The Great Jelly Bean Experiment: A Journey of Discovery and Delight

As we embarked on our jelly bean adventure, we were met with a cacophony of colors and flavors that tantalized our taste buds. Our journey began with the infamous "red" one, which was touted as a spicy sensation. We cautiously cracked open the shell to reveal a cinnamon-flavored bomb that left us both gasping in surprise. The initial shock wore off, and we found ourselves torn between loving it and hating it. It was as if our taste buds were performing an impromptu dance, trying to decide whether this fiery flavor was a party trick or a harbinger of doom.

Undeterred by the red one's explosive personality, we moved on to the next challenge: the original glazed jelly bean. We eagerly anticipated the experience, envisioning a sweet, sugary delight that would transport us to a world of donut nirvana. Alas, our expectations were shattered like delicate glass on cold concrete. The flavor was an affront to our senses, an insult to the very concept of a donut. It was as if we had been duped by a master of deception, led down a garden path of false promises and deceitful treats.

But we persevered, undaunted by the initial disappointment. We pressed on, seeking solace in the strawberry iced jelly bean, which promised to provide a sweet respite from our bitter experience. And so, it did – with a gentle creaminess that wrapped itself around our taste buds like a warm hug. It was a fleeting moment of peace, a brief reprieve from the chaos that had ensued.

As we continued our journey through the jelly bean minefield, we encountered an array of flavors that defied explanation and delighted our senses. There was the clove, which whispered sweet nothings in our ears like a conspiratorial friend. Its strong, pungent flavor left us both breathless and bewildered, unsure whether to adore it or flee from its overpowering presence.

And then, there was the spearmint, which brought a refreshing zephyr of coolness to our parched taste buds. Like a winter's breeze on a sweltering summer day, its crisp, minty flavor invigorated us, leaving us feeling revitalized and refreshed.

As we navigated this kaleidoscope of flavors, we couldn't help but ponder the mysteries of the jelly bean universe. Why did some flavors work in harmony, while others clashed in cacophonous discord? What secrets lay hidden behind each colorful shell, waiting to be unlocked by curious taste buds?

Our odyssey took us to the realm of the unknown, where the fantastical and the bizarre dwelled. We encountered a winter green jelly bean, whose pink hue belied its surprising complexity. Like a secret ingredient in a culinary cocktail, it added depth and nuance to our flavor profile, leaving us both intrigued and enchanted.

And finally, we arrived at the fabled Krispy Kreme Donut flavors, a holy grail of sorts for jelly bean enthusiasts. With their promise of authentic donut taste, these jelly beans became the ultimate test of our mettle. Would they live up to the hype, or would they disappoint us once again?

The verdict was unanimous: some were sublime, while others were downright despicable. But that was the beauty of it – the unpredictable nature of flavor, like a master magician who wove spells of delight and despair with each carefully crafted jelly bean.

