I once e-mailed Jelly Belly about making an Advil flavored jelly bean.
You know that sugary coating the orange Advils have for three seconds? That.
Needless to say, they never got back to me. Apparently dirt and dog food are acceptable flavors, but nooooo, not Advil.
I guess I just figured the innovators over at Jelly Belly might be open to some outside ideas. Then again, I found out they were hard at work mimicking Krispy Kreme donuts and I immediately let it slide.
Krispy Kreme is a treat. I don’t have one nearby so I envy anyone who can stop in and pick up a dozen whenever they want. I usually have to wait until I hop a train to NYC to get my fix, but they’ve never let me down. Now you’re telling me they’re teaming up with “THE original gourmet jelly bean?” I’m in.
Here are my quick reviews of the five flavors included in the Jelly Belly-Krispy Kreme mix:
Cinnamon Apple Filled – Beige with brown – These tasted like apple pie. The taste starts as a normal sweet apple Jelly Belly, but is soon met with a dulling cinnamon flavor.
Strawberry Iced – Pink with a little sheen – These tasted just like strawberry cake icing. Unlike a normal strawberry flavor, it’s not very acidic or fruity.
Glazed Blueberry Cake – Basically a darker shade of the Cinnamon Apple – These tasted like a complex blueberry muffin. I got “baked goods” in this more than the others. They were definitely the “donutiest,” which is absolutely a word. Don’t bother looking it up.
Chocolate Iced with Sprinkles – Brown with a few sprinkle dots – These tasted like what I recall Chocolate Pudding Jelly Belly beans tasting like. I might actually say they were “Fudgsicle” flavored.
And now, it’s time for the Krispy Kreme staple. The bean you’ve all been waiting for:
Original Glazed – Color and sheen match the donut – These were really disappointing. Wow. I just didn’t get much here. I realize glaze is essentially just sugar, but that’s all I tasted – sugar. Maybe they slipped some Advil beans in for me instead? I didn’t really find them distinctly Krispy Kreme donut. I wanted to be immediately reminded of a hot conveyer belt glazed, but I got more of a toasted marshmallow vibe. I feel like I’m wrong, but I gotta trust my buds. What did I miss?
My Ranking:
Glazed Blueberry Cake
Strawberry Iced
Chocolate Iced with Sprinkles
Cinnamon Apple Filled
Original Glazed
I can’t believe it.
Despite my clamoring for the sugary Advil, this mix got cloying in time. I appreciate the larger Jelly Belly variety boxes because you can counter flavors like this with say a citrusy fruit flavor. You need that balance if you wanna consume mass beanage – which is also absolutely a word.
As far as the “donut” of it all, I popped all five at once and found that brought a lot of the pastry effect out.
You might wanna wait to see if these break into the bigger mixes before dropping $5 on this box.
(Nutrition Facts – 27 Beans – 110 calories, 0 grams of fat, 20 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 20 grams of sugar (+20g added sugars), and 0 grams of protein.)
Purchased Price: $5.00
Size: 4.25 oz.
Purchased at: Five Below
Rating: 6 out of 10
Pros: Some cool new flavors to add to the roster. Blueberry was really good. Unless they say “Bertie Bott’s,” Jelly Belly never really disappoints. Delicious Advil coating.
Cons: The baffling Glazed flavor making me question my taste buds. Lack of fresh glazed donut flavor. I prefer a Jelly Belly mix with a little more variety. No Krispy Kreme near my house. A little pricy.
I hate to break it to you, but the sweet coating on an Advil is literally just plain sugar!
I personally thought these were terrible. Nothing but but bland flavors that try to imitate Krispy Kreme doughnuts. The strawberry iced was the worst one for me. It tasted like strawberry flavored cough medicine
Going to have to use “donutiest” now, haha. Thanks for this review. I saw these recently and was actually wondering how they tasted. Super interested in trying the blueberry ones although the glaze will probably keep me at bay.