This spring, our Test Kitchen went on the hunt. No, not an Easter egg hunt, but one for the very best jelly beans for filling ...

Narrator: Jelly beans are an American candy staple, and Jelly Belly is the most recognizable name making them. The company's story begins all the way back in the 1800s. This is Lisa Rowland Brasher.

The Jelly Belly Candy Company, formerly known as the Herman Goelitz Candy Company and Goelitz Confectionery Company, was founded by Gustav Goelitz in Belleville, Illinois, in 1869.

David Klein - who invented Jelly Belly in 1976 - recently launched a CBD-infused jelly bean brand called Spectrum Confections. The candy comes in 38 flavors, including roasted marshmallow ...