Rowland, the president of Herman Goelitz and a fourth-generation descendant of the company's founders, received official Government authorization to develop a Jelly Belly® jelly bean jar with the Presidential Seal on it. Herman Goelitz Candy Company provided the Reagan White House with Jelly Belly® jelly beans for all eight years of Reagan's presidency. Its blue color completed the other flag colored Jelly Belly® jelly beans, the red (Very Cherry) and white (Coconut).

Blueberry, one of Jelly Belly® brand's most popular flavors, was developed in 1980. Three and a half tons of red, white, and blue Jelly Belly® jelly beans were shipped to Washington, DC for the 1981 Inaugural festivities. Within two years, the shipment consisted entirely of the Jelly Belly® brand. When Herman Goelitz introduced its Jelly Belly® brand of jelly beans in 1976, it began including the new brand in Reagan's regular shipment. The company also made a custom-designed jelly bean jar for Reagan.Īfter Reagan left the governorship, he continued to receive shipments of Goelitz Mini Gourmet Jelly Beans directly from the company. Herman Goelitz Candy Company, the Oakland-based producer of the jelly beans, sent a monthly shipment to the Governor's Office throughout Reagan's two terms in Sacramento. When Ronald Reagan ran for Governor of California in 1966, he began eating 'Goelitz Mini Jelly Beans' as part of his successful attempt to give up pipe smoking.

President Reagan and his jar of Jelly Bellies.

Black jelly beans