder on them, which is fit for human consumption, but an acquired taste. Good for you for trying all these, but if you don't like drop, you don't like drop. Simple. There are so many other nice sweets to try-out. Enjoy the tasting!

You are heroes for doing this!

Don't throw it away😂give sme everything and i will eat every single one until the end❤love drop "dutch"😅😂

You guys will absolutely 100% love oud hollandse duimdrop

Love the reaction to Zoethoudertjes, your faces...

The green flavor of your opvallende trui most also taste great!!

Nice video again. Tip: Don't miss the event "Dordt in Stoom" this weekend in Dordrecht! 😉

I love salmiak, in my youth they sold these plastic straws filled with pure salmiak, they were my favorite candy. I haven't seen those around for many years.

ROFLOL It was so funny to see you 'shiver' when you started to taste some of my favourite 'dropjes'! Well done, and as someone pointed out elsewhere: 'dropjes' should be part of the 'inburgering'! 🙂

Licorice is something we grew up with. If you have parents from an older generation , they give you licorice for all kind of fever / sick moments. Like : Having a cold - you get Salmiak mix . Having a starting cold in the throat, you get either the Menthol Crayons or the small blocks with a cross on them ( eucalyptus) . Or the honey ones. Having a fever, you get the salty mix and feeling dizzy / lightheaded. You get the coins / munten. Most of us love licorice ( especially older generations ) it is more a thing from "either you love it or hate it."

You guys should also definitely get venco kleurendrop hard zoet and then also Katja drop haring sweet and the salty version both with the sugar type stuff on it. I really like all of them 😂

Craving for drop now! 😂

Pronunciation tip: it’s not “Drawp”, the O is short. My faves are kokindjes. I think you wouldn’t mind them. They are quite mild in terms of taste and the texture is great, has a bite but is soft. Fun fact, they look like rabbit droppings 😂.

Autodrop Dubbele Dubbeldekkers is the best drop of all times..... The 'muntdrop' part was hilarious btw😂

Some of the more "spicy" salmiak stuff is not really consumed as candy, but more like something to sooth the throat and open up your nose when you have a cold etc. Quick edit: Just want to say that I appreciate you guys still trying the stuff that you already know you are not going to enjoy. It's very fun to watch :D

Zoethoudertjes are actually my favourite😂

Riks is slang for Rijksdaalder, which was the 2.50 guilder coin from before we switched to the Euro.

As far as Zoete Drop goes, my favorites are Harlekijntjes (which are soft, i'll eat a whole bag in one sitting) and Oldtimers Scheepsknopen (which aren't as soft or i would eat the whole box in one sitting) If you ever feel like trying out more drop, give those a go.

you forgot the katja kokindjes those are nice and the harlekeintjes zachtzoet are also very doable. and i am missing the real challenge like dubbelzoute drop :) love the vid, keep it up

De salmiak ballen, de dubbel zoute drop, de zoute haringen en dropfruit duo's zijn de allerlekkerste 🥰 Ik vind juist zoete drop niet lekker, vooral honingdrop niet! De zoethouders zijn trouwens gemaakt met 'zoethout', dat zijn een soort takjes van een plant met een gekke zoete smaak. Bij oud-hollands snoep verkopen ze dat wel eens. Ik denk niet dat jullie dat lekker vinden haha

Seeing you booth "enjoying" dutch drop ....i warn you about old fashiond LAURIERDROP! When they say its an accuired taste ....this is IT!!!

Good job haha. This was fun to watch as a Dutch person who eats drop everyday. TopDrop is my favorite.

The Sneker Zoethouders are my favorite drop ever. It’s zoethout you’re tasting

Try the Harlekijntjes, they are the best of sweet soft drop :-) !!!!!!

Lidl, as part of their old-Dutch (nostalgic ) weeks sometimes has laurel/bayleaf drop. Sweet with bayleaf flavor but very hard/tough, even tougher than e.g. honingdrop. On one hand you probably don't like it because of that, but is also less salmiak-y , I think. Anyway it is simply different enough, so might be worth a try.

Always love it to see you both trying our flavours, there's also Dropduos without the sour which is a staple for me every so often. I also like the zoethoudertjes like NeoOnyx says. I suppose I'm just addicted to sugar :D

Dropfruit Duo's are my favorite

Honing Drop is one of my favorite. i can eat a whole bag in one sitting

Eigenlijk is het lekkerder als je naar een film kijkt en dan drop eet. In plaats van deze keiharde review. 😂 En dan een snoepmix waar een beetje drop in zit. Een kleurrijke snoepmix van zachte gommen en drop, hard en zachte kleurrijke snoepjes. Verder kan het eten van drop handig zijn bij keelpijn en hoesten. ❤😊

There is a certain kind of ice-cream, where its lemon flavoured and the stick is licorice. I reallyyy like that flavour.

