Jubilee Jelly Beans!

With over 10,000 applications been made for street parties and over £334m spent on snacks, alcohol and treats, the Diamond Jubilee weekend is nearly upon us!

FussFreeFlavours.com - Union Jack Jelly Bean Cake

A cake is a must have at any celebration and what better way to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee than with this union jack jelly bean cake! Easy to make, bake and decorate, it will be the perfect centrepiece at any street party, picnic or royal celebration!  

Stylist.co.uk - Royal Works of Art

Jelly beans have also been used by other people to bring out their patriotic side! This portrait was created by Fizziwigs sweet shop in Brighton and uses over 10,000 of Her Majesty’s finest!

A number of other weird and wonderful portraits of the Queen have been produced using a variety of different objects!

From a jelly bean Queen to a Monarch made from money, click here to see more unusual portraits at The Mail Online   


The upcoming Jubilee seems to have united the nation in their enthusiasm for all things British and I hope you enjoy the long weekend however you decide to celebrate it!  

101 Things to do with Jelly Beans #11

101 Things to do with Jelly Beans #11 - Plant them in the ground and try to grow a beanstalk.

Get a handful of your favourite flavour jelly beans.

Dig a small hole in the ground and place the jelly beans in it.

Image: See Jane Blog

Carefully cover with soil.

Water and wait for it to grow ... just watch out for the giant living at the top!

Image: See Jane Blog 

When looking for things to do with jelly beans I came across a similar idea which is great for young children and seems to be somewhat of an Easter tradition across the pond.

Get your children to plant the jelly beans in the garden and overnight place lollipops in the ground where the beans were planted. When they wake up in the morning, the magic jelly beans have ‘grown’ into scrumptious lollies! 

National Vegetarian Week

This week, Monday 21^st – Sunday 27^th, is National Vegetarian Week and if you didn’t know our range of jelly beans from The Jelly Bean Factory are all suitable for veggies! They have even been approved by The Vegetarian Society!

http://www.nationalvegetarianweek.org/

 

Every single one of the 12 million 

jelly beans produced each year by The Jelly Bean Factory are made with 100% natural ingredients and real fruit juice!

 

The bags, boxes and tubes make for the perfect snack whilst the jars and novelty products, such as the bean machine, are perfect gifts for jelly bean devotees!

Take a look at the scrumptious sweet treats here!

Easy as Pie!

Cupcakes that are as easy as pie!

I am going to see the film ‘American Pie – The Reunion’ this evening which jolted my memory back to when I found this recipe for decorating cupcakes a while back!

Taken from the book ‘What’s New Cupcake?’ by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, they seem so simple to make and really look like sweet mini pies!

Click here to visit the Hello Cupcake website!

I have the original book ‘Hello Cupcake’ at home and have posted a few recipes from there before.

So to make these Bake Sale Pies, 

What you’ll need:

• Vanilla cupcakes in silver foil cases
• Vanilla icing
• Yellow food colouring
• Cocoa powder
• Coloured M&Ms, Smarties or my favourite ...Jelly Beans!

Rather than copying out the instructions, here is a short video tutorial made by the authors of the book, Karen and Alan, on how to decorate the cupcakes!

These could be the perfect addition to your Jubilee party in a couple of weeks time. The red and blue colours are very patriotic and us Brits love a good pie!

Let me know if you have a go at making any and please feel free to send me in any pictures! 

101 Things to do with Jelly Beans #10

101 Things to do with Jelly Beans #10 - Create a musical instrument.

I have just realised I haven’t written a blog post since the 1^st! Eek!

I think I have been far too preoccupied with eating chocolate rather than writing about it!

So here is this week’s 101 Things to do with Jelly Beans! I’ll keep it short and sweet. Get yourself a tube of The Jelly Bean Factory jelly beans, it doesn't matter whether it's a 100g tube or the 410g Mega Tube! Munch your way through half the tube, now shake! Your own musical instrument! 

http://www.justforyouconfectionery.co.uk/Jelly-Beans

P.S. Keep an eye out on the website for our Spring Sale!

101 Things to do with Jelly Beans #9

101 Things to do with Jelly Beans #9 - Use them as playing pieces!

• A perfect addition to any board game.
• Instead of using counters, grab a bag of The Jelly Bean Factory Gourmet Beans, pick out your favourite flavour and use it as a playing piece!
• It doesn't matter whether you’re playing Snakes and Ladders, Draughts or Monopoly, playing with jelly beans is a fun way to jazz up any board game.
• There are no losers when the game comes to an end as everyone gets to eat the juicy jelly beans! So what are you waiting for? Happy playing!

Click here to view our extensive range of fantastic products from The Jelly Bean Factory!