5 Unusual Jelly Beans for Easter

Unusual jelly beans can help if you're tired of the same old Easter candy. These are 5 places to get gourmet, organic or just plain weird jelly beans.

Unusual Jelly Beans: Bulging Eyed Jelly Beans

For weird jelly beans with no calories or sugar, get these vinyl versions of the traditional Easter candy. When you squeeze them, their eyes pop open in their little smiling faces. They come in green, pink, blue, and purple. At one and a half inches tall, they're a lot of fun but can be a choking hazard for very small children. ($4.49 per dozen)

Unusual Jelly Beans: Teene Beanee Gourmet Jelly Beans

Jelly Belly may be the most famous name in gourmet jelly beans, but now lovers of PEEPS marshmallow chicks can get gourmet jelly beans from the same company. Just Born Inc. actually produces enough PEEPS each Easter to circle the earth twice so there must be a lot of PEEPS lovers who may want at least one of these four assortments: American Medley, Island Breeze, Country Retreats, and Luxor Licorice. They taste delicious, and include flavors like La Jolla Lemon, St. Kitts Kiwi Lime, and Apple Dumpling a la Mode. ($21.82 for 102 ounces)

Unusual Jelly Beans: BeanBoozled Jelly Beans

Many kids love gross things. If they've done a good job learning about the serious side of the Easter season, let them lighten up with a set of look-alike pairs of traditional and weird flavors. BeanBoozled has added 2 new flavors to this year's Easter candy, Canned Dog Food and Centipede. Some flavors of these weird jelly beans are so gross, I do not even want to mention them. ($2.25 for 1.6 ounces)

Unusual Jelly Beans: SunRidge Farms Organic Jelly Beans

Jelly beans may never be a health food, but at least these are organic. This SunRidge Farms Easter candy is certified organic and made with pure cane juice and corn syrup. ($25.11 for 48 ounces)

Unusual Jelly Beans: Carrot Packs of Jelly Beans

Make an Easter bunny happy with carrot packs of jelly beans. Each tiny cellophane bag looks like a carrot with about 16 assorted jelly beans inside. As a bonus, the cute little individual bags may entertain your kids, and help keep them from eating too many sugary jelly beans. ($4.99 for 24 pieces)

Add some of these new and weird jelly beans to your Easter candy gifts this year.