Pirate coins

Pirate coins are salty liquorice flavoured candies popular in Europe, especially the Nordic countries.

The candies are coin-shaped and feature images associated with pirates, such as guns, skull and crossbones symbols, and parrots.

Haribo's Piratos was introduced in 1955 and invented in Denmark and based on Scandinavian traditional salty liquorice.

The product is still very popular in Denmark and available in almost every supermarket, store, gas station, cinema, and in vending machines.

They caused controversy in the late 1970s and early 1980s because of their large size, which carried a risk of suffocation when eaten by small children.