Jelly beans yummm.. Who doesn't know jelly beans right?
Jelly Beans
First, why are they called jelly beans? Candymakers have always made candy into novelty shapes to attract people, kids especially. Candies were commonly made into the shapes of vegetables, such as chestnuts, carrots and turnips, as well as seasonal shapes, such as bunnies for Easter. The diet of most Americans in the 1800s was dominated by beans and vegetables, and then there's some clever candymakers that figured out how to make a bean-shaped soft jelly, hence the name 'Jelly Beans'.
By the early 20th century, Jelly beans have became American favorite treat also sold with other penny candies, and in the 1930's the popular association of jelly beans and Easter was firmly entrenched in American culture, its all because of its ovate shape.
Jelly beans have worked their way into more than just a holiday tradition and Jelly beans have became famous in music and politics too! How? More like really? Well let's continuing to find out about it (≧∀≦)
In its musical influences, American fans thought that The Beatles liked jelly babies without knowing what those are and mistaken them with jelly beans, wow funny right hahaha . Some of their fans even throw them jelly beans and the fact that jelly beans are harder than jelly babies is what make them mad. LOL. George Harrison commented, “We don’t like jelly babies, or fruit gums for that matter, so think how we feel standing on stage trying to dodge the stuff, before you throw some more at us.” Like how could such thing happen (´エ｀；)
Now we are going to find out how jelly beans made their way into politics :3 Jelly beans became famous because it was president Ronald Reagan's favorite confectionery, jelly beans help him stop his bad habit, from smoking pipe. Maker of the famous gourmet jelly beans, Jelly Belly created the Blueberry Jelly Belly for the president, who once said about himself and his comrades, “We can hardly start a meeting or make a decision without passing around the jar of jelly beans.” Literally I had no idea it has a way to have a Presidential level influences
That is all I guess, the brief history about Jelly beans and why they became and still adored today (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ I'm looking forward to try more of them, if it was only that easy to find them here ╥﹏╥ Anyway, you guys should try them (for those who haven't tried them) and buy a lot of em because sweet candies could make us happy right? Cheers! (ㆁᴗㆁ✿)