Colorful, chewy, and over-the-top sweet, jelly beans have an appeal that's tough to deny. Not quite a fruit snack and not quite a gumdrop, the sugary oval-shape treats have an appeal all their own.

Yep, you read that right. Concocting jelly beans requires many steps. First, liquid sugar is heated and mixed with starch and glucose. This is poured into bean-shaped starch molds and left to dry ...

From the moment you walk through the sliding glass doors, a barrage of sweet smell and bright colors surround you as your mouth waters for the one, the only Jelly Belly jelly bean.The tiny candy ...