As we concluded our great jelly bean experiment, we emerged with a newfound appreciation for the art of flavor creation. We had danced with disappointment, but also celebrated in joy, as the colors and flavors of these tiny treats tantalized us on our merry way. For in the world of jelly beans, every experience was a surprise, every flavor an adventure waiting to unfold.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey guys, it's Justineand I here with Ro today.- Hello.- This is super exciting.So I guess it's the jellybean season right now.- Mm-hmm.- And I thought it'd be really funto taste a bunch of jelly beans.And when I was online I bought so many.I even got some of the, whatare they, the Bean Boozled?- Oh those ones are gross.- They're really gross, so I thoughtthat we would warm up tothe jelly bean taste test--- Okay.- And start with some good flavors first.- Ooh.- So this'll be for a separate video.They even have beer-flavored jelly beans.- Beer?- Champagne?- Like stout?- This is so strange.- I've never seen those.- Krispy Kreme.- I got so excited,she brought these over,these are little cocktails,and I love pina colada.Look at this, they havestrawberry daiquiri, mojito.- There's a lot on there.Do people like jelly beans?'Cause I don't really like them.I love candy.- I love jelly beans.- But this is not like my go-tos.You do like them?- Yeah I have a little jelly bean bowl.I like jelly beans but usuallyI don't find these fancy flavors.I just have the littleJelly Belly variety pack.- Huh?- I don't have these like fancy,these are like...For a special occasion.- Well I brought my axtoday, my throwing knife.- (laughs) Oh my gosh.- So you open. (laughs)- Why does it have your name in it?- Oh, my friend Suzy--- Like it's so fancy.- Got it engraved because we alwaysgo on adventures together.This is really?- Um, yeah.Justine, what is thatfor, chopping down trees?- It's like a throwing ax.- What do you throw that at, targets?- Tree targets.We've got the Cocktail Classics.Here we go, whoa.- Ooh, what drink would you like?Tastes tropical.- Mm, super tropical.That's actually quite nice.- I taste the pineapple.- You do.- And the coconut, I love 'em,that's one of my favorites.- Peach Bellini.- What is that?- Whoa.- Mm.- Okay so remember when I saidI didn't like jelly beans.- That's delicious.- I think maybe I didn'trealize that I like them.- Oh mojiot, mm, mm, mm.- Whoa.That so far is my favorite.- How are they doing this?- I love mojiots.- This tastes so good.- This is really good.How about Strawberry Daiquiri?- I don't know if I'vehad a strawberry daiquiri.- Like ever, like a real one?- This tastes delicious.- It's like a--- It's really good.Is that a strawberry?No wait, that's a Peach Bellini.- It's reversed.- The label are reversed on the back.This is a pomegranate cosmo.- A cosmo?What's in a cosmo?It's just like spirits and, what?Cranberry juice?- That one's okay.- I've never had a cosmo.Okay.- I think I have.- Cosmos were my leastfavorite in this pack.- Yeah.- But all the other ones were perfect.- Mm, the mojito.Definitely my favorite.- Pina colada was my favorite.But they're all--- We'll save these for you for later.- Okay.- You can put them inyour jelly bean bowl.- Oh my gosh, these aregoing in my jelly bean bowl.- I didn't know that I liked jelly beans.- Aren't they great?- I take back everything that I said.- They're a little chewy.- Little chewy.- But they have great flavor.- I have two fake teeth,so sometimes that causes me trouble.- What happened to your tooth?- I don't know!I just never had teeth thatcame in when I was a child.- They never came in?- No, they pulled my baby tooth out,and they're like, oops.- You need to come to my dentist.My dentist is great.- Wow, thisis the Fabulous Five.- Oh, the fab five!What have we got going on here?- So this is what we just tried.(Ro gasping)- So this isthe cocktail classics.This is a smoothie blend!- Ooooh, what kind of smoothies?We've got berry smoothie, orange smoothie.- This is...Okay, that wasn't so good.That tasted, at first it was good.Now it tastes like spoiled milk.(cow mooing)- What color did you do?What color is that?- I don't know.- Hey wait a minute--- I think that--- Orange.You get red?- I think it was that one.- Okay, I'm not gonna eat the red.I'm gonna try an orange.(pensive music)- I don't think I like the smoothie ones.They're like milky.- Here's what's weirdis, in the beginning,it has a great taste.The after's a little...- It's like spoiled milk.Ick.Nuh-uh.- Skip the smoothies.There's a color cheat on the back.Give me some mint mint chocolate chip.Here we go.Favorite ice cream flavor.- I'll try that one, too.Ew.(Ro grumbling)Oh my god, you're making weird noises.Are you okay?- It's like fake, artificial cream flavor.(Ro fakes vomiting)Ew!- Oh my gosh!- I don't like fake,artificial cream flavor.- That is foul.