PartyBeans, a new startup launching today to the public, has created a WYSIWYG interface for candies that makes it easy to order personalized tins of Jelly Bellys, mints, and gum. The first 500 TechCrunch readers to check out the site can get 15% off their orders with the promo code “TECHCRUNCH”.
The site allows users to add their own logos or photos to the tops of their candy containers, along with a few lines of text. Each candy also has a few customization options – you can choose if you’d like your Jelly Bellys to come as a standard random sampling, or in a flavor or two of your choosing. The site plans to introduce more candies and options in the near future.
There are countless other custom confection sites out there (you can see a sampling of them here), but many of them have minimum order sizes and cater primarily to large events like weddings. PartyBeans is trying to appeal to more casual purchasers, who can buy as little as one item at a time (you can get a custom Jelly Belly tin for as little as $5, including shipping). In my testing the site seemed to work quite well – it took me only a few minutes to create my own jar of green and white TechCrunch Jelly Bellys, and I’ll probably be ordering a few more tins for the holidays.
Kinda interesting…but slightly off the “tech” rader no?
Can you get customized Bertie Bott’s Jelly Beans?
Apparently Bertie Bott’s were discontinued in 2007, which is incredibly depressing.
Brilliant! These are great to give away as small holiday gifts at the office.
Those are pretty cool! It would be really great if they could brand the candy, too. We recently got some customized M&M’s with the MarketLeverage logo on them. I prefer chocolate, but the jelly beans would be a nice touch too!
TJ has done a nice job with this site. I also would love the branding directly on the candy
cool! My Dad made this website! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who is your dad? I like the website.
Too bad they only ship within the US. I would have ordered dozens if they shipped up to Canada.
Hi Tim – we will be shipping to Canada within the next 45 days. Thanks for your patience and support.
Awesome. Send me an email once you get it set up and I’ll order some stuff.
I wish there were size specs on the tins. I can’t tell if 5 or 15 beans will be in the little one.
Awesome…just placed my order, great last-minute holiday gift!
Any chance shipping will be coming to the UK?
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its a really cute concept and should work according to me 
Great idea! I will be interested to see what other custom confections this company gets into.
(linkback) Thrive or Fail? Sweet: PartyBeans Makes It Easy To Send Customized Candy Gifts [VOTE] – http://www.thri...rfail.com/bd579
Strange that they haven’t gone for the Cafepress approach of letting you overcharge and resell. They could probably get a gigantic niche following as a candy reseller that way. its just a custom tin, after all.
If you’re in need of some Bertie Bott’s jellybeans, pick up a box of BeanBoozled:
http://candyadd...ys-beanboozled/
a bunch of other customizable candy is here:
http://candyadd...stomized-candy/
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I would have spent money on these if the sweets (thats British for candy, folks).. if the sweets themselves were personalised !
i agree with alison…pretty average…if you could print on the beans that would be something very cool…maybe version 2
If you print on the candy, they’re gone once you eat them. If you print on the container, you still have the tin.
I signed up for an account and was ready to buy several of the barrels of jelly beans and the website says it blocked me for some reason, after I’d uploaded images, etc. Beware!
Ben,
After you register, you receive email link that validates you. You need to click that link. Perhaps the email ended up in your junk folder, hence I enabled you and you can go ahead and purchase your barrels. Enjoy!
wow, fantastic, though I don’t like this candy, but it would be a good gift for friends.
There were some questions abou Bertie Bott’s jellybeans. It turns out Jelly Belly could not carry it due to licensing issues. The good news is that they came out with their own version called BeanBoozled and partybeans.com will carry it shortly as a candy options. Great gift if you dare!
wow this is so cute, can i be your affiliate guys ?
Sure, send us an email through the partybeans.com site requesting to be an affiliate and we will help to set you up.
this is a test replay to techcrunch
this site is super fun! great suggetion, and even more in this christmas time! =D thx!
Very fun site! I also had a cool experience with http://www.mixmygranola.com where I customized my own granola mix. The mix is ordered (organic granola, cranberries, almonds, goji berries, flax seeds and chia seeds) was delicious. I sent some containers to my family and friends for the holidays. These custom-made websites are really cool.
Trying to purchase 200 tins with TEXT only, it wont let me “add to cart” without an image… please fix and shoot me an email when you have.
Got my 200 tins of beans today, very nicely done. Photo at: http://www.info...ness/52k-later/
I am so proud….my step-son did all the flash work on this site. It is wonderful! We will continue using this for sure!
You can send customized textile gifts via http://umadeup.com
definitely , i frame the bean. cheers
I love the candy idea,