Licorice, or liquorice, comes from the roots of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra. A flavouring can be extracted from this root and candies made using this extract are known as black licorice in the US.
Although the flavour is most commonly extracted from the liquorice root, the roots can also be eaten by themselves, and there are some potentially healthy effects from doing so. There are many different sweets, or candies, made using liquorice root extract, with some of the most common being ropes, tubes and wheels; the names are descriptive of what they look like.
Pontefract Cakes are small, roughly circular confections named after the British town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire. Another variety is Liquorice Allsorts, with Bassett's being the most famous.
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