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Jelly Belly Inventor Introduces Blood, Urine and Anatomically Correct Heart Candy (Video)

Jan 12, 2011 – 7:40 AM
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Barry Weintraub

Barry Weintraub Contributor

People called David Klein crazy when he introduced a designer jelly bean back in 1976, called the "Jelly Belly," at the outrageous price of $2 a pound.

But then Ronald Reagan was hooked, and so was the rest of the country.

A quarter-century later, after creating a candy legend and losing control of his company, he now makes such crazy novelties as candy blood, candy urine, candy vomit and an anatomically correct gummi heart.

Don't miss David Moye's full report.

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