Great idea! I like the shapes and colors a lot. I think this might be more effective if the ropes of licorice all came down to a point in one of the corners, however; because there is no difference in width or DOF, it feels a little flat.
Lighting is a bit harsh making all those little hotspots. Meets the challenge. Can't say I'm getting excited over it as it's been done with pencils and crayons and every other colorful thing, but this is ceratinly no worse than most of the other shots in this genre that I have seen before.