Red Vines
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Red Vines is a brand of red licorice candy manufactured in Union City, California
by the American Licorice Company
. Red Vines Original Red twists, are also sometimes referred to as red licorice. The original Red Vines were raspberry
-flavored, but in 1952, with a slight formula change, the Red Vines Original Red Twist flavor was introduced. Red Vines Red Twists appear very similar to Twizzlers
candy.
Union City, California
Union City is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated in 1959, combining the communities of Alvarado and Decoto. Alvarado was the original county seat of Alameda County, and the site of the first county courthouse is a California Historical Landmark . The city...
by the American Licorice Company
American Licorice Company
American Licorice Company is an American candy manufacturer founded in Chicago, Illinois around 1914 and is Headquartered in Bend, Oregon.In 1925, the company began West Operations operations in San Francisco, California...
. Red Vines Original Red twists, are also sometimes referred to as red licorice. The original Red Vines were raspberry
Raspberry
The raspberry or hindberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves...
-flavored, but in 1952, with a slight formula change, the Red Vines Original Red Twist flavor was introduced. Red Vines Red Twists appear very similar to Twizzlers
Twizzlers
Twizzlers is a brand of red licorice candy in the United States and Canada. Twizzlers is the product of Y&S Candies, Inc., of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, now a subsidiary of The Hershey Company.-History:...
candy.