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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Jelly Belly Dark Chocolate Jelly Beans
Jelly Belly has had a chocolate pudding flavor in the mix for quite some time and I’ve avoided it for the most part. Chocolate is not a flavor, it’s an experience made up of far too many things like alkaloid compounds, monounsaturated fats and polyphenols that simply cannot be bottled and applied to other confections. Jelly Belly went ahead and introduced a new bean anyway, Dark Chocolate. I picked up some samples at the Fancy Food Show, tasted a few and then put them away for a time when I wasn’t innundated with so many good things. In short, chocolate jelly beans are to chocolate the same thing that Tootsie Rolls are. Something utterly different and unsatisifying if you were expecting anything approaching chocolate. However, if you’re looking for something that’s durable and attractive, but not necessarily tasty, these may be your new favorite.
They got the color right, they’re pretty. A little on the dark purple side (cuz of all those artificial colors like Red 40, Yellow 6 & Blue 2) and containing not more than 2% of actual chocolate. But they’re postively bitter to me. I chomp down ... there’s a mild sweet taste, like cocoa made with hot water, but then there’s a strong bitter blast. I’m not sure if it’s all the antioxidants (hah!) or the artificial colors, but they’re just inedible. I thought at first it was just a bad bag, or just me. So I opened a different sample bag that was sent to me later by Jelly Belly. Same thing! Turns out I’m not alone, both Caitlin & Brian at Candy Addict recorded the same reaction. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:02 am
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lexi on 7/30/08 at 2:27 pm #
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.That’s too bad; I really love Jelly Bellies.
Bless you for posting the web-site with all the flavors! I’ve been looking for something like that!
If you can have real chocolate, smooth and creamy, why substitute it with flavoured sugar?
Never tasted these jeely beans, never wanted to, and now definitely not going to. Tnx for review!!
I’m so glad you posted that link to the giant list of flavors! My mom was on a hunt for Irish Creme jelly bellies and no one in the stores knew what she was talking about. She thought she was crazy, but turns out it’s a retired flavor.
i love their poppcorn jelly beans
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