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Easter Week 2014: Easter Nerds Through the Years – Featuring Doc Hinkles Nerds Shrinkles!
Willy Wonka’s Nerds are one of my all-time favorites and that certainly includes their holiday releases. In recent years Easter-themed Nerds have taken on the moniker of “Hoppin’” Nerds but that wasn’t always the case. Today we’re going to look … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, Easter, Holiday, Nestle, Wonka
Tagged 1980's, 1990's, 80's, 80's candy, 90's, 90's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, Easter candy, Nerds, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Willy Wonka, Wonka, Wonka Nerds, wrapper
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Easter Week 2014: The Return of Mike and Ike Easter Treats! Plus: A Little History and a Lotta Jellybeans!
Back in the early 2000’s Just Born released a special Easter edition of their Mike and Ike candies called Mike and Ike Easter Treats. I wrote about that release here last year and always thought it was a pretty cool … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Boxed, Easter, Holiday
Tagged 1990's, 1990's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, Easter candy, Hot Tamales, jelly bean, jellybean, jellybeans, Just Born, limited edition, mascot, Mike and Ike, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Easter Week 2014: Starburst Jellybeans! (They’ve been around longer than you think!)
If Halloween is the season of candy corn than Easter must certainly be the season of the jellybean. It no doubt has to do with how well the colorful confections complement the look of traditionally dyed Easter Eggs. These days, … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Boxed, Easter, Holiday, Mars, Sour Candy
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chewy, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, Easter candy, fruit flavored, holiday candy, jelly bean, jellybeans, packaging, packaging design, Starburst, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Easter Week 2014: Hershey’s Eggs Past and Present!
We’re kicking off our week of Easter coverage with a fun look at all the flavorful variations of Hershey’s Eggs currently available on shelves as well a glimpse into packaging for the same, going back to the 1980’s. So make … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, 1990's, Canadian, Chocolate, Easter, Hershey, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, Eggs, Hershey's, Hershey's Eggs, holiday, packaging, spring, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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When Amurol’s Whammo Bubblegum Went Blammo!
Back in the 1970’s the Amurol company, known at the time for their sugarless gum and confectionery products, released a kid-targeted sugarless bubblegum called Whammo. The gum’s name didn’t stick and within a few years Whammo became Blammo. Today we’re … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, Gum, Uncategorized
Tagged Amurol, bubblegum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, sugarless, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wham-O, wrapper
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Just Born’s History of Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales Vending Insert Cards!
Getting candy from a vending machine is a profoundly different experience from getting it out of a box or package – it’s meant to be bought and eaten right there. Oftentimes vending machines are filled with nameless, brandless offerings or … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Timeline
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy machine, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Hot Tamales, Just Born, JustBorn, Mike & Ike, Mike and Ike, packaging, sweets, vend, vending, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Top-Ten Weirdest Flavors of Candies You Love!
Today we’re going to look at some of the weirdest and most unexpected flavors and brand extensions from classic candies you know and love. These are some of my favorite things to track down and uncover in the world of … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, Bubble Gum, Canadian, Chocolate, Gum, Hershey, Japanese, Lists, Nestle
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Happy National PB&J Day from CollectingCandy.com!!
Earlier this afternoon I was alerted to the fact that today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! Well, I couldn’t let the great occasion pass me by so I rapidly searched out a few fun PB&J pieces from the … Continue reading
Oddball Flavor Spinoffs Uncovered! Orange Milk Duds and Sweet & Spicy Fun Dip!! [April 1st Warning.]
I’ve often stated that one of my favorite things to uncover and learn about are the little-known extensions and flavor spinoffs from the well-known candy brands we love. Today, I get to reveal a pair of them that you almost … Continue reading
Pangburn’s Trog-Lo-Dytes Action Packs – The MAD Fold-In of Candy Packaging!
In the 1970’s, the Pangburn Company of Fort Worth Texas created a novel bit of pop art paper craft when they came up with the cardboard packaging for their Trog-Lo-Dytes chocolates. There’s never been anything quite like it in the … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Novelty
Tagged 1970's candy, 1970's chocolate, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy packaging, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chocolate, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, fold-in, Mad magazine, packaging, packaging design, papercraft, sweets, Troglodytes, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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![Oh wow, @generalmills has really outdone themselves for Halloween this year!
Look at all of this great stuff!!
Of course their monster cereals collaboration with Jim Henson Productions is going to go down in cereal history as an all-time classic. But Halloween-i-fied versions of Bugles [Boogles] and Dunkaroos [DunkaBoos] are big new favorites for me!!
These photos speak louder than anything else I can say, so start swiping and take it all in!! 👻🎃👻
Thanks to General Mills for sending and allowing me to experience all this goodness!!!
#gifted
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