Jelly Babies" are known at least since advertisements by Riches Confectionery Company of 22 Duke Street, London Bridge in 1885, along with a variety of other baby sweets, including "Tiny Totties" and " Sloper’s Babies". [2] But the pricing of these, at one farthing each, suggests that they were very much larger than the modern Jelly Baby. [3] A popular school chemistry experiment, is to put them in a strong oxidising agent, and see the resulting spectacular reaction. The experiment is commonly referred to as " screaming jelly babies". [18] [19] Jelly Babies are a type of soft sugar jelly sweets in the shape of plump babies, sold in a variety of colours. They were first manufactured in Lancashire, England, in the nineteenth century. [1] Their popularity waned before being revived by Bassett's of Sheffield in Yorkshire, who began mass-producing Jelly Babies (initially sold as "Peace Babies") in 1918. [1] History [ edit ] a b c d e "Sweet success: Unravelling the Jelly Baby's dark past". BBC. 28 December 2014 . Retrieved 20 September 2020.

George Harrison's 1963 plea: stop throwing jelly babies at Beatles". timesonline.co.uk. 14 May 2009 . Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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Confectionery giants cut use of artificial additives". confectionerynews.com. 13 September 2007 . Retrieved 19 July 2008. In the series by Terry Pratchett, Discworld, the country of Djelibeybi (a pun on "jelly baby", but putatively meaning "Child of the (River) Djel", and possibly derived from Djellaba), is the Discworld's analogue of Ancient Egypt. The main setting of Pyramids, Djelibeybi is about two miles (3200m) wide, along the 150-mile (240km) length of the Djel. Letter reveals The Beatles' fear of jelly baby fans". mirror.co.uk. 15 May 2009 . Retrieved 20 September 2020. Martin, Nicole (18 March 1999). "Jellyatrics revive those sweet memories". Irish Independent . Retrieved 20 September 2020. In October 1963, as Beatlemania was breaking out, fans of The Beatles in the United Kingdom pelted the band with jelly babies (or, in the United States, the much harder jelly beans) after it was reported that George Harrison liked eating them. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Irvine, Chris (27 August 2009). "Fizzy cola bottle named Britain's favourite sweet of all time". The Telegraph. London . Retrieved 1 April 2012. The introduction of different shapes and names was an innovation, circa 1989, prior to which all colours of jelly baby were a uniform shape. Bassett's Jelly Babies changed in September 2007 to include only natural colours and ingredients. [8] There are many brands of jelly babies, as well as supermarket own brands. The sweets were invented in 1864 by an Austrian immigrant working at Fryers of Lancashire, and were originally marketed as "Unclaimed Babies". [1] [4] By 1918 they were produced by Bassett's in Sheffield as "Peace Babies", to mark the end of World War I. [1] Bassett's themselves have supported the "Peace Babies" name. [5] Production was suspended during World War II due to wartime shortages. The product was relaunched as "Jelly Babies" in 1953. [1]