But did you also know that these chewy bits of goodness trace their origins to Boston ... to refer to beans of the baked variety — not jelly.) Most experts on the shiny-coated candy credit ...

Boston Baked Beans With perhaps the most unappetizing name for a candy on this list, Boston Baked Beans aren't beans at all — they're candy-coated peanuts. Developed in the early 1930s by the ...

Most British recipes for Boston baked beans just use a piece of pork belly, but we think it needs some salted or smoked meat to counteract the sweetness, so we include bacon or pancetta.