SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's National Jelly Bean Day, which perfectly falls on the day after Easter!
According to Nationaldaycalendar.com, jelly beans and Easter became associated in the 1930's when they were created and made popular during the Civil War. In honor of National Jelly Bean Day, Jelly Belly is creating a new Jelly Belly Art piece with a live candy art demonstration for its California Visitor Center, in Fairfield.
Kristen Cumings, the Jelly Belly artist in residence, is scheduled to appear at the Jelly Belly Visitor Center in Fairfield to create a replica of Claude Monet's "Water Lilies," made entirely of jelly beans.
In case you have BEAN wondering, here are some fun facts about Jelly Belly’s other art pieces:
- It takes up two two weeks to make a Jelly Belly jelly bean art.
- Jelly Belly Art takes around 100 hours from start to finish.
- The artist uses, on average, more than 12,000 beans in Jelly Belly Art.
- The final Jelly Belly Art piece weighs more than 100 lbs.
Jelly Belly Fun Facts:
- Jelly Belly can make 1,680 jelly beans per second.
- 15 billion Jelly Belly jelly beans are eaten per year.
- The company makes more than 100 different jelly beans.
- Top 5 favorite Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors are Very Cherry, Buttered Popcorn, Licorice, Sizzling Cinnamon, and Juicy Pear.
Jelly Belly Candy Company was founded in 1898, and began making Jelly Belly® jelly beans in 1976. Currently, Jelly Belly products are sold all over the world and the company remains family owned and operated by the fourth, fifth and sixth generations of the candy-making family.
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