Circling the World with Jellybeans

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As I was filling 35 brightly colored plastic eggs for our annual family Easter egg hunt yesterday, I started thinking about these sugary, corn starched filled sweet beans. Do you know just how many jellybeans are consumed in our nation on Easter alone?



Here are some facts I found:

• $1.9 billion of Easter candy are purchased each year ( behind Halloween which is $2 billion)
• 16 billion jellybeans are eaten at Easter time
• If you lined up 16 billion jellybeans side by side, it would circle the world 3 times



Hot buns in your Easter Basket
What constitutes Easter candy has changed over the centuries. Various candies have been added to the tradition of Easter giving over the years. It all started with a monk in 1361.

• During Good Friday, Monk Thomas Rockcliffe gave away Hot Cross Buns to needy people.
• In the 1800’s Europeans chocolates used the image of the egg to sell chocolates during Easter
• And in the 1930’s jellybeans were added to the Easter tradition



Jalapeno Jellybeans
It is fascinating to think how many jelly bean flavors are available. Have you ever sat and tried one flavor after another?

It is quite an strange and wonderful experience to go from chocolate, to popcorn, to blueberry with one small bean, a massive surge of flavor. Here’s how I feel about these flavors

• Licorice (yuck, in my humble opinion)
• Jalapeno (interesting but I’m not going to even bother)
• Juicy Pear (not really my cup of tea),
but…

Strawberry Daiquiri (oh my, yes!),
Strawberry Cheesecake (delicious).



What’s your favorite flavor?

So now that you know a little bit about Jelly Beans, you can have a better appreciation when you take the FREE: Jelly Bean Factory Tour.

**Resources

Easter Candy

History of Easter Candy