Iconic Jelly Beans

All hail the prestigious of them all, the infamous Jelly Bean. A truly iconic sweet that is instantly recognisable around the world for their bright colours and bean shape. In the last year alone enough Jelly Belly beans were eaten to circle the earth more than FIVE times. That’s a lot of Jelly Beans!

Jelly Beans have 6 classic flavours ranging from grape, cherry, orange, lemon, green apple and the inconspicuous white bean – a delicious vanilla and pineapple pairing.

Jelly Beans have been around since the 1860’s and have continued to make various appearances throughout pop culture. From the excitement of ‘Beatlemania’ in 1964, where Beatle fans pelted the band with jelly beans to the release of Bertie Botts Beans from the Harry Potter universe, resulting in a total of 20 new flavours, aside some new Jelly Bean games of fun, or torment? depending on the bean!

Did you know that Jelly Beans were the first sweets ever to be sold as ‘penny sweets’. The penny in the name refers to the fact that originally the pricing was approximately a penny for a small paper bag full of Jelly Beans. The concept of filling your bag with candy and purchasing by weight became popular in the early 1900s. And the first ever sweets to be sold this way were Jelly Beans! Now you can’t ever go to a sweet shop without seeing this famous treat as an option. With the flavours ever developing, Jelly Beans now have well over 60 varieties of flavours to try.