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Category Archives: Cadbury
1997’s Cadbury Spice Girls Chocolate Bars!
Today I’m flying back to the heady days of the mid-1990’s to take a look at the confectionery output of the pop-culture musical phenomenon known as The Spice Girls! Make the jump to check it out.
Posted in 1990's, British, Cadbury, Canadian, Chocolate
Tagged Australia, Cadbury, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, celebrity, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, licensed, music, packaging, packaging design, Spice Girls, sweets, United Kingdom, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day from CollectingCandy.com!
Since launching back in early 2012, we’ve never celebrated St. Patrick’s Day here on CollectingCandy.com. The reason is pretty simple in that St. Patrick’s isn’t a holiday that has much of an association with candy – it’s mostly associated with … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, British, Bubble Gum, Cadbury, Chocolate, Gum, Holiday, Mars, Nestle
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, Saint Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day, St. Pats, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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The Wombles! Cadbury’s Groovy 1970’s Chocolate Bars!
Today I’m taking a look at a series of wrappers released by Cadbury UK in the early-1970’s which featured characters from the classic children’s television show, The Wombles.
Posted in 1970's, British, Cadbury, Chocolate
Tagged 1970's candy, 1970's chocolate, 70's wrappers, BBC, British, Cadbury, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, sweets, The Wombles, UK, United Kingdom, vintage candy wrapper, Wombles, wrapper
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My Year in Collecting: 2013!
Though it arrives a few weeks later than I’d planned this year, I still wanted to squeeze in my annual “Year in Collecting” post. This year-in-review is something I started doing back in 2009 over on Flickr while continuing the … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, British, Bubble Gum, Cadbury, Canadian, Chocolate, Christmas, Gum, Gummies, Halloween, Hershey, Holiday, Mars, Nestle, Topps, 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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Vintage Halloween Candy Newspaper Ad Circulars from the 80’s and 90’s!
It might be surprising to learn that, outside of the packaging itself, one of the best places to learn about historical confectionery products and marketing is through the promotional circulars published in weekend newspapers. Today, I’m going to take a … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, Bubble Gum, Cadbury, Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Gum, Halloween, Hershey, M&M's, Mars
Tagged 1980's candy, 80's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, coupons, Halloween, Halloween candy, newspaper ads, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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A Superhero for Sunday – Cadbury’s P.B. Jammer!
It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon here in New York City. Though it was snowing just two days ago, today it feels like Spring is on its way. So I wanted to share something fun today, and something you can’t see … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Cadbury, Canadian
Tagged 1990's candy, 90's candy, Canada, Canadian, Canadian candy wrapper, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, mascot, packaging, PB&J, peanut butter and jelly, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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CollectingCandy.com’s Anniversary Celebration – 15 Of My Favorite Posts!