When the sun is beating down and heat seems inescapable, all the human body really needs to perk up and get back up to full energy is a handful of jelly beans.

There are many competitors in the race to be crowned king of summer snacks, and many of them are worthy in their own right. After all, who could deny the impact of the cold, comforting embrace of a snowball? 

Sadly for snowballs and every other mildly refreshing snack out there, jelly beans are the clearest answer to this conundrum. 

To a non-bean-head (bean-head is the preferred term for jelly bean fans), it may seem difficult to understand the appeal that a bag of jelly beans could have. 

This speaks to a lack of experience and nothing else. The bite-size candy’s biggest strength is its wide range of available flavors, something that no other treat can compare to. The average family-size bag of jelly beans contains about 49 flavors of bean. 

It’d be near-impossible to find someone who walks on this earth and thinks human thoughts who couldn’t enjoy even one of those flavors. There’s everything from buttered popcorn to licorice to Dr. Pepper. 

This is all common sense to the average bean-head, but the unenlightened may need more convincing. 

Another point in favor of jelly beans is their incredible consumability, a trait that most of the snacks in the all-time great discussion share. Popcorn is only as good as it is because you can shovel a handful at a time into your mouth. Same goes for M&Ms. 

Please heed these words. A jelly bean could set you up for the best day of your life, but you won’t know of you don’t try them.