Many of us are acquainted with the Jelly Belly Jelly Beans. Needles to say, they are the most popular jelly beans in the world and the company that makes them, The Jelly Belly Company is the largest manufacturer of jelly beans in the world.  Jelly Belly Jelly Beans are gourmet jelly beans which have flavors on the inside as well as the shell. This gives them good intense flavors. The beans are kidney shaped and contain real fruit juices and natural flavors.

Originally, the Jelly Belly Jelly Beans were introduced in 1976 with only eight flavors; Lemon, Green Apple, Grape, Very Cherry, Licorice, Tangerine, Cream Soda and Root Beer. Amusing part is that the introductory flavors are still some of the most popular flavors. The company now has a list of 50 official flavors with Some of them including, Buttered Popcorn, Caramel Corn, Piña Colada, Strawberry Jam, Chili Mango, Cappuccino and Sizzling Cinnamon.

From time to time, they also introduce ‘rookie’ flavors in the market and if they gain enough popularity, they are added to the official flavors list. Some of the rookie flavors are consists of Bloody Mary, Tabasco Cinnamon and even Roasted Garlic! They also introduce short term themed flavors like Sweet Rocks were released with the movie ‘The Ant Bully’ and they came out with Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans with Harry Potter.

Then there are Sport Beans which contain vitamins B and C, electrolytes and carbohydrates and also the ‘very energizing’ Extreme Sports Beans containing vitamins B and C, electrolytes and 50mg dose of caffeine which help maximize sports performance. There are even Sugar-Free jelly beans for the diabetic.

All the varieties and flavors along with great quality make Jelly Belly Jelly Beans one of the most popular candies in the world. And one of the additions to its popularity is that they were former US President, Ronald Reagan’s favorite candy. So much that he made provisions for them to be served in the Oval Office as well as on board the Air Force One.

The blueberry flavor was especially designed so that he could serve red, white and blue beans at his inaugural parties. And oh, Jelly Belly Jelly Bean is also the first jelly bean in space. So, the next time you travel to space, don’t forget to carry some of them with yourself, and if you meet aliens offer them, the world’s most popular jelly beans.