You know Bertie Bott's Any Flavor Beans from Harry Potter? Jelly Belly has been making them for years now, and there's a mix of good and gross flavors. Earwax. Booger. Dirt. Sardine.
Until now, the absolute worst, no question was Vomit. I don't know how they did it, but they somehow captured the disgusting, hot, acidy taste of vomit. One tiny bit of the jelly bean and it's like that overused comedic saying: "I just threw up a little bit in my mouth."
But I just got an email from Jelly Belly announcing their two new Bertie Bott's flavors, and I think they might have finally come up with one to rival Vomit.
The two new flavors? Bacon (weird, but not gross) and Rotten Egg. ROTTEN EGG. Should they really be trying to make candy that tastes like spoiled food, like things that even a hungry racoon wouldn't eat out of the garbage? Rotten eggs? Why stop there? Why not Moldy Bagel, or Curdled Cottage Cheese, or Milk That You Think Might Be OK Until You Pour It On Your Rice Chex and Get a Big Whiff?
I personally will not be putting a Rotten Egg jelly bean in my mouth. I sense another Vomit scenario coming on with that one. If you're just dying to try them (and you might be just dying after you try them, if you ask me), you can get a sampler box for just $6.
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Okay, this shows how anal I am about Harry Potter things, but it's actually Every Flavor Beans, not Any Flavor Beans. I'm not a big jelly bean fan, but my boyfriend adores the buttered toast beans (not buttered popcorn)that used to come in the Bertie Bott's. I'm not sure they put that one in anymore.
You can get a little box of these at borders, if you don't feel like forkin over the 6 bucks.
I'm still traumatized by my tasting the Vomit one when they first came out. Now I'm sick just thinking about Rotten Egg. But your curdled cheese and milk suggestions may have just ruined my life.
Dirt was oddly intriguing to me, because it really tasted SO much like dirt that I couldn't reconcile its flavor with its texture.
Otoh, I'm sure I shouldn't admit it, but I rather liked the Booger ones. IIRC, they tasted like salty vanilla. (In my defense, I don't think it tasted enough like boogers for me to have that flavor/texture disconnect. Er, um, not that I'd know what a booger tastes like. Of course not).
Fun Fact:
The recipe for the Vomit-flavored bean came from a botched attempt at making a Pizza-flavored one. The More You Know.
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