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What's the worst flavor of jelly bean?


I don't eat sweets often, but my niece and nephew left some Jelly Belly brand jelly beans here, it said "40 flavors" on the bag, so I tried them. They all ranged in flavor from "not bad" to "quite good", until I got to one that was downright disgusting. I thought it must have been an anomaly, because no one could possibly like that flavor. A good name for it would be "bad breath", and I could feel it in my nose. I kept eating them, hoping to eradicate that foul taste from the back of my throat and nose, and eventually I got another one just like it, which means it probably wasn't an anomaly. I don't know what "flavor" they were supposed to be; I wasn't paying attention to the colors, but it wasn't the black licorice flavor that I know a lot of people don't like. I'm not a huge fan of black licorice flavor, but neither do I have a problem with it.

That was about four hours ago and I can still sense it slightly in my nose and throat, even though I've gargled with water, drank a Coke, brushed my teeth, and ate two "Fireball" subs and half a bag of "Flamin' Hot" Cheetos.

I'm not a fussy eater at all; I can't even remember the last time I ate something I thought tasted bad. For that matter, not counting certain alcoholic beverages, I can't remember ever eating or drinking something I thought tasted bad. I've eaten things that were bland or too salty or whatever, but not outright bad like those jelly beans.

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That sounds like something straight out of Harry Potter. There was "Bernie Bott's Every Flavour Beans" that came in many varieties such as horseradish, earwax and vomit.
https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Bertie_Bott%27s_Every_Flavour_Beans

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It turns out that Jelly Belly makes some ridiculously foul flavors that I can't imagine anyone wanting to taste:

https://www.therecipe.com/unpleasant-jelly-bean-flavours/

I thought that article was satire at first, but it isn't.

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Disgusting.

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40 flavors sounds ominous. ditch the bag, bro.

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As a deprived kid I think there were 8 color bags mom bought for Easter displays and only greens and yellows made it to Monday.

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i would say i'm a cherry orange grape berry lemon guy, stow the rest. besides which, jelly beans are generally a gross proposition - sort of like flavored lumps of glucose. starburst on the other hand.

hey, remember the starburst berry guy - always got a kid out of him :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q096w0Fz2p4

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None of them are bad. Black is my favourite.

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agreed my favorite...black licorice:)

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Black licorice should be outlawed, we are trying to live in a society!

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Nothing like eating black liquorice on a snowy winter night.

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You are simply terrible

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Deeeeelish.

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https://www.jellybelly.com/jelly-belly-jelly-beans/c/335#flavor-List

I love buttered popcorn, but NOT as a jelly bean. My least favorite.

EDIT: Not counting what is in the linked article above, about unpleasant flavors.

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Yeah, that’s why no premixed bags for me. I only buy jelly belly from candy stores where you can scoop your own flavors. Same with salt water taffy.

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You should play Bean Boozled. Absolutely delish.

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Black is wack.

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These crazy loons will deny your truth but I now have a new brother lol

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you don't remember what color it was do you?

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