With all the coverage we've been giving Peeps –
good, bad and otherwise – it was quite refreshing to find a
snarky critique/history of jellybeans on the Web. The author makes short work of the jellybeans of yesteryear deriding
them as glucose-laden and cloying. Agreed, but I have fond childhood memories of the black and white varieties. While he cheers Jelly Belly for developing treats that use natural fruit flavors, he is a purist at heart. Hence a distaste for such great flavors as buttered popcorn. He gives no clue to his opinion of jalapeño, one of my favorites. In a brilliant sendup of flavor formulae (one blueberry two buttered popcorn=blueberry muffin) peach, cappucino, buttered popcorn, kiwi, French vanilla and top banana combined are depicted as tasting like an oil spill.
Yes, there is a jellybean that this fellow actually likes: Starburst. I didn't even know they existed, but his foodgasmic praise has got me curious.
[photo: candyblog]
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