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]
3-31-2006 @2:06PM TheMatt said... Yeah, I have to agree with him on the Starburst beans. I don't know what it is, but their flavors just seem to be better than Jelly Belly's. Of course, in the end it's probably just more citric or malic acid to make it tarter or something, but I am a Starburst jelly man.
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3-31-2006 @2:07PM Mike_R said... Beware the black beans. A message from your friends at The Office.
http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/office_psa_jellybeans.shtml#video
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3-31-2006 @2:21PM dragonet2 said... There's a pectin-based jellybean that is wonderfully good. I don't know who makes them and they're available here in our market (KC, MO) only around easter. Sweet but light.
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3-31-2006 @3:50PM cybele said... Is there a link missing here? What article or posting are you refering to about jelly beans?
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3-31-2006 @4:07PM Joe D. said... Please click the read link for the full text.
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3-31-2006 @4:34PM cybele said... Thanks Joe D. - I never even noticed that link there cuz it was mixed in with the permalink and stuff.
Joe - if you're going to take photos off my website, it'd be nice of you to credit them.
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4-01-2006 @1:17AM Joe D. said... Cybele,
Sorry 'bout that,I've update to give you due credit. I guess 40 lashes with a wet noodle, er jellybean, arein order!
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