| − | The '''Jelly Belly Candy Company''', formerly known as the '''Herman Goelitz Candy Company''', is an [[American]] Candy company best known for producing their brand of [[jelly bean]]s. Although this type of candy serves as their signature product, they do make other forms of [[candy]].<ref>https://progressivegrocer.com/welcome-gourmet-retailer-readers</ref> The 45th [[President of the United States]], [[Ronald Reagan]], enjoyed their jelly beans, as he started eating copious amounts of them as a tool to quit pipe and cigar smoking. After his successful bid for the presidency in the [[1980 Presidential Election]], the company made a new bean for him, which was blueberry flavored to symbolize the colors of the [[American flag]], as the company had already released both red and white jelly beans.<ref>https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/reagans/ronald-reagan/jelly-bellyr-jelly-beans-and-ronald-reagan</ref> | + | The '''Jelly Belly Candy Company''', formerly known as the '''Herman Goelitz Candy Company''', is an [[American]] [[candy]] company best known for producing their brand of [[jelly bean]]s. Although this type of candy serves as their signature product, they do make other forms of [[candy]].<ref>https://progressivegrocer.com/welcome-gourmet-retailer-readers</ref> The 45th [[President of the United States]], [[Ronald Reagan]], enjoyed their jelly beans, as he started eating copious amounts of them as a tool to quit pipe and cigar smoking. After his successful bid for the presidency in the [[1980 Presidential Election]], the company made a new bean for him, which was blueberry flavored to symbolize the colors of the [[American flag]], as the company had already released both red and white jelly beans.<ref>https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/reagans/ronald-reagan/jelly-bellyr-jelly-beans-and-ronald-reagan</ref> |