Editing Jelly Belly (section)

===1866–1913===
[[File:Goelitz Candy Corn.jpg|150px|thumb|Packing of Goelitz candy corn]]
Gustav Goelitz came to the United States in 1866 from Germany and in 1869 started the confectionery business Gustav Goelitz in [[Belleville, Illinois]].<ref name="Gustav Goelitz">{{cite web |url=http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=142 |title=Gustav Goelitz (1846-1901) |last=Bearden-White |first=Christina |date=March 3, 2013 |website=Immigrant Entrepreneurship |publisher=German Historical Institute |access-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113072633/http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=142 |url-status=live }}</ref> His younger brothers, Albert and George, emigrated to America soon after joining him in the business.
In 1898, the company began manufacturing [[mellowcreme]] candies (also called mellow cream or butter cream). [[Candy corn]], a type of mellowcreme candy, was likely developed by George Renniger, an employee of Wunderle's Candy Company in [[Philadelphia]].  
The Goelitz Confectionery Company was successful in selling a variety of mellowcreme candy including candy corn.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bhg.com/halloween/recipes/the-history-of-candy-corn|title=The History of Candy Corn: A Halloween Candy Favorite|date=2015-08-28|newspaper=Better Homes and Gardens|access-date=2016-10-18|archive-date=2016-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014115917/http://www.bhg.com/halloween/recipes/the-history-of-candy-corn/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/27/the-saccharine-history-of-candy-corn|title=The Saccharine History of Candy Corn {{!}} National Geographic {{!}} The Plate|date=2015-10-27|access-date=2016-10-18|archive-date=2016-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020103740/http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/27/the-saccharine-history-of-candy-corn/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1900 the company opened a factory in Cincinnati and in 1904 the company opened another factory in [[Chicago]]. Eventually, the company relocated to North Chicago in 1913.<ref name="Gustav Goelitz" />