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Thursday, November 10, 2005
The Real Jelly BabiesName: Bassett’s Jelly Babies  I reviewed a knock-off version of Jelly Babies a few months ago, because that’s all I was able to find here in the States and I was lead to believe that Bassett’s are illegal for import because they contain non-FDA approved food dyes. Of course when I saw them at Sainsbury’s a few weeks ago, no carcinogens were gonna keep me from trying the real thing!
 What these Jelly Babies offer that the others don’t is personality. Each of the little babies has a name and a different persona. The pink (according to the package) is Baby Bonny who is sitting with a diaper on. Black is Bigheart, who has a little heart shape on his chest. The orange is called Bumper and has some sort of innertube or fanny pack around his middle to keep him from hurting himself. I think I’d like to see a helmet too. Brilliant is the raspberry one with a big B on his middle. Bubbles is yellow and has a little bead necklace on. Boofuls is the light green lime one who is crying. (You can see a full detail about them and what they supposedly look like here.) While the Bassett’s is not as grainy as the Norfolk Manner I tried before and the Bassett’s do have a bit more flavor, I still find them a little perfumey, a little bland. The best one to me, suprisingly enough, was the raspberry one (I’m not overly fond of fake raspberry candy). I don’t think I could eat very many of them in a sitting, which is what makes sweets “candy” in my book. It has to be positively difficult for me to NOT keep shoveling them into my mouth if they’re sitting around. For pure addictive jelly-type candy I will always prefer Swedish Fish, Gummi Bears, spearmint leaves/orange slices, gumdrops or plain old Jelly Beans. Rating - 5 out of 10 POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:08 pm
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(comments copied from previous version of blog)
Jodi said…
I love Jelly Babies! And I think I’ve had the “real” ones, but now want to check at the British shop in Burbank that I sometimes go to.
November 10, 2005 7:07 PM
Grace said…
The Albertson’s on Lincoln and Ocean Park has remodelled a bit and now has a much larger international section, including several shelves of British stuff. They have the Jelly Babies there, too. (Though we didn’t buy any.)
November 10, 2005 8:17 PM
Flavia said…
Hi Cybele,
Could you kindly tell me where the Sainsbury’s is in West L.A.? I searched all over the internet, and it’s probably a place I have driven by a couple thousand times, but doesn’t ring a bell!
Thanks
November 12, 2005 2:20 AM
Bruce Anderson
Bruce Anderson said…
Flavia, I don’t know the exact address, but it’s one block west of Bundy on Wilshire. If you’re heading west, into Santa Monica, it’s on the left-hand side of the street.
Please bear in mind that this is an itty-bitty convenience type store, not a full-fledged grocery, which is a pity.
In addition to the plethora of British sweets, they sell a remarkable assortment of sodas in glass bottles. I buy “real” Coke (read: Coke made with sugar and not corn syrup) there as well as a few other goodies.
Grace and I went there Saturday and I got some of the Bassett’s Jelly Babies. Finally, a chance to say, “Would you like a Jelly Baby” in my worst Tom Baker accent!
They’re not awful, but for the price they should have been better.
November 14, 2005 4:32 PM
Cybele
Cybele said…
Bruce - thanks for the directions for Flavia.
I agree on the build up over the years of Jelly Babies in my imagination. I wished they were more like Swedish fish. And less expenisve.
November 14, 2005 5:53 PM
Flavia said…
Yay, thank you guys!
I will definetely check them out.
Cybele has led me to the path of loving british chocolates.
Now I can barely live without them.
Have you guys ever been to The Tudor House?
BTW, Cybele, I was there last weekend and I saw they carried Kinder Eggs.
Cheers!
November 15, 2005 4:43 PM
PrincessFiona
PrincessFiona said…
I was about to post about jelly babies… ‘cause I received a package of Bassett’s candy from UK, then I found your blog via google. Nice post.
November 15, 2005 7:33 PM
Jelly Belly are NOT vegan! They have beezwax!!!
I love real jelly Babies. Gummis are inedible and break my teeth if they don’t stick to them first where you spend the rest of the day trying to get them off of your teeth worse than the popcorn skin from the stale popcorn with the artificial butter that leaves that taste in your mouth that is the equivalent of ten all fat stakes with butter all over them. Wow it’s like we are in a different universe
on this one. Did you switch the ratings by accident or something?
These are quite delicious, i think….....! Most unbelievable flavor… not one person i have offered them to has been able to describe it…..
By the way, I am a HUGE FAN OF DOCTOR WHO!!!!!!!!! TOM BAKER AND DAVID TENNANT ROCK!!! Tom Baker is REALLY funny, but David Tennant is REALLY hot!
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