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Ronald Reagan, the 40th US president, served from 1981 to 1989 and had a fondness for jelly beans.
President Reagan's favorite Jelly Belly flavor was licorice.
Ronald Reagan was a known fan of jelly belly brand jellybeans. There was even one flavor especially made for him.
Licorice was reported to be Reagan's favorite flavor.
The blueberry jelly bean, first deveoloped by the Jelly Belly company, was created so that red white and blue jelly beans could be at the inauguration of president Ronald Reagan.
When Ronald Reagan ran for Governor of California in 1966, he began eating jelly beans as part of his successful attempt to give up pipe smoking. The Oakland-based producer of the jelly beans sent a monthly shipment of jelly beans to the Governor's Office throughout Reagan's two terms as Governor. The company also made a custom-designed jelly bean jar for Reagan. The company continued to ship jelly beans to Reagan after Reagan left the governorship. In 1976 the company introduced the Jelly Belly brand. Within two years, the shipment consisted entirely of the Jelly Belly brand. The company provided the Reagan White House with Jelly Belly jelly beans for all eight years of Reagan's presidency. President Reagan's favorite Jelly Belly flavor was licorice. In February 1981 the company received official Government authorization to develop a Jelly Belly jelly bean jar with the Presidential Seal on it. These Presidential jars of Jelly Belly beans, each in its own blue gift box, were given by Reagan to heads of state, diplomats, and many other White House guests.
Ronald Reagan
Was it pectin cause I know he started eating them when he stopped smoking. In 1976 jelly bellies came on the market so he started eating them right away.AnswerThe answer is Blueberry, this flavor was specifically created for Ronald Reagan's inauguration. He also loved black licorice jelly beans and was his favorite.
Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, was reputed to have always kept a jar of Jelly Belly® beans on his desk at least from the time he was Governor of California. Reagan may have helped to popularize the brand.
Reagan started eating jelly beans when he gave up smoking in the early 1960's.It may not have been his favorite food but he was certainly well known for them. It was mac and cheese
Ronald Reagan started eating jelly beans when he gave up smoking in the early 1960's. On his first day as governor of California, candymaker Henry Rowland gave Reagan a big jar of jelly beans, which Reagan put on the Cabinet Room table. That was the beginning of a long tradition of passing out jelly beans during Cabinet meetings. "We can hardly start a meeting or make a decision without passing around the jar of jelly beans," he told Rowland. Reagan also once said that, "You can tell a lot about a fella's character by whether he picks out all of one color or just grabs a handful." Sometime later he remarked, "Some political figures have endured in history as lions or conquerors or something equally impressive. It's a little frightening to think California history might record us as jelly beans." When Reagan was elected President in 1980, Henry Rowland told reporters, "There will be jelly beans in the White House, that's all I can say." True to form, Reagan kept a crystal jar full of his favorite jelly beans (Jelly Belly's) for Cabinet meetings and encouraged his department chiefs to eat them when they needed energy. Guests at Reagans 1980 inaugural parties consumed 40 million jelly beans --- almost equalling the number of votes he received in the election. Here is an interesting link that discusses Reagan's interest in Jelly beans: associatedcontent.com/article/194607/jelly_beans_a_colorful_history_and.html?cat=74
When Ronald Reagan ran for Governor of California in 1966, he began eating jelly beans as part of his successful attempt to give up pipe smoking. The Oakland-based producer of the jelly beans sent a monthly shipment of jelly beans to the Governor's Office throughout Reagan's two terms as Governor. The company also made a custom-designed jelly bean jar for Reagan. The company continued to ship jelly beans to Reagan after Reagan left the governorship. In 1976 the company introduced the Jelly Belly brand. Within two years, the shipment consisted entirely of the Jelly Belly brand. The company provided the Reagan White House with Jelly Belly jelly beans for all eight years of Reagan's presidency. In February 1981 the company received official Government authorization to develop a Jelly Belly jelly bean jar with the Presidential Seal on it. These Presidential jars of Jelly Belly beans, each in its own blue gift box, were given by Reagan to heads of state, diplomats, and many other White House guests.