Gummi Bears
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 8:31 After beer and cars, gummi bears are one of Germany’s biggest contributions to the world. Einstein and Martin Luther were pretty influential too, but everyone loves Hans Riegel and his little Gold Bears!
They’re everywhere – bears instead of mints at restaurants, blue peppermint gummi bears on my pillow in a hotel, and reportedly free in the German parliament’s cafeteria (legend has it Konrad Adenauer was never without them).
You can find Trolli and HARIBO (founded by Hans Riegel from Bonn, Germany) brands in most food stores, but there are many dedicated gummi bear stores. They come in every shape and flavor, even wine gummis, prosecco gummis, vegetarian and halal, sugar-free, and vitamin-packed gummis for the kiddos. Something for everyone...
I live above Bears and Friends. They specialize in gummis made in Bavaria from select ingredients, with real fruit juice and no artificial dyes. Both the “made in Bavaria” and the natural ingredients aspects go a long way here, but those are topics for another day...
Animal, vegetable, mineral – they have it all. Even some NSFW gummis, two words I didn’t expect to hear together. For now I’ll leave you with the Sea Creature Gummis. The sharks were really tasty!
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Just a reminder that a distant cousin to Gummy Bears were Jujubes and Juicy Friuts which were developed in the US back in 1869 by a German immigrant Henry Heide. They are still made in limited quantities by Hershey Company. They are not as creative in size, color and shapes but similar in taste and use some of the same ingredients. Caution Jujubes become gummy only after lolling around on the tongue for a while. I was in the USA recently and went to an old theater to see a 50's movie (Singing in the Rain). Yep Jujubes were at the concessions: Got a little anxious for that good old flavor, bit down and pulled off a crown! When I told my old Dentist the story, he laughed and glued it back on for free!!
Greetings from the countryside in the good ole USA.
I enjoyed the post on gummis very much---nice picture. I also had a good chuckle while reading the "man purse" post.
Give my best to herr J.!