Maryland's Favorite Jelly Bean Is Classic Taste

When it comes to jelly beans, there's no bigger month for the confection than April. Easter is just a few hops around the corner, on April 1, and National Jelly Bean Day is celebrated on April 22. In honor of these momentous sugar holidays, Candystore.com has pulled together its annual list of the most popular jelly bean flavors in the country, as well as in each state where Marylanders have a classic taste.

This year, the nation has a new favorite flavor, according to the online candy retailer. The number one flavor in the land this year is — drum roll, please — Buttered Popcorn.

"Yes, it's polarizing. But it's also America's number one favorite jelly bean flavor," said Candystore.com on its blog. "Thousands of people love this smooth, salty and savory jelly bean the best, while others scrunch up their noses when it's mentioned. Some even write nasty comments about it in their survey form… :) But when the results were tallied, more people loved buttered popcorn flavor than any other."

The confection retailer created the rankings using jelly bean sales data for more than a decade, as well as SurveyMonkey and Facebook polls of more than 12,000 people.

In Maryland, the favorite flavor is Orange, which is also No. 7 in popularity nationwide, followed by Cinnamon and Grape. "Like the color of their beloved Orioles, Marylanders love orange flavored jelly beans! We doubt orange jelly beans would taste good with Old Bay on top though," said Candystore.com.

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Neighboring Delaware loves cinnamon, while Virginia goes for the dethroned national champion, black licorice. Pennsylvania is fond of blueberry flavored jelly beans.

The top 21 most popular flavors in the country are:

• Buttered Popcorn
• Black Licorice
• Cinnamon
• Watermelon
• Cherry
• Juicy Pear
• Orange
• Green Apple
• Toasted Marshmallow
• Coconut
• Strawberry
• Cotton Candy
• Blueberry
• Bubblegum
• Root Beer
• Peach
• Coffee
• Grape
• Lemon
• Red Apple
• Chocolate

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