Here's the thing...I have a jelly bean memory stored in my brain and taste buds. When I was growing up (now brace yourselves because I am about to sound as old as if I were talking about walking to school uphill...) we did not have the luxury of jelly beans at our our disposal....in my house the beans showed up on Easter morning after the Easter Bunny had been there. Period. End of discussion. More importantly, those beans of my youth and memory were the best tasting jelly beans on the planet. Were they so good because I had waited 365 days for them or were they actually good? Hard to tell. What I can tell you is that for years My Wonderful Husband and I have been conducting taste tests on the numerous jelly bean brands that are available and none of them measure up to the beans of my youth.... Today he came home from the store with a new contender and a favorite of his - neither of which I even like let alone think is close to the beans I seek. So, the taste tests will continue until I find them - suggestions are welcome. I don't want any "every flavor bean" type either - a jelly bean is NOT meant to taste like popcorn or coffee, or any other vomit inducing flavor that a certain brand fancies. I like my beans traditional but not those big fat ones...no black licorice flavor. It is entirely possible that my taste buds have just outgrown the taste of jelly beans (sigh...) but I have hope that my childhood jelly beans are out there somewhere.... :-)
*You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans. - Ronald Reagan*
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