Fairfield, California, United States based Jelly Belly Candy Company makes jellybeans and other fine candies. Jelly Belly started as the German Goelitz Candy Company, which was formed in 1869 by two immigrant brothers from Germany. In 1976, they started producing a new concept in jellybeans they called Jelly Belly. Jelly Belly was the first jellybean in outer space as well as the favorite candy of U.S. President Ronald Reagan while he was in office.