Fun Facts About Jelly Belly
Most Popular Flavor
Very Cherry
ButteredPopcorn
Very Cherry remained the most popular flavor of Jelly Belly jelly beans for two decades until Buttered Popcorn took the top spot in 1998. In 2003, Very Cherry retook the title and has remained the most popular ever since.
Anatomy of a Jelly Bean
- Every bean is signed with the world famous Jelly Belly logo
- Each bean has a distinctive shape
- Flavor is packed into both the chewy center and polished shell
Quality Takes Time
It takes 7to14 days to make one Jelly Belly jelly bean
America's Favorite Flavors
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Very Cherry
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Buttered Popcorn
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Licorice
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Sizzling Cinnamon
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Juicy Pear
The Flavors Kids Love
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Berry Blue
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Green Apple
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Cotton Candy
Most Controversial Flavor
Buttered Popcorn
You either love it or you hate it - buttered popcorn is the most controversial jelly bean flavor (runner up: licorice)
Licorice
What a Variety
Jelly Belly produces more than 100 different flavors of jelly beans
1680
Jelly Belly beans are made per second
15
Billion
beans are eaten each year
If you laid all those beans end to end, they would wrap around the Earth approximately 5 times!
The amount of Jelly Belly jelly beans made in one day is equal to the weight of 24 elephants
Well Traveled
Jelly Belly jelly beans have even been to outer space! In 1983, President Reagan surprised Challenger astronauts with Jelly Belly jelly beans.
Jelly Belly jelly beans became a staple in the White House during President Reagan's term in office.
Legacy of Candy Corn
It takes three days to make one kernel
We have been making candy corn in the U.S. longer than any other manufacturer
The First of Many
Cherry
Beer
The original 8 flavors introduced
in 1976 were
Soda
