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A Fun one for Friday: Rowntree’s 1970’s TEX bar!
Back in March of last year, I wrote about Rowntree UK’s nostalgic 70’s favorite, the Texan bar. What I didn’t know at the time was that around that same period in Rowntree’s history, their South African branch produced a different … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, British, Chocolate, Nestle
Tagged 1970's candy, 1980's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, cowboy, old west, packaging, South Africa, South African candy wrappers, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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My Year in Collecting: 2012!
Since 2009, I’ve had an annual tradition of taking a look back at my hobby by assembling a collage of some of my favorite pieces from the previous twelve months. I’ve been sharing those collages on Flickr and today I’d … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, British, Bubble Gum, Chocolate, Fleer, Gum, Hershey, M&M's, Mars, Nestle, Wonka
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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Wacky Wednesdays – Not Goodie!
It’s been a month since our last Wacky Wednesdays column, so I’m excited to bring you our first installment for 2013. From the just-released Wacky Packages Old School series 4 comes a parody of the classic Pearson’s Nut Goodie – … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate
Tagged 1970's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chocolate, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Midwestern, packaging, product parodies, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packages original products, Wacky Packs, Wackys, wrapper
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Candilicious – A 1980’s Fruit-Chew-Cousin to Bubblicious!
Back in 1988 Warner-Lambert, the company that created Bubblicious bubble gum a decade earlier, released Candilicious. A fruit chew confection that I’m guessing was similar to Starburst, Candilicious featured colorful packaging and a name/logo combination that was clearly inspired by … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, Gum
Tagged 1980's, 80's, Bubblicious, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, fruit chew, packaging, Starburst, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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New Zombie Candy from New Zealand!
I returned to New York last night after spending nearly three weeks away visiting friends and family for the holidays. While away I had planned to post regularly to this site, but I have to admit that it was tough … Continue reading
Posted in Sour Candy
Tagged Australia, Australian, Australian candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Down Under, foreign candy, New Zealand, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper, zombie candy
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Happy New Year 2013!! Our First CollectingCandy.com Video!
It’s New Year’s Eve and I thought it was a good time to mix it up a bit with a video greeting. I hope to incorporate video content to the site in 2013, where it will allow me to present … Continue reading
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The Return of Dr. Pepper Bubble Gum and More!
This year Wrigley introduced two new soda pop-flavored Hubba Bubba flavors with one of them, Hubba Bubba Dr Pepper, serving as a bubblegum-soda-flavor-comeback of sorts.
Posted in 1980's, 1990's, Bubble Gum
Tagged 1980's, 80's, 80's bubblegum, 80's gum, Amurol, bubble gum, bubblegum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Freshen Up, Hawaiian Punch, mascots, packaging, pop, soda, soda pop, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper, Wrigley
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Christmas Countdown: Hershey’s 1982 Holiday Gift Catalog!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! It’s December 25th – Christmas Day – so I wanted to share something a bit different and hopefully a bit special with you. For today’s topic, I picked my Hershey Holiday Gift catalog from … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, Christmas, Hershey, Holiday
Tagged 1980's candy, 1980's chocolate, 80's candy, 80's chocolate, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, Christmas candy, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, gifts, Hershey, holiday, packaging, souvenir, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Christmas Countdown: Cadbury’s Santa’s Workshop Dairy Milk – From New Zealand!
It’s Christmas Eve and here at my mother’s house that means we are preparing things in anticipation of our big Christmas Eve dinner. I’ve temporarily cleared a place at the dinner table to write today’s post before everyone arrives, … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Cadbury, Christmas, Holiday
Tagged Australia, Cadbury, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, Christmas candy wrappers, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, New Zealand, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Christmas Countdown: Beich’s Classic Santa Claus Candy and More!
For decades the company Beich’s, also known as Bike’s, was one of the larger confectioners on the candy landscape. Among many long-running products, they produced Laffy Taffy, which is still produced today by the Nestle company under their Wonka brand. … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, Christmas, Holiday
Tagged 1950's, 1960's, 1970's candy, 50's, 50's candy, 60's, 60's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, packaging, Santa, Santa Claus, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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