MRCboicgy
05-31-2012, 10:24 PM
About five weeks ago, I found a four-pound jar of Jelly Belly by Kirkland jellybeans at Costco. So, 49 flavours later, I just wrote up a short review of all of them. Now, this reflects my personal tastes, and I'm sure you all will disagree with me, but really I couldn't care less :D since I ate four freaking pounds of Jelly Belly and it was great. (btw I'm 5-11, 155lbs, and I figured I better do this before I turn 30)
Berry Blue enjoyable, but underwhelming and non-discernible fruit flavour - 4/10
Blueberry pretty close flavor to what one imagines blueberries to taste like 7/10
Bubble Gum just like bubble gum ice cream, without the lactose 5/10
Buttered Popcorn my least favourite flavour, it should be optional for those who like it -10/10
Cantaloupe underwhelming to say the least 1.5/10
Cappuccino like a sugary coffee crisp 3.5/10
Carmel Corn Yeah, I can taste the caramel, but nothing to write home about 2/10
Chocolate Pudding chocolatey flavour that Bill Cosby would approve of 5.5/10
Cinnamon Chewy cinnamon hearts, but without that fake candy flavour 8/10
Coconut pretty dull overall, but a not too sweet 3/10
Cotton Candy its sugar. 2/10
A&W Cream Soda just sugary & interchangeable with marshmallow 1/10
Crushed Pineapple why is it crushed? Its just super sweet pineapple 4.5/10
Dr. Pepper love it. Very close to the actual pop 8.5/10
French Vanilla pure sugar with a hint of vanilla 2.5/10
Green Apple apple with a touch of sour 3.14/10 (get it? apple pi)
Island Punch mystery fruity flavour that is more sweet than I'd like 1/10
Juicy Pear very intense pear flavour 8/10
Kiwi this one tastes like what youd imagine a kiwi to taste like if you hadnt had one in a while 7.5/10
Sunkist Lemon Nice lemon flavour, just a bit of sour 8/10
Lemon Drop cannot tell the difference, kind of the no-name version 8/10
Lemon Lime If they called this one Sierra Mist, it would be apropos 6/10
Licorice I love fake licorice flavor, hence this is still my favourite. I could eat 4lbs of pure black licorice 11/10
Sunkist Lime tastes like the RealLime you buy in the store, but with lots of sugar added 6/10
Mango like cantaloupe, I was expecting more, and had to look it up to see what it is almost every time 1.5/10
Margarita aka Lime Lite 4/10
Mixed Berry Smoothie this may have been an accidental flavour in the factory. Just random berries throw together 3.5/10
Sunkist Orange I didnt get the biggest orange blast 4.5/10
Orange Sherbert better orange flavor with a bit of cream 5.5/10
Peach a good solid flavour, very peachy 8/10
Piρa Colada never had one to drink, so theres some fruity pineapple and coconut hints there 3/10
Sunkist Pink Grapefruit its not always obvious what this one is, other than the fact its citrus-y, but good 6.5/10
Plum Ive never had a plum that tastes like this, and Im glad 2.5/10
Pomegranate like one of those pomegranate drinks you buy at the store, but with much more HFCS 2.5/10
Raspberry an idealized representation of the berry 5/10
Red Apple its apple, just not sour 5/10
A&W Root Beer root beer is super sweet as it is, so pretty accurate 6/10
Sizzling Cinnamon basically extreme cinnamon, which is awesome 9.5/10
Sour Cherry sour is a misnomer, but its very good cherry representation 8.5/10
Strawberry Cheesecake kind of creamy, but really just that fake strawberry taste, like the fluoride at the dentist 2/10
Strawberry Daiquiri not as fakey as the cheesecake one 5/10
Strawberry Jam sweet, idealized strawberry flavor, but at least they all are unique from each other 4/10
Sunkist Tangerine Pretty good and somewhat refreshing fruit flavour 6.5/10
Toasted Marshmellow sugar. Might as well be cream soda 1/10
Top Banana reminds me of the banana medicine I was given as a kid 2/10
Tutti-Fruitti hard to differentiate from island punch, even when eaten back to back 1.5/10
Very Cherry Much better than sour, and since I love the fake cherry flavour, this might be the best fruit flavour 10/10
Watermelon amazing, lots of watermelon flavor without sickly sweetness 10/10
Wild Blackberry I can see where its that flavour 6/10
Anyway, there you have it:
Science!
