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Oh Candy, Oh Canaday, Oh Canada!
So, what do you do when you are a candy collector, you’ve launched a blog about collecting candy, and you’ve got five hours and ten stops in a country where all the candy packaging is different? You buy a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Canadian, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, packaging, sweets, vintage, Wonka
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Carlos V – Building a history for the King of Chocolate Bars.
I first became aware of Nestle’s Carlos V bar a year or two ago, when I saw the oddly-smallish bar at a Walgreens. At the time I wondered if it was an import or a new Nestle product, but I … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Chocolate, Nestle, Uncategorized
Tagged 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 70's, 80's, 90's, antique, Azteca, candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, collection, confectionery, king, Mexican, Mexico, Nestle, old, packaging, retro, Spanish, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Paydough
For today’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays we’re going to delve back to 1974 and the original Wacky Packages series 12 for the parody of Hollywood’s Payday candy bar, Paydough.
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Gum, Topps, Uncategorized, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's, 70's, candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, collection, confection, confectionery, Hollywood, parody, Payday, retro, stickers, sweets, Topps, vintage, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wackys, wrappers
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When Mikes and Ikes get competitive. A fun new Just Born Promotion!
Though I mostly focus on all-things-vintage with regard to candy, I still do collect and celebrate current candy packaging and at their related promotions. Yesterday, my brother informed me that he had found a fun new promotion on the packages … Continue reading
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A few new CurlyWurly bits.
Today I’d like to update my coverage of Cadbury’s CurlyWurly, based on a pair of new acquisitions and a deep search into my own files that turned up a wrapper I hadn’t found when I did my previous CurlyWurly article.
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, British, Chocolate, Uncategorized
Tagged British, Cadbury, candy, chocolat, collectible, collecting, confection, packaging, retro, sweets, UK, United Kingdom, vintage, wrapper, wrappers
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Wacky Wednesdays – Rotsa Root
This week I’m once again having my Tuesday column lead into Wacky Wednesdays. I don’t think that’s going to become a habit, but sometimes it is going to make sense and when it does, I’ll go with it.
Posted in 1970's, Topps, Uncategorized, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's, 70's, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, confection, retro, sweets, vintage, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Wackys
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CollectingCandy sits in on the NerdLunch podcast!
I had the opportunity to be the fourth chair for this week’s NerdLunch podcast, and you can now hear how it went. I enjoyed talking with the guys while sharing my candy-infused perspective on a variety of nerdish topics. The … Continue reading
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They named it what?!? – A Zagnut-o-Rama!
I can’t imagine there’s a candy bar as oddly-named as the Zagnut, and while I’ve researched quite a lot on it, the origins of the name itself are lost to time. My initial attraction to the brand came from its … Continue reading
30-Year-Old-Snickers – Wrappers Recovered
Three weeks ago, I presented an assortment of unopened chocolate bars from 1981. As a candy collector, I originally acquired them with the desire to recover the packaging – not so much the decades-old chocolate inside. Opening those packages and … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, Chocolate, M&M's, Uncategorized
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