The candy that was created from the ever popular Harry Potter stories is now being sold in book stores and grocery stores all over the world. The box clearly states that it’s “a magical treasure hunt” to pick through these uniquely flavored jelly beans created by Jelly Belly. A treasure hunt indeed, but you won’t find Very Cherry, Groovy Grape or even Bopping Bubblegum flavor here. No, what you’ll find in Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans is a much more memorable, albeit disgusting, experience.
Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans has been found to come in three sizes; a small sample pack, a small box and a large box. I purchased the large box that comes with 4.25 ounces or 120 flavored beans. Ten distinctive flavors can be sampled and passed around to friends and family with this size box.
Dirty and Squeaky Clean
The first flavor I chose to sample was the one I thought would be the mildest. I chose to sample the Earthworm flavor. While I’ve never quite tasted an earthworm myself, I felt it must be pretty close. The flavor closely resembled the taste of dried dirt. It was nasty but pretty mild still.
Curiously there is also a flavor called Dirt. I tried this one next to compare it to the dirty taste of the Earthworm flavor I’d tried previously. They are very similar although for some reason, the Dirt flavor made me think more of a heavy mud. Still gross, but again, mild.
Soap is quite a bad flavor and does taste exactly like the big light blue bars of soap. It brings back memories of those times in childhood when unspoken words may have slipped out and resulted in having to have your mouth “washed out with soap. A mild flavor again, but very accurate!
You might need a beverage for these
I tried the flavor Booger next. It was horribly bad but difficult to describe. It had a sticky taste to it. This was one of the flavors that required a large gulp of a flavored drink afterwards.
Black Pepper was next. This one was spot on. It tasted exactly like a large chunk of black pepper and it even caused a feeling of the need to sneeze while eating it. I’d recommend have a beverage nearby for this one as well!
Sausage and Pickle are two food related flavors that were tried after Black Pepper. Sausage was a nasty flavored bean, although it didn’t seem to me that it tasted like any sausage I’d had before. Pickle, however, tasted exactly like one of those big fat pickles you can find at fairs and other events. Tasting in the form of a candy bean was less than enjoyable.
The not so bad and the pretty bad
Three choices remained, so I chose Ear Wax as I expected it to be the less offensive. I was right. Ear Wax didn’t taste anything like I’d braced myself for. In fact, for some reason, it had a sort of fruity taste to it that was hard to identify. The Ear Wax bean was actually almost good enough to try another.
My remaining two choices were Vomit and Rotten Egg. Dreading Rotten Egg, I chose Vomit first. This bean was horrible. The taste is foul and gross. It was difficult to get the whole thing down, even though it’s just a tiny piece of candy. This was one of the worst to stomach.
The absolute worst
Tasting Rotten Egg had become inevitable. I begrudgingly tried this flavor and what I experience was just about what I’d expected. This is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever tasted in all my life. I can’t say I’d ever eaten a rotten egg before but I’m sure it’d taste exactly like this flavor bean. This was the only one that I absolutely could not stomach and it never was swallowed. This is the worst of all Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans.
Those are the ten flavors of Bertie Bott’s and I have to say, although some were disgusting beyond belief, they nailed most of the flavors. It’s neat to be able to buy something that can be described and used in the popular movies, but I dare say that many people will probably buy them for just that reason.
Purchasing the beans for a souvenir of the Harry Potter movies and books is a great idea. Although, with only 140 calories and 0 grams of fat for every 35 beans, it’s not a bad snack, especially when it’s difficult to get through eating just ten of them. I’ll put it this way; it’s fun to buy anything with the name Harry Potter on it but eat them at your own risk.
