Jelly Beans Flavor

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Jelly Beans
Do you have a favorite jelly bean flavor? There are so many different flavors of jelly beans, in fact their are over 100 different flavors of just Jelly Belly jelly beans. Studies show that most kids prefer the red jelly beans. Did you know that manufactures produce more than 16 billion jelly beans just for Easter? Jelly beans are such a popular candy that we celebrate a National Jelly Bean Day on April 22. Also, on October 15, 1999 the world’s largest jar of jelly beans was made, it weighed 6,050 pounds, that's more than the average car. Jelly Belly even donated 288,000 jelly beans in 47 different flavors for the world's first jelly bean stop-motion animation music video "In Your Arms" by Kina Grannis; released November 2011. Now are you ready to hear more interesting facts about jelly beans?
Early jelly bean years
The first jelly bean was created in the 1800s by an unknown American candy maker. A 1861 advertisement recommended sending jelly beans to soldiers fighting in the Civil War. The eight original flavors or Jelly Belly beans introduced in 1976 were Root Beer, Very Cherry, Cream Soda, Green Apple, Grape, Lemon, Licorice, and Tangerine. Very Cherry was the most popular flavor of Jelly Belly beans for 20 years until 1998, when Buttered Popcorn moved to the top of the charts. But, in 2003 Very Cherry moved back into first by a mere 8 million beans. There were enough Jelly Belly beans consumed last year to circle the earth over 5 times.
President Ronald Reagan’s uses for jelly beans and jelly bean art
President Ronald Reagan used Jelly beans for many things, he even had a flavor made for him. There is a portrait of President Ronald Reagan made from 10,000 Jelly Belly beans that hangs in the Ronald Reagan Presidenti...

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... it was first invented in the 17th century, in France to make Jordan Almonds. Today the panning process is done by a machine but, it has remained essentially the same since the last 300 years. The french would start by rocking the almonds in a bowl of sugar and syrup until the almonds were completely coated in a candy shell, basicly what they do to make jelly beans. Today though, large rotating pans do the hard work, while master confectioners apply their true art in adding just the right ingredients to create the perfect, smooth shell for the beans. Somehow the two processes made their way into America.

Works Cited

Jelly Belly https://jellybelly.com/ Grossman, Samantha
Time.com. 1/21/2013, p1-1. 1p. 1 Color Photograph. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=voh&AN=93976313&site= http://www.candyusa.com/FunStuff/CandyType.cfm?ItemNumber=929

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