Funny story about me and black licorice:

I used to hate it as a kid. I'd eat jelly beans and pick out all of the licorice flavored ones and set them aside. By the time I had finished eating the jelly beans, I'd have a whole pile of licorice jelly beans left over. Being a kid, and figuring candy is still candy, I would force myself to stomach them when I was done with all of the other jelly beans. After a while, through numerous bags of jelly beans, I started to build up a tolerance to the taste. This eventually led to me, as an adult, loving the taste of licorice. So my hate for licorice is what spurred my love for licorice.