These Presidential jars of Jelly Belly® beans, each in its own blue gift box, were given by Reagan to heads of state, diplomats, and many other White House guests. President Reagan's favorite Jelly Belly® flavor was licorice.

2021年1月13日 · When Ronald Reagan ran for president in 1980 and won, the inauguration committee had a request for the Herman Goelitz Candy Company: manufacture Jelly Belly beans in red, white, and blue for the inauguration celebrations.

In 1976, one year after Reagan left that office, the company introduced the Jelly Belly brand, which became the politician’s favorite (particularly the licorice flavor). When Reagan was elected president, the company even developed new blue beans in …

President Reagan is credited for massively expanding the popularity of his favorite jelly bean brand—when word got out that Jelly Belly was the president’s preferred candy, orders skyrocketed, and the small company found itself 77 weeks behind on orders.

The creation of the blueberry jelly bean flavor for Ronald Reagan’s inauguration helped elevate Jelly Belly’s brand recognition and cement its status as a beloved American candy company. The association with a sitting president helped increase the …

2025年1月15日 · Ronald Reagan ordered three-and-a-half tons of Jelly Belly jelly beans for his 1981 inauguration, and the candy maker crafted a new flavor just for the event.

2024年7月27日 · Ronald Reagan loved jelly beans, and Jelly Belly made a special treat for his big day. They sent three and a half tons of red, white, and blue Jelly Belly jelly beans to Washington, DC. The blue jelly beans for Reagan’s inauguration changed the candy world.

2022年9月27日 · The 40th U.S. president, Ronald Reagan, adored jelly beans. According to the Reagan Library, his love for those little morsels of sugary sweetness really took off starting in the '60s....

2024年9月4日 · All presidents have their culinary pleasures, from James Madison’s passion for ice cream to George H.W. Bush’s fondness for pork rinds. But few presidents loved snacks to the degree that Ronald Reagan loved jelly beans, a food that he initially relied on to help kick his pipe smoking habit in 1966.

Ronald Reagan may have had a sweet tooth, but the true reason he began eating jelly beans was because he quit smoking. Reagan, a former actor, was well-known for Chesterfield cigarette ads from the 1940s and ‘50s, but it was pipe-smoking that had him hooked.