so many jelly beans, so little time

my co-worker and i are officially candy soul mates. not only does she love candy, she loves taste tests! after a lengthy discussion on the numerous varieties of jelly beans, we decided we needed to know once and for all which brand was king. so naturally we held a taste test. the contenders were starburst, starburst tropical, life savers, and jolly rancher. we rated each flavor from each brand on a scale of 1 to 10. below are the results

starburst: bad consistency overall, very hard outer shell
strawberry | pink - 3
green apple | green - 4
lemon | yellow - 5
orange | orange - 4.5
grape | purple - 6
cherry | red - 4

starburst tropical: same bad consistency as above
watermelon | green - 5.5
kiwi strawberry | dark pink - 4
tropical punch | red - 4
pineapple orange | yellow - 4
strawberry banana | pink - 3
mango melon | orange - 5

life savers:
cherry | red - 5.5
pineapple | white - 5.5
peach | light orange - 4
orange | orange - 4
strawberry | pink - 1
green apple | green - 1.5
grape | purple - 3.5
lemon | yellow - 4

jolly rancher:
grape | purple - 5
blue raspberry | blue - 7
strawberry | red - 2.5
orange | orange - 5.5
watermelon | pink - 6.5
apple | green - 6.5

as i predicted, jolly rancher seems to be the favorite, with the blue raspberry being especially delicious. maybe next time we'll add jelly bellys into the mix.