<P> It has been claimed that jelly beans were mentioned first during 1861 , when Boston confectioner William Schrafft urged people to send his jelly beans to soldiers during the American Civil War . It was not until July 5 , 1905 , that jelly beans were mentioned in the Chicago Daily News . The advertisement publicized bulk jelly beans sold by volume for nine cents per pound , according to the book The Century in Food : America 's Fads and Favorites . Most historians contend that jelly beans were first associated with celebrations of Easter in the United States sometime during the 1930s due to their egg - like shape . </P>
when did jelly beans became associated with easter
1930s