NATIONAL JELLY BEAN DAY
Celebrated each year on April 22, it is National Jelly Bean Day. Jelly beans were, at one time, associated specifically with Easter, however that has changed and jelly beans are now a favorite, of many, any day of the year.
* Jelly Beans were Ronald Reagan’s favorite treat. *
William Schrafft, a Boston confectioner, urged people to send his jelly beans to soldiers during the American Civil War. This was in 1861 and it is thought that this is when jelly beans were first surfaced.
According to “The Century in Food: America’s Fad and Favorites” , On July 5, 1905, jelly beans were advertised in the Chicago Daily News as being sold for 9 cents per pound.
* In the 1998 film “Babe: Pig in the City”, jelly beans were handed out to the animals. *