There is also a sweet variation of this jelly bean shot cocktail recipes that uses blue curacao, cherry vodka, and pineapple ...

The culprit? A chain shortage since the pandemic: a lack of pectin and starch that Sarris' Ukrainian jelly bean supplier needs to make his signature recipe. He tried a different bean last year.

Then there's that humble, but storied, little confection known as the jelly bean. As it turns out, this colorful candy's origins can be traced to Boston. For the holiday, food historian Susan ...

If you only eat jelly beans once a year, it's likely at Easter. But unlike candy bunnies, eggs, and chicks, there isn't an obvious connection between the bean-shaped sweet and springtime.