Jelly Belly's beer-flavored candy
Can't get enough of beer? Now you can have it in the form of a jelly bean. Jelly Belly, the popular candy company known for making unique and bizarre flavors…
Can't get enough of beer? Now you can have it in the form of a jelly bean. Jelly Belly, the popular candy company known for making unique and bizarre flavors for jelly beans has announced a beer-flavored jelly bean. According to their website, The new flavor was inspired by Hefeweizen ale and has a clean, crisp and wheat taste. Jelly Belly's research and development manager Ambrose Lee said in a press release that the recipe includes top secret ingredients but contains no alcohol.
Many candy enthusiasts may be excited about the new addition, but a lot of people are offended by it according to the Business Insider. They wrote on the company's Facebook page and said the beer-flavored jelly bean will encourage minors to try alcohol and cause recovering alcoholics to relapse.
Jelly Belly has created drink-inspired flavors since the 1970's. Other flavors include Strawberry Daiquiri, Pina Colada, Margarita and Mojito. The company's website also has recipes for candy cocktails. For example, eat 2 beer jelly beans and 1 peach jelly bean for a beer sangria.
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