Fun Facts About Jelly Belly

Very Cherry
BUTTERED POPCORN

Most Popular Flavor

Very Cherry remained the most popular flavor of Jelly Belly jelly beans for two decades until Buttered Popcorn took the top spot in 1998. In 2003, Very Cherry retook the title and has remained the most popular ever since.

Anatomy of a Jelly Bean

  • Every bean is signed with the world famous Jelly Belly logo
  • Each bean has a distinctive shape
  • Flavor is packed into both the chewy center and polished shell

Quality Takes Time

It takes 7-14 days to make one Jelly Belly jelly bean

America's Favorite Flavors

  • Very Cherry
  • BUTTERED POPCORN
  • LICORICE
  • Juicy Pear
  • Sizzling Cinnamon
  • BERRY BLUE
  • GREEN APPLE
  • COTTON CANDY

THE TOP FLAVORS KIDS LOVE

MOST CONTROVERSIAL FLAVORS

You either love it or you hate it - buttered popcorn is the most controversial jelly bean flavor (runner up: licorice)

  • BUTTERED POPCORN
  • LICORICE

SO MANY FLAVORS, SO LITTLE TIME...

Jelly Belly produces more than 100 different flavors of jelly beans

EXPLORE ALL FLAVORS

BEAN COUNTING

1,680

Jelly Belly beans are made per second

15 BILLION

Jelly Belly beans are eaten each year

If you laid all those beans end to end, they would wrap around the EARTH approximately

5 TIMES!

The amount of Jelly Belly jelly beans made in one day is equal to the weight of

24ELEPHANTS

WELL TRAVELED

Jelly Belly jelly beans became a staple in the White House during President Reagan's term in office.

Jelly Belly jelly beans have even been to

OUTER SPACE!

In 1983, President Reagan surprised Challenger astronauts with Jelly Belly jelly beans.

LEGACY OF CANDY CORN

We have been making candy corn in

THE U.S. LONGER

than any other manufacturer.

It takes

3 DAYS

to make one kernel.

THE FIRST OF MANY

  • VERY CHERRY
  • TANGERINE
  • ROOT BEER
  • GREEN APPLE

The original 8 flavors introduced in 1976 were

  • GRAPE
  • CREAM SODA
  • LEMON
  • LICORICE