Berry Blue enjoyable, but underwhelming and non-discernible fruit flavour - 4/10
Blueberry pretty close flavor to what one imagines blueberries to taste like 7/10
Bubble Gum just like bubble gum ice cream, without the lactose 5/10
Buttered Popcorn my least favourite flavour, it should be optional for those who like it -10/10
Cantaloupe underwhelming to say the least 1.5/10
Cappuccino like a sugary coffee crisp 3.5/10
Carmel Corn Yeah, I can taste the caramel, but nothing to write home about 2/10
Chocolate Pudding chocolatey flavour that Bill Cosby would approve of 5.5/10
Cinnamon Chewy cinnamon hearts, but without that fake candy flavour 8/10
Coconut pretty dull overall, but a not too sweet 3/10
Cotton Candy its sugar. 2/10
A&W Cream Soda just sugary & interchangeable with marshmallow 1/10
Crushed Pineapple why is it crushed? Its just super sweet pineapple 4.5/10
Dr. Pepper love it. Very close to the actual pop 8.5/10
French Vanilla pure sugar with a hint of vanilla 2.5/10
Green Apple apple with a touch of sour 3.14/10 (get it? apple pi)
Island Punch mystery fruity flavour that is more sweet than I'd like 1/10
Juicy Pear very intense pear flavour 8/10
Kiwi this one tastes like what youd imagine a kiwi to taste like if you hadnt had one in a while 7.5/10
Sunkist Lemon Nice lemon flavour, just a bit of sour 8/10
Lemon Drop cannot tell the difference, kind of the no-name version 8/10
Lemon Lime If they called this one Sierra Mist, it would be apropos 6/10
Licorice I love fake licorice flavor, hence this is still my favourite. I could eat 4lbs of pure black licorice 11/10
Sunkist Lime tastes like the RealLime you buy in the store, but with lots of sugar added 6/10
Mango like cantaloupe, I was expecting more, and had to look it up to see what it is almost every time 1.5/10
Margarita aka Lime Lite 4/10
Mixed Berry Smoothie this may have been an accidental flavour in the factory. Just random berries throw together 3.5/10
Sunkist Orange I didnt get the biggest orange blast 4.5/10
Orange Sherbert better orange flavor with a bit of cream 5.5/10
Peach a good solid flavour, very peachy 8/10
Piρa Colada never had one to drink, so theres some fruity pineapple and coconut hints there 3/10
Sunkist Pink Grapefruit its not always obvious what this one is, other than the fact its citrus-y, but good 6.5/10
Plum Ive never had a plum that tastes like this, and Im glad 2.5/10
Pomegranate like one of those pomegranate drinks you buy at the store, but with much more HFCS 2.5/10
Raspberry an idealized representation of the berry 5/10
Red Apple its apple, just not sour 5/10
A&W Root Beer root beer is super sweet as it is, so pretty accurate 6/10
Sizzling Cinnamon basically extreme cinnamon, which is awesome 9.5/10
Sour Cherry sour is a misnomer, but its very good cherry representation 8.5/10
Strawberry Cheesecake kind of creamy, but really just that fake strawberry taste, like the fluoride at the dentist 2/10
Strawberry Daiquiri not as fakey as the cheesecake one 5/10
Strawberry Jam sweet, idealized strawberry flavor, but at least they all are unique from each other 4/10
Sunkist Tangerine Pretty good and somewhat refreshing fruit flavour 6.5/10
Toasted Marshmellow sugar. Might as well be cream soda 1/10
Top Banana reminds me of the banana medicine I was given as a kid 2/10
Tutti-Fruitti hard to differentiate from island punch, even when eaten back to back 1.5/10
Very Cherry Much better than sour, and since I love the fake cherry flavour, this might be the best fruit flavour 10/10
Watermelon amazing, lots of watermelon flavor without sickly sweetness 10/10
Wild Blackberry I can see where its that flavour 6/10
Anyway, there you have it:
Science!