My 13-year-old daughter and I decided to spend some quality time together this past Saturday and check out some local antique shops. While passing by the Jelly Belly factory in Pleasant Prarie, WI, we decided we needed to re-stock our candy bean supply. One can never have too many jelly bellies.
So we stopped, and we shopped. Our favorite thing is the belly flops. Those are the beans that don’t pass the quality standards because they are either too little, too big, or sometimes multiple beans are melded together. They taste the same, but you get to have fun with the blobular shapes.
smoothie jelly bellies
belly flops
candy mix
They have a free sample counter at the factory store. We tasted the new mango-chili flavor. I like the idea of spicy candy. We also tasted some of their weird flavors like centipede (tastes like grass and dirt), as well as pencil shavings. (ever chewed a pencil?) But I was not brave enough to try the vomit or booger jelly beans. And please explain to me why they would make a jelly bean flavored like baby wipes? I didn’t try that one either. Maybe next time.
We even waited around for the lame little tram tour of their warehouse because she really wanted the free jelly beans and paper hat they give you. It’s lame because it’s not where they make the candy – they just store it there and show videos of how the candy is made. They don’t allow photos during the tour, but here’s a snap of their warehouse. There are rows and rows like this with billions of jelly beans and other candies in there. It’s mind boggling when you really ponder it.
jelly belly warehouse
OK, time for a question. Which song is going through your head? Good Ship lollypop? Or maybe Candyman?
Neither? Give it a minute.
OK, how about now?
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November 10th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
I wasn’t singing, and then you went and suggested Candyman and now there’s no hope left for me. Bummer about the fake tour. I love, love, love factory tours!
November 10th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Thanks for your comment Kathy. Sorry about that song in your head. I had both of them in my head when I wrote the post so I thought I would share the song virus. I’m evil that way.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
“We also tasted some of their weird flavors like centipede (tastes like grass and dirt), as well as pencil shavings. (ever chewed a pencil?) But I was not brave enough to try the vomit or booger jelly beans. And please explain to me why they would make a jelly bean flavored like baby wipes? ” It’s the Harry Potter influence.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I remember those Bertie Botts beans, Brenda. Apparently they changed the name to BeanBoozled now. Jelly Belly still tags those with Harry Potter. I wonder if there was a trademark scuffle with the Rowling folks? Curious – but I couldn’t find anything on the web about the name change.