Thinkin Outside the Chicken Box.....: Jumpin Jelly Beans!

It was a beautiful Saturday in sunny Southern California. I spent the evening with a very special friend of mine celebrating her nieces first birthday. What a set up! There was an inflatable bounce house, oodles of kids, and food for days! This was a Filipino family, so the food was DELISH! Now, you would think I would be writing about her moms famous BBQ boneless chicken, the milk fish, Vietnamese spring rolls, or maybe even the steak and pork smothered in deliciousness. But not today yall. There was something much more unique to write about being served at the party. This treat was a first not only for me, but for the majority of the family and friends there. The theme of this precious little girls birthday party was Jumpin Jelly Beans. Very fitting, since they had the bounce house for all the kids to jump, jump, jump around! Of course, with a sweet, and creative theme like this, jelly beans must be included. It was the cutest thing ever! One of the games for the party involved tasting jelly beans, and guessing the flavor of them. Innocent right? Lets gather the kids, and have them taste random jelly beans. Whoever guesses the flavors correctly wins! Kids were pumped to load themselves with sugar, and show off their skills of knowing the difference between a strawberry and watermelon jelly bean. The kids went for it!.....but then, from a distance I heard kids and adults spitting, loud screams of "EWWW" and "ICK". I thought maybe they had some stale jellybeans. My friend later told me that this game involved jelly beans that had flavors that were less than desirable. Naturally, your girl had to see what was up, so I asked her to bring me the candy that had the party in such an uproar. She placed a box in front of me filled with several mini cups of the colorful treats. It was like a rainbow of yumminess that I was ready to dive into! I mean really, what could be so bad about them....after all its just candy .....right?? I went for the first bean , it was white with yellow spots...hmm...could be popcorn, maybe pineapple......uh not so much. I ate it while my friends surrounding me awaited my reaction. It wasn't bad at first....but seconds later my mouth was full of a taste that reminded me of motor oil! EWWWW!!! The jelly bean flavor was "Rotten Eggs" ! Who makes rotten egg flavored jelly beans?! I didn't stop there, the next one was a green bean, and it tasted like a garden. That one was "Grass". Next, was a purple one, till the untrained eye, it could have been grape, but no...this was "dirt". I kept tasting bean, after nasty bean, and before I knew it, I tasted earthworm, soap, black pepper, earwax, boogers, and the nastiest of them all....VOMIT! Why o Why would you wanna eat those things!? Well, its simple really! I am adventurous, and I will try anything once :). I cant say that I will buy my own box of these mystery jelly beans, but I will say that I don't regret trying these nasty things, after all..who do you know that will willingly admit to eating Vomit, Earwax, and boogers...and actually liking it :)