Jelly beans are a type of candy, or sweet, primarily made from sugar that have a candy shell surrounding a chewy centre.
Jelly beans are derived from the confection known as Turkish, or Greek, Delight. The first known appearance of jelly beans was during the American Civil War when a confectioner in Boston, William Schrafft, had people send the beans to soldiers. The first actual reference to them as jelly beans was substantially later, in 1905.
Jelly beans come in a wide range of flavours. There are some standard jelly bean types, which basically come in a range of fruit flavours, but there are also gourmet jelly beans.
Gourmet jelly beans, which are normally more expensive, come in a much wider range of flavours, including cocktails, soft drink, tropical fruit and berries. Jelly beans appeared in the Harry Potter series, as Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, which, allegedly, came in flavours including vomit, paper, earwax and dirt.
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