The best jelly beans are chewy, fruity, and can turn a lame-ass Easter egg hunt into a gourmet experience. Miss us with those big, generic beans—we want exciting jelly beans in our basket.

Easter spending is expected to go up in 2025 ... The top sweet treats bought for the holiday include chocolate eggs or bunnies, jelly beans, candy-coated eggs and marshmallow candy (AKA Peeps).

Easter wouldn’t be the same without Peeps—here’s how they’re made The second most-searched candy was "gummies," followed by a tie between peanut butter eggs, M&Ms, and jelly beans.

The Mars spring candy lineup includes Easter Sundae M&M’S, Skittles jelly beans and bunny-shaped Life Savers Gummies Sabrina Weiss is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE's food department.