They were invented by Trefor basset art-er WWI and were named peace babies there was a shortage during WWII due to storage of equipment.
Who Invented Jelly Babies?
We will never find out , but we will if you look on the website or visit someone who knows lol
My great great grandad had a sweet factory in sheffield and he sold the recipe to bassets and drunk nearly all the money away,I have just found the original recipe and found that it really is the original.he was the original recipe maker.