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From: joee@shark.UUCP (Joe Eckardt)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: Jelly Babies
Message-ID: <1398@shark.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 17-May-85 11:52:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: shark.1398
Posted: Fri May 17 11:52:57 1985
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Reply-To: joee@shark.UUCP (Joe Eckardt)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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Summary: 

In article <497@usl.UUCP> dkl@usl.UUCP (Dwayne K. Lanclos) writes:
>I've found candies called "Jube Jels" made by Brach's in TG&Y, K&B and other
>fine eating establishments.  These little candies look like the same kind
>of condiments the Doctor gobbles down on TV.  They come in all colors and
>are shaped in various forms (both animate and inanimate).  They are more
>like licorice than jelly beans.  If anyone has tasted legitimate jelly
>babies, please respond if these "Jube Jels" are anything like the real
>thing.

Real "Jelly Babies" are some of the strangest candies I've ever tasted
(not to imply they're not good.)  I found they take a bit of getting
used to.  They are unlike any American made candy that I've ever 
encountered.

Briefly, they come 5 flavors to a box: lime, orange, cherry, lemon, and grape.
All flavors are fairly fruit-like (except, in my opinion, the grape) and all
are rather strong.  Each candy is roughly in the form of a baby doll about
1" long.  The center of the candy is a very soft jelly, sort of similar in
both taste and texture to a "Sunkist Fruit Jelly" if you happen to be
familiar with those.  It is somewhat softer than the inside of an "orange
slice" jelly.  The outside of the candy is harder than the middle, but
still very soft; maybe about the consistancy of the inside of a jelly
bean, but not at all sticky.  There appears to be a higher sugar content
in this thin outside shell.  This shell has a dull surface (as opposed
to the shininess of the inside part).  Both the middle and the shell
are the same (appropriate for flavor) color throughout.  There is a very
light dusting of some sort of white powder (powdered sugar, flour, other?)
over all of the candies, I assume to keep them from sticking together.
The powder does not seem to adhere to the candies and can be brushed off
easily if desired.

The box I got (at a convention) was, I think, about 5oz and contained about
12 or 15 candies.

Hope this helps.

			Joe Eckardt
			Tektronix 
			Wilsonville, Oregon

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