Which bean is better?

It's not often I avoid doing a review for any other reason than I'm afraid to eat a treat. You'd know what I meant if you've ever eaten a salted plum covered in tamarind candy. The one threat that I have been avoiding for any other reason is the Jelly Belly. I get tons of e-mails from people telling me that I should review them, and I thought so too. My problem was which flavor to review. There are so many varieties of Jelly Belly that if I reviewed them all it could be a web page to itself. Hmmmm, maybe I might try that. For now I've decided I'm going have to pick just one.

So how do I go about it? Well here's my plan, the first thing I've done is pick out 6 flavors I (or others) find intriguing or to be a favorite. I'll taste each one and pick out my choice. Sure maybe your favorite isn't in this selection, but I ask you, where were you when I was in the candy store at 9 at night sweating over the bulk bins (I mean sweating in a figurative way).

So here goes, and maybe some day I will attempt to try them all, particularly if someone from Jelly Belly is reading this and is willing to send me samples of every flavor

Caramel Corn

I picked these up because the popcorn flavor has always intrigued me and I figured these where a new and improved version. Was I right.

Well although they do taste kind of cool I have to admit that the coolest part of the flavor is the popcorn. I couldn't really say that I taste any caramel although they do seem a little sweeter than the regular popcorn.

Chocolate Pudding

I picked this flavor for no other reason than I really enjoy chocolate pudding. Sure it's not the most sensible reason but this is a candy web site and sensibility generally takes a back seat.

Well having just had a bowl of chocolate pudding I can easily say that this is no chocolate pudding. I think it could use a bit of a stronger flavor something a little more chocolaty. It just taste weak.

Juicy Pear

This particular flavor is one I would have never picked. First of all I'm against the idea of candy being called juicy unless it has some kind of juice in it. Secondly pears just don't seem that exciting to me. The reason I got these was I asked the folks at the candy store I bought them in which flavor was the best and they recommended them to me.

It's strange, it does taste like pear, and I like pears, but it also taste really strange. This has to be a great example of a strange but not horrible taste.

Peanut Butter

So why did I pick peanut butter? Well that's simple, because Ronald Regan apparently loved these things, and if there's one man I want to be associated with it's him... Well maybe not.

I don't get why some treats say they taste like peanuts and some say peanut butter, don't they taste the same. It's not like their full of peanut butter and in the case of these treats they don't even really taste like either.

Buttered Popcorn

To say that this is my favorite flavor right off the bat wouldn't be true, but to say that this flavor really intrigues me is absolutely true. For years I love the idea of popcorn flavored Jelly Bellies and to this day I can't figure out why.

To be honest I don't think they're going to win for best flavor, but as a guy who eats a lot of fake flavors every day this one really interest me. The thing is it's kind of accurate. For the life of me I can't say why I'm so crazy over a fake butter flavor

Tutty Fruity

"A womp babalomba a womp bamboo". Tutty Fruity is pretty good. I can't really complain that it doesn't taste like Tutty Fruity because only Little Richard really knows hot that tastes and I'm way to afraid to ask.

Basically these taste a little like Bubble Gum, and I don't mind at all. They already win on coolest looking one.

So what choice have I made.

Well the best flavor taste wise was easily the Tutty Fruity. It was fun, simple and looks cool too. The problem right now is a conflict I have with Buttered Popcorn. I just find that flavor to be so interesting and strange. I can't really make up my mind. Looks like a coin toss is in order, here goes. Heads Tutty Fruity, tales Buttered Popcorn. The winner is Tutty Fruity. Look for a review in the near future.
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