Our Jelly Belly's

It takes 7 to 21 days to make a single Jelly Belly jelly bean.

Enough Jelly Belly beans were eaten in the last year to circle the earth more than five times.

A portrait of President Ronald Reagan made from 10,000 Jelly Belly beans hangs in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif

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During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Jelly Belly beans were served in the Oval Office and on Air Force One. A holder was designed for the plane so the jar of Jelly Belly beans would not spill during turbulence.

rock on, baby. Rock on

"Lets take a picture"

"ok"

"Makana! Take a real picture. You always take silly ones."

"Fine"

"Really Lei? I mean, really?"

Very Cherry remained the most popular flavor of Jelly Belly beans for two decades until 1998, when Buttered Popcorn moved into first place. In 2003 Very Cherry moved back into top position by a mere 8 million beans.

We also got to go through a sample bar where they gave out samples (that was pretty obvious). The gross ones we tried include: Moldy Cheese, Canned Dog food, boogers, barf, and Skunk Spray.

On our tour, the tour guide Ron, said that the flavors for Jelly Belly's start out with the actual flavor. So if they want to make cherry, they start out with cherry extract at the core. I don;t even want to think about how they made barf and dog food.