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Prohibition Lifesavers: When Butter-Rum was Butter-Yum!
[UPDATE: Timeline updated on March 4th, 2012] There are but a select few branded confections that can claim to have been around a century, and as of this year, Lifesavers is one of them. For a collector, Lifesavers provide such … Continue reading
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Nude M&M’s?!? – A pair of my favorite Australian candy packages.
I’ve been seeing a new commercial for M&M’s here in the United States that I’ve gotten quite a kick out of. It features a new M&M’s character at a party; Ms. Brown, voiced by Vanessa Williams. Because her candy coating … Continue reading
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Paul Rudd talking vintage candy with Jon Stewart today!
I was already a Paul Rudd fan, so it was especially cool to see him bringing up some CollectingCandy.com favorites on today’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Tart n Tinys, Bottle Caps, Choco’lite and Marathon bars. Not sure if the … Continue reading
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Oddball Spinoffs – Bit-O-Honey Edition
These days, seeing special limited edition flavors of candy is a typical occurrence. Just last night I came across Easter-themed packages of M&M’s Coconut and I’ve still got a bag of Candy Corn M&M’s in my fridge. Companies have been … Continue reading
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From the time-machine – Reed’s candy boxes from the 1970’s.
When I posted about those 30-year-old unopened candy bars last week, I said that finding old candy wasn’t easy so you have to look for it wherever you can. Today’s post will illustrate that while vintage candy is exceedingly difficult … Continue reading
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Cellophane Struggles – Challenges of the See-Thru Stuff
Cellophane – as a candy fan, it’s easy to love. As a candy packaging collector – it presents some challenges you have probably never considered. Cellophane was first conceived by Swiss chemist, Jacques E. Brandenberger in France in 1900, and … Continue reading
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WigWag
After covering the US Marathon bar and its secret origins as well as its UK namesake and the bar that inspired it (CurlyWurly), I’m going to round it out with the WigWag.
Mars Mixes it Up – A Tricky Trinity of Timeless Brands: Part Two
A quick recap on yesterday’s Part One: For decades, Snickers bars were sold as Marathon bars over in the United Kingdom, while the US had a its own different Marathon through the 1970’s. But in the early 1990’s the UK … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 3-Musketeers, 70's, candy, collecting, collector, confection, Dutch, Europe, German, history, M&M-Mars, Marathon, Mars, Netherlands, nostalgia, packaging, sweets, vintage, wapper
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Mars Mixes it Up – A Tricky Trinity of Timeless Brands: Part One
In the United States today, when you mention the brand names Snickers and 3-Musketeers, your mind will recognize two of the most popular and timeless candy bar names. Mention the brand name Marathon here, and maybe you remember the classic … Continue reading
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The Secret and Saucy Origins of M&M’s Almond
One of the aspects of collecting candy I really enjoy is that there are constantly new discoveries to be made. As a kid, I collected trading cards, but I wasn’t discovering new things so much as I was assembling my … Continue reading
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Tagged candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, confection, M&M's 1960's 1990's, mascot, packaging, sweeets, vintage, wrapper
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