Ranking the Most Popular Jelly Beans on the Market, From Best to Worst

Wow, these jelly beans taste just like Mike and Ike. Sure, the flavors are artificial, but they brought our tasters back to childhood. The beans themselves are chewy and slowly dissolve on your palate. This is the bag to buy this season.

★★★★

These beans are just plain classic, plus they have the best texture and most unique flavors.

★★★★

The flavors actually taste like true Starburst candy. While some tasters enjoyed the texture, others found it too gritty and expected it to be chewy like normal Starburst.

★★★★☆

These beans are just slightly sour while retaining iconic Starburst flavors. Some tasters didn't love the grainy texture, but most praised these beans for having a better texture and flavor than Sour Patch Kids.

★★★★☆

These beans are definitely not as sour as standard Sour Patch Kids, but they are less messy to eat and could be good for movie theater snacking. Most people complained that these beans just aren't sour enough. These don't have the jelly consistency of the original candy; however, the beans do have an addictive crunchiness.

★★★☆

The ratings for this bag of jelly beans swayed from "best ever" to "completely terrible." Those who love sour candies thought Wonka nailed the Sweetarts flavor in these jelly beans, while others thought the beans tasted chalky.

★★★☆☆

Fans of Jolly Rancher will appreciate the flavor of these beans plus the added bonus that they won't stick to the roof of your mouth like the hard candies. However, others thought the beans tasted and smelled artificial and had difficulty chewing the beans themselves.

★★★☆☆

There are a lot of reasons to love TJ's JBs — each bag has 18 fun flavors, which are naturally flavored and dyed from fruit and vegetable sources. The biggest complaint is the texture is a tiny bit too tough to chew.

★★★☆☆

Another bean that stays away from artificial flavors and colors, Surf Sweets looked promising. The beans themselves have a grainy texture — like sugar granules, which some enjoyed munching on. Flavor-wise, these are pretty darn tasty for being natural.

★★★☆☆

The fun of these beans is in the surprise color inside, and while some tasters enjoyed having two flavors in one, others found these beans just a little too crazy. The texture is on the sticky side, and the flavors don't really taste distinctly like Starburst.

★★☆☆

Look, tasters agree that these beans are nothing special, but they do remind us of childhood and therefore earn a few points for nostalgia. This might be a basic Jelly Bean, but it's one that deserves a spot in at least one candy bowl this Easter.

★★☆☆

Tasters found these beans to be chewy and sticky like Laffy Taffy, but they don't taste anything like the candy. One positive reviewer likened these to chewy vitamins, but sweeter.

★★☆☆☆

The packaging of these looks so enticing, but the beans inside are blah. The flavors remind us of vitamins — not candy.

★☆☆☆☆