Back in the Netherlands and indulging myself in drop again, I love a mouthful of muntdrop cause it lasts forever and gets only better when softer and sticking to your teeth 😂 But I understand that it's an aquired taste! Happy I raised my half Dutch daughters with drop cause they love it now. My Spanish wife hates it.

The 'Zoethouders' are my absolute favourite! It's everything good drop needs to be ;)!!

Chocolade bonbons, marshmallows en spekjes, winegums, drop, koekjes, etc. I love snacking after dinner, while reading or surfing the internet; usually before going to sleep; wel goed tanden poetsen :)

Salmiak is ammoniumchloride, the name salmiak is from Finland. Only in Scandinavia, the coastal parts of Germany and The Netherlands salmiak candy is popular. Salmiak candy from Scandinavia is even saltier than the Dutch versions. It is mostly in the form of hard candy with a salmiak powder filling, and it really bites on the tongue. Jamin used to sell dubbelzoute (double-salt) drop which was also very strong, but they don't sell it anymore. Some supermarkets sell 'drogistendrop' (pharmacist's drop), which also has a dubbelzoute variant, but it isn't as salty as it used to be. I get the distinct impression that it is either not allowed anymore to sell such salty drop, or it isn't a popular flavor anymore. For instance, the Oldtimer Ruitjes drop used to be pretty salty, but since they removed the pork gelatin, they also made it much less salty. YOU may think it is salty, but I don't like it anymore. It's also much softer than it used to be, this may be a result of the removal of the gelatin.

Despite being Dutch, I'm not much of one for drop myself. Rarely I'll get a bag of Engelse drop because of its variety. As a kid, I obviously got my fair share of exposure to muntendrop/honingdrop and katjes (a shop when I was a kid gave them of those to kids at the checkout!) but in general I just don't enjoy the tactile rubbery-squishy substance feel. That said... I do love salmiak, and I lean into Venco's hard offerings: mintnopjes and especially zwart witjes. Think m&ms or smarties except with a salmiak core rather than chocolate, with the outside being either a sugary coating or a more minty one depending on the variety. The contrast of the intensity of the flavors is what makes it delicious for me, although I will usually suck on them until the coating is gone and the saltiness carefully pokes through... and outright pulverizing them to cause the flavor explosion as a final stage. As for sea water? It's nothing like it. Sea water is disgusting and it actively grosses me out. Salmiak is more like a hot sauce except for a dominant salty flavor rather than scovilles: it's not suitable for everything, but it can really be its own unique and delicious flavor, just like how the menthol in fisherman's friend is absolutely intolerable unless you are really tuned into that degree of sinusblasting efficacy and go into eating them expecting it. Also, talking of sinus blasting... give wybertjes a try some time. They are tiny tictac-sized little hard diamonds of a honey-sized drop you're meant to suckle on. They're typically a go-to for when my throat is heaving a hard time during a cold from all the coughing, or I have been speaking a lot. Other ones I recall from my youth are the less factory-esque types of drop from the candy shop where drop would have sugar or salty coatings. Which might actually be a good idea: maybe you can get in contact with a more old-fashioned style candy store in Amsterdam (snoepwinkeltje.com). I think at one point in the past I watched a video where the proprietor helped introduce people to drop and help them find the kinds of drop that they enjoyed. That said, drop is definitely not for everyone, and as a whole, I would not consider drop one of those things you eat an entire bag of, so this particular 'binging the flavors' format is probably bound to make you dislike drop in general. Ideally you just pick up a piece for on the go of a variety you enjoy and enjoy it rather than treating them like pringles.

nice video and very brave of you. Note: most Dutch don't chew their drop but put it in their month and suck on it. They last longer that way and the taste comes free more slowly.

You are such brave people! 💪🏽💙 Muntdrop with a peppermint (pepermunt) is very iresistible for me (peppermint with on top the muntdrop). Like Reese kind of addicting. Could eat a whole bag in one go. 😋🤤

Man mouth watering this one. Love all of m. 🤤

If you can find 'Oma's dropsiroop', you should definitely try that too. It's most commonly used against the common cold as a drinkable drop-like "medicine". And no, I DON'T mean dropshots!

Proud of you trying all the different liqourice…brave. Drop is an acquired taste. I love the plain coin liquorice or the kokinkjes. The best way to eat drop is put at least 5 in your mouth to enjoy the taste. Great video again, enjoyed watching you try.

As a hardcore drop eater, you missed the brick-shaped DZ ones (not sure they are available anymore since I haven't see them in ages). Just thinking about them makes me "watering" in the mouth. Another one I am sure is not available anymore is "trekdrop": best in combination with salty liquorice powder (wetting with saliva😂, dipping, licking, repeat till you are nauseous: yummie). Unfortunately the machine for producing trekdrop broke down and is was not financially viable to repair it😢.

Kokindjes! Pls try the kokindjes, those are soft and sweet

Please do a challenge "eating muntdrop everyday until I like it"😂!!

My favourite drop is the haribo medailles, yum 😊