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Monday, January 18, 2010
Jelly Belly Honey Beans
Honey actually made it to the final cut of the flavor voting, but the trendier Acai Berry won (with honey as a close second). The good news is that honey made a good enough showing that Jelly Belly went ahead and made it anyway! Which is good, because I’d much rather have a spoonful of honey than of acai berry.
The beans are dark amber and ever so slightly translucent. They’re soft and mild - really like a less sweet globule of honey. The texture is smooth overall, though with that slight grain of the thin jelly bean shell. There’s a little bit of a fresh aftertaste, kind of like jasmine tea. It’s too bad that they’re not all natural (there are some artificial colors in there) but they use real honey in them, and that definitely is apparent. Honestly, I didn’t think much of them when I had them the first time, but the true honey flavor comes through and I found myself wanting more later. I can’t say eating a huge bag of them would be a goal, but they were a nice little mid-day refresher. My confidence level that these are going to appear in stores is pretty low. I don’t expect to see them at the grocery store, but perhaps in the stores that carry the single flavors in bulk ... so the Jelly Belly website is probably going to be the best bet. (A custom mix I’d make for myself would probably be to mix the honey and Citrus Mix for a special sort of cough drop if only they’d make a mentholated jelly bean.) Jelly Belly are gluten-free, dairy-free and gelatin free plus Kosher. Related Candies
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Your idea of how to mix these with other flavors of Jelly Bellies got me thinking. I came up with honey and peanut butter. I could have sworn there was a peanut butter jelly belly. And then I discovered, it is no more! (perhaps never was… but I have some recollection…) Peanut butter and honey is one of my favorite childhood treats, rats! I guess honey might also be good with the “buttered popcorn” flavor. But considering how honey complements certain sorts of flavors, I’m surprised they don’t have some better combinations lined up. (Almond would be good with honey too!)
I wonder if they would be overwhelmed by the black ones. Something about a bag of honey and licorice beans appeals to me—kind of an herbal feel, like Earl Grey plus honey. Plus the colors would be great!
It occurs to me that a black tea flavored JB could be pretty excellent.
Despite buying the Superfruit mix and being disappointed in the flavor of acai jellybean(It tasted too ‘earthy’ to me), I’m eager to try honey. I’ll be on the lookout next time I go shop for candy.
Awesome! I voted for Honey too, and I was pretty disappointed to see Acai Berry win because of the superfruit craze. I wish I wouldn’t have to order from the Jelly Belly website—shipping is expensive—but I’m really looking forward to trying this bean.
Hey Cybele,
You are right Honey Bean is in bulk bins initially, so look for it at candy stores who seem to take in the new flavors very quickly.
The price will be the same as other flavors, in the neighborhood of $8 a pound.
My favorite combo: Honey Bean and Pink Grapefruit—sweet and tart together.
And Candy professor, you are right there was a peanut butter flavor, but it was retired end of last year.
Cybele, I just wanted to let you know that the Stained Glass Candy company came out with a new Honey flavor! I immediately thought of you when I got the email this morning. Link is above.
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