This isn’t exactly breaking news but I enjoy eating.

Barbecue, pizza, a good burger, desserts, it’s all good to me.

Now, there are definitely some foods that I don’t enjoy. I’m looking at you original Hamburger Helper. And popcorn. Now as the kids would say, don’t @ me.

My palate also doesn’t care for some Southern staples that I won’t divulge because I may be run out of town.

But nothing that I’ve had the pleasure, or displeasure, of tasting even came close to the jelly bean that I bit into earlier this week.

The folks at Jelly Belly, the evil masterminds behind Bean Boozled Jelly Beans, certainly labeled the Barf jelly bean accurately.

One taste of that red-speckled orange jelly bean made me want to do exactly that.

It was by far the most disgusting thing I’ve ever eaten.

And to answer a former boss’ inquiry on Facebook, yes the name gave that away.

But in the box of Bean Boozled Jelly Beans, that repulsive bean could have just as easily been a tasty peach flavored treat.

Plus, up until that point, I had experienced only good luck in my selections. I had lucked into a Berry Blue rather than Toothpaste (although my daughter has told me both taste good). I had chosen Lime instead of Lawn Clippings (I later wasn’t as fortunate, but I would gladly eat an entire box of Lawn Clippings before another Barf jelly bean).

In fact, I can think of a number of things I would rather try than another one of those sickening candies. This year, Wild Adventures has an interactive area dubbed the MEGABUGS! Adventure Encounters. To kick it off as well as to open the theme park’s season, they hosted an “Eat a Cricket, Get a Ticket” promotion last month.

As much as the thought of a dry-roasted cricket doesn’t get my mouth watering, I have little doubt that it would be much tastier than another gamble at Bean Boozled. Especially since some of the other choices don’t sound much better: Spoiled Milk, Rotten Egg, Booger, Stinky Socks, Canned Dog Food, Moldy Cheese or Dead Fish.

Plus one of the supposed good flavors is Buttered Popcorn. That sounds like a lose-lose proposition there.

What also sounds like a no-win situation is to be the unlucky person or persons at Jelly Belly who had to serve as taste testers for this product. I don’t want to know how they came up with the flavoring to put in the revolting candies, although I truly hope they weren’t naturally flavored.

But I certainly feel for the people who had to taste them over and over again to let them know that they indeed got that booger taste right. Or barf. Or lawn clippings. Plus, did they also eat some dog food and taste a stinky sock to make sure what those should taste like?

Bean Boozled indeed.

Jamie Wachter is the editor of the Suwannee Democrat, Jasper News and Mayo Free Press. He can be reached at jamie.wachter@gaflnews.com or 386-362-1734, ext. 131.