Happy National Jelly Bean Day! Enjoy a handful of your favorite jelly bean flavor and share on Social Media using #NationalJellyBeanDay. They were the first bulk candy ever sold and they're still popular today. Lets a whirlwind 2 minute tour and make some jelly beans!
Who can resist a handful of sweet jelly beans on National Jelly Bean Day? Well on April 22nd each year, you really don’t have to resist at all. While candies made in a similar manner existed before the jelly bean, Boston confectioner William Schrafft made them popular during the Civil War, encouraging his customers to send them to Union soldiers.
It has been claimed that jelly beans were first mentioned during 1861, when Boston confectioner William Schrafft urged people to send his jelly beans to soldiers during the American Civil War. It was not until July 5, 1905, that jelly beans were mentioned in the Chicago Daily News. The advertisement publicized bulk jelly beans sold by volume for nine cents per pound!
In the 1930s, jelly beans became closely associated with the Easter holiday thanks to their egg-like shape. However, confectioners make jelly beans available all year long now. So, there’s no excuse not to enjoy them if you have a craving at any time of the year.
Did you know?
When Beatlemania broke out in 1963, fans of the Beatles in the US pelted the band with jelly beans, because they thought he liked eating them!
The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, enjoyed jelly beans so much that they were present at his inauguration. He started eating them when he quit smoking years before. The Herman Goelitz Candy Company supplied red, white and blue jelly beans for the 1980 event. At the time, the company didn’t produce blue jelly beans. They created a blueberry jelly bean for the first time, especially for the inauguration.
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00:09 What is National Jelly Bean Day?
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Some premium brands sell Jelly Beans in many different flavors, including berry, tropical fruit, soft drink, popcorn, licorice, and novelty ranges, in addition to the familiar fruit and spice flavors. While these are also sold as assortments, individual flavors can be purchased from distributors.
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