- I'm gonna trybirthday cake as well.- Birthday cake ice cream.Don't hit me with thatartificial cream flavor.(dramatic music)(Justine spitting)- Ew!- That's weird taste.- Happy birthday, here's a gift.- Happy birthday, Justine.- Trash!Gross, I don't like it.Alright, we should move on to soda pop.Grape Crush, root beer, OrangeCrush, 7 Up, Dr. Pepper.I love Dr. Pepper.(Ro gasping)- They have Dr. Pepper?- Yes, I think that this is Dr...No, that's--- Oh my gosh!And they have root beer and 7 Up.I wanna try Dr. Pepper.I wanna try root beer.Which one did you try?- Dr. Pepper.- How'd you know?They're both brown.- Oh god!(Justine groaning)- That's terrible.- That's absolutely disgusting.- Oh, that's terrible.- That tasted likerotten, moldy, soiled...Body parts.- Ew.- Ew!Okay, Dr. Pepper was not good.What are you gonna try next?- I'm gonna try root beer.- Okay.- It's not great.It's really light.That's what I appreciate about the flavor,is that it's like a reallylight like root beer.Dr. Pepper just had way too much flavors.- Yeah.- Like too much artificial flavor,hitting me in the face.- I didn't like it.Should we try 7 Up?- Yeah.I love 7 Up.- Mmm! Really--- This is nice.- Oh!- It's super limey.(laughing)- Yeah.- I feel it in my sinuses.(laughing)I'm sweating now.- Are these...- They don't taste like thesoda, though, I don't feel like.- No, that was so limey!- What do you call the soda?- I think it dependswho you're talking to.And what they say.I'll try the grape one.- Nuh-uh, I'm not evengoing near the grape.I'll do orange.- Actually, grape is nice.- Orange isn't bad.It's really hard to mess up a jelly bean.- Clearly it's not that hard.- These aren't even the gross jelly beans.- Those are in the bag.I can't even imagine--- These are supposed tobe the good jelly beans.- These are the citrus mix.- Like Sunkist the juice.- I'll try a lemon.Lime is good, or--- Better.- Lemon.I don't even know what I'm tasting.They all taste the same.- Sunkist, better than the sodas.- I'm gonna try the grapefruit,even though I don'tlike grapefruit at all.- I don't like grapefruit either.- It's really, like--(Ro gasping)- We just bonded.- We did.- We just had a moment, everybody.- We had a moment.- And you guys saw it on camera,but we both don't like grapefruit.(Justine fakes vomiting)- Samesies!Why is it so sour?- I don't know.- They're almost like SourPatch Kids sour, isn't it?- Ew, it is, yes, ew.- It's a lot.- Bye-bye.- It's a lot, whew!- Fabulous Five is down.- Yeah.- I think that--(Ro gasping)We've been having so much funwith those little box containersthat we should really get super silly!- Oh my gosh.These are supposed to bechampagne flavored jelly beans.- And these are thebeer flavored jelly beans.- Little stout!Let's see if they actually taste like...Do you think it's going to be a lite beer,or dark beer brew?- This looks like kind ofa lite beer, I would say.- What kind of a port is it?- Oh, that stinks.- Smell that.- It's smells--Girl, what is it?Like a dark--- Ick!- Oh!- Ew.- Ew!- Should we do beer first?- It smells like dirt and yeast.I just really--- Oh, look how pretty they are, though.- This looks like champagne,like it looks all pretty.- Do we do beer first,because it's probably gonna be disgusting?- Let's try beer, and thenI'll wash the taste outwith maybe one of these.(soft, pensive music)- That does not taste like beer.- No.- I actually like this.- It's really good, andthen it's really light.I mean it's...Why does it smell so bad,but it tastes just fine?- I'm surprised, actually.I thought this was gonna be disgusting.- It's not.- No, it's good!- Put that in your bean container.- Whoa, that just blew my mind.I was not expecting that after the smell.Champagne, are you ready?- Champagne dreams.- Cheers?Cheers!- Mm.- Sweeter.- I like it.- It's so mild.- Yeah, the ones that Ithought were gonna be trashare really good!These might be my favoritejelly bean flavors,because it's very light.- It's so light.It almost tastes like...Like a grapefruit juice.Like a white grapefruit juice.- I love it.- Like a really light.Alright, we're gonna switch it up.Okay, what's this?- Spice flavored.- Spice?I'm a little scared.- Okay, jelly beans are pretty.I think I'm starting to like jelly beans.- They're really cute.- So this isfrom a different company.This isn't the Jelly Belly.This is from Just Born, whichthey also make Hot Tamales,and Peeps, and Mike and Ike's.- Ooh.- Just Born.I got a red one.- I'll do it with you.- Oh!- Hot.- Hot!(coughing)- That's hot!It's like a Hot Tamale jelly bean.- I forgot that's spice.It's spice!(spitting)We definitely tried thered one, which is cinnamon.And now I've found the flavors.White is peppermint.I would use that to counteract.- It's good.- Oh, that one's real minty.- It's really minty, it's really strong.If you want strong flavored jelly beans.- Oh, Just Born.