Food historian Susan Benjamin traces jelly beans' origin from Turkish Delight to the hard-shelled confection we know today.
On Easter, countless chocolate bunnies and bright yellow, marshmallow Peeps can be found nestled cozily in many a festive basket. 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 Benjamin was more than happy to hop us back to the beginning.“Every time you eat the jelly bean you're taking a bite of history,” Benjamin said.
It's hard to pin down exactly how the Turkish Delight made it to Boston, but Benjamin said it likely traveled over with the wave of people immigrating from Europe, “and they all knew about the Turkish Delight.”The sweet's exact evolution into the jelly bean is a bit of a mystery, according to Benjamin. But she pointed to a process known as “panning” that began in 17th-century France. “And that's where you take a little seed or nut and add layers and layers of sugar,” she said.
Then there's the"jelly bean" name. Benjamin said it probably was inspired by a common, old-time phrase that was the opposite of a compliment. “It referred to the kind of guy who was what was known as a 'fop' or a 'dandy' who would show up in pictures all dressed up, arrogant and glamorous in his own eyes,” Benjamin explained. “But the chocolate box he was bringing for his date was open, the chocolate was spilling out, and the petals were falling off the flowers.
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