18 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Jelly Beans

We've been busying ourselves with Easter prep these past few weeks, from searching for the prettiest decorated eggs, the best egg cups, and the perfect deviled egg recipe to hunting for the best basket treats around.Amid the talk of eggs and chocolate bunnies, we've neglected a huge Easter icon — the jelly bean. Ah, yes, the sweet, sour, and sometimes insanely sugary bite-sized candies that fill your dessert bars and party favor bags and are often the "treasure" in your plastic Easter eggs.

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With flavors like buttered popcorn, piña colada, toasted marshmallow, tutti-frutti, and others, you can imagine how bright a scene just one bowl of jelly beans creates. However, some flavors aren't so stellar — who can forget Harry Potter's famous Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, a brand that's now owned by Jelly Belly and whose flavors consist of vomit, booger, earwax, sausage, and rotten egg as well as a few other delectable options.

Technically a dragée — a sweet that has a hard outer shell — a jelly bean, though delicious, can be used for just more than satisfying your sweet tooth fix. They can sit atop cakes, decorate tables, and sometimes, just sometimes, pose as jewelry.

While we can't force you to actually eat them, we can urge you to step into spring with us and use the colorful confections to create a fun and inviting atmosphere.

Take a nod from some of these creative and original ways to use jelly beans in your Easter and spring party planning.

For more on Easter, Check out our awesome guide here.