- They taste like fresh and strong.- Okay, so the yellow one is clove.- Clove?- I can't tell if I love it or hate it.I'm not sure.- It's strong, wow.Wow, what?- It's a weird taste.- It reminds me of the holidays, you know?Because I always but clovesand nutmeg and gingerin together, like whenI'm making spice cookiesfor the holidays.- Yeah.I wanna make a flashback tous making holiday videos.(laughing)Alright, I'm gonna putthis around the tree.- Okay.(laughing)Justine, you got me in there.(laughing)Justine, wait!(laughing)Look at all these muscles!- My goodness.- It goes really good withthese pants, so I left them on.What's the other one?- Okay, so spearmint is green.- Okay.- I like spearmint.- I'm a blow.Are you a mint, or aspearmint kind of a person?- I love spearmint.- Did you say vinegar?- Winter green.- Oh!(laughing)I thought you said vinegar.I was like...- That wouldn't surprise me.- What the heck's a winter green.- I don't know.- Why if it's called winter green?It's pink.- Because they ran out of green.I like this.- It's really good.- I like winter green.Next up I think that we should try theseKrispy Kreme Donut flavors.(gasping)- Oh my god, I love Krispy Kreme.- They also come in this bag as well.It's basically the same donut flavors,but they are rocks.- Okay these are like pretty displayed.We have original glazedright in the middle.And then we have a glazed blueberry cake,a chocolate iced withsprinkles, strawberry iced,and then a cinnamon.What is this, a cinnamon?- She can't open it fast enough.Oh my goodness.- Cinnamon.I see the first ride of cinnamon!- Do you need help?- Yes.- Alright, go for it.- Why can I not open anything?Cinnamon apple fill.- Wow!- Look at those pretty pretty over here.- Ooh.- Ooh!This shot, this is pretty.- Which one, do youwant to try the glazed first?- Yeah.- Since it's a classic.- Yes, I have...The original glazed.I wanna know, does this tastelike a straight-up donut?(dramatic music)- I don't like it.- I hate it.(fake sobbing)- Ick!- That does not taste like a donut.- That was an absolute lie.You're disgusting.- Okay, if you guys get these,you'll know what we're talking about.That does not taste like a donut.(fakes vomiting)- Which one do we try now?- I'm like really sad now.Like are any of themgonna taste like donuts?- I don't know, let's try the strawberry.Strawberry iced.- Okay, let's do strawberry.- That one's nice.It's a little creamy.- It's better than the first one.- But if that is what we'rebasing all of these off of?- I think there's likean underlying flavor,like the \"donut\" flavordoesn't taste like donuts.- No.- Because if it's mixed with any of these,it's just gonna be weird.- Mm-hmm.- What about your blueberry one?- Oh, no, is this gonna--- Blueberry glazed donut.- Is this gonna ruinall my hopes and dreams?- Let's try.Uh-oh, uh-oh!- Okay, it's like fine.- It's okay.- Sub-par.- Do any of these taste like a donut?- Why are you doing this to us?- Look, there's sprinkles in there.My mouth feels funny.- What's your favoritekinda donut ever made?- Honestly, I like these cake donuts.Like that type of like...- Like the old fashioned with the glaze?- Yeah.- Those are great.- Or like those French donuts.- I like, yeah, those orchocolate covered donut,or a maple bar.Chocolate, let's see.Mm, no, that's not a chocolate donut.- Okay, we've got one more.It's the cinnamon apple filled,and you were hyped about the cinnamon.This is like--- Girl!- Christmas morning--- Give me something.- and Santa decided tonot go to your house.- This is like a got a lumpof coal in my stocking.But he wrapped the coal, you know?Wrapped it, so I thought,ooh, this could be something.And then you open it, and it's like...(groaning)- This one's okay.It's just okay.Well, I'm disappointed.I don't wanna see these again.- Krispy Kreme, you have great donuts,but the jelly beans are not for me.- Not for me, maybe it's for you.- What have we got?- We've got two more.- Okay, I'm getting excited again.- We've got holiday favorites,which these potentially could be expiredbecause the holiday is way over, but.- Oh, you'll be fine.They're jelly beans!- I don't know!I ordered all this stuff from Amazonto do an Oreo unboxing--- Yeah.- Everything was expired.- No!- And this conspiracy, I had these Oreoswith the mega-stuffed ones.But there was like three cookies missing.Yeah.- That doesn't even count.That doesn't even have a mega in it.- No, it doesn't.- We have been misled.- Someonedefinitely ate a cookie.Somebody ate like three cookies.Somebody ate a couple cookies.- Look at that,the other half of thisisn't even there.- I'm upset!- Somebody--- Are you kidding me?- Had their little mitts in my cookies.- Welches, Welches?- Grape.- How do you say Welchers?- Welchers's?- Welchers's?Welcher's.- Family-farmer owned.Yeah, so let's try the grape.- Mmm.I like them.- I like this.- I like these.- So this is a different brand as well.So which one do wethink is the strawberry?- I was gonna say, Idon't like grape flavors,but I like this brand of grape.- This is a good grape, yeah.Because it's familyfarmer owned, obviously.- This is my first brandof grape I've ever liked.Wow.- Today's the day.Oh, they also do strawberry really well.- Mmm.- Mmm.- Those are great.- So full of flavor!- Whoa.- Wow.White grape peach.- Mmm, that's good.- Oh, that is good.- Mmm, that's really good.- Oh my god.- What about these red ones?- Oh my gosh.I think the yellow isthe white grape peach.- That's good.- Wow, these are my favorite so far.- My favorite jelly bean.Put them--- Right here.- In your jar.- These are going in the good bowl.- Wow, these were so good.- Mmm.- Did we try them all?These are my favorite.- These are really, really good.I don't even know whichone's my favorite flavorout of them.- God, you gotta give meyour dentist's number,because I need to go after this.- I've got a great dentist.He's amazing.- I may be going into so sort of, like...Sugar coma.- Same.- I'm not sure.We may be, posting this grim storyfrom the emergency room after this.- Justine, I'm leaning away from you.- Holiday favorites.(Ro gasping)- I love the holidays.- Me, too.Oh my gosh.- Okay, what?Oh my gosh, they have eggnog.They have candy cane.- Cranberry sauce?Pumpkin pie.- Pumpkin pie?(both gasping)- Remember when we tasted allthose pumpkin flavored things?(laughing)(dramatic music)(smacking)- It taste like a naked Dorito.- They're really good.And I was like, come over.I have a few pumpkin things to try.I had like 26 things.- A smorgasbord.- I was like, oh sorry,I hope you were hungry.Oh my gosh!Okay.- Ooh.(dramatic music)I'll put that one away,to never be tasted again.I don't like it.- That doesn't...- It doesn't taste good.It was like a spicy rot.A spicy rot.Hmm.- Ick, ew.- We're over it, ew!- Over it.- Pew, gross!- Candy cane.- Okay, candy cane.You better not a little mess up nit.- Oh, yeah, that's nice.- Mmm, that's really nice.- It's like a piece of candy cane.- Mm-hmm.- Tastes like a piece of gum.- It's nice after you just havekind of a weird tasting one.- Yeah, it really cleanses.- It kind of cleanse, yeah.It's, hoo, nice and fresh, okay.- So eggnog, I don't reallylike eggnog to being with.- See I like eggnog.- So you tell me ifthis tastes like eggnog.- Okay, I have a reallygood eggnog cake recipe.- Oh.- It's delicious.(dramatic music)- It's fine.- Actually, I'm gonna give it a medium.- It's fine.- It's like...- I'm not that into it.- Mm-hmm.- I'm not gonna be like, wow,I really wishing I had someeggnog jelly beans right now.- No, no, it's not bad.- Cranberry sauce.- I love it.- Oh!- I couldn't--- Let's--- ruin everything.- Make a jelly bean cranberry sauce.- I have a great recipefor these, too, by the way.Just throwing it out there, everybody.It's fresh, it's good.That just tastes like a cranberry.- It does!- But like a candy cranberry.- Yeah, they're super sweet.- What do we have next?- We have one last one.This is our final bean.(Ro gasping)- The final bean!- And it's hot chocolate.- Oh my gosh!- Ah!Okay.- That is so cute.- Cheers, the final bean!- Little hot cocoa.(groovy music)- Yeah.- Tastes like chocolate.- It does.I have a stomach ache at this point.- Are you serious?(laughing)- I thought this would be soeasy because they're so small.- Yeah.- But there's a lot of these.- Okay, can I just say, this adds up.- This really does add up.- I mean, the amount of sugarwe probably just ate is a lot.We probably had a bagful.- No, I don't know,let's not think about it.So I think probably myfavorite one was the mojito.I really liked the mojito one a lot.- It was so good, nice and minty.- Yeah.- I liked the pina colada one.And then my favorite bagwas the little juices.- You guys, ifyou're gonna get any of these,I would get the juice ones.- Yum!- Those were so good.Also, the size comparison of this beanas opposed to the Jelly Belly ones,they're a little bit bigger.- Yeah.- So you've got a little bitmore of a taste per bean.- And you get a lot.(kissing)- I am so glad--- Justine, this was a great video idea.- I decided not tobring in the gross ones.(gasping)- Should we do a video?- We're gonna have to do afollow-up in three monthsbecause I need to detox first.- Okay.- Well guys, thank youso much for watching.Ro, thank you so much for eatingall of this sugar with me.- Thank you for bringing this over.I have a major sweet-tooth,so any time you want to try weird candiesor any flavors, I'm in.- So--- Count me in.Call me, I love it.- This is great.Well, go check out Ro's channel;I'll link the description.We have so many fun videosthat we've done together.And that's it; we'll see you guys laterand let us know if you wantus to taste the gross beans.(gasping)- Oh my god.(Justine fakes vomiting)(fakes vomiting)(groovy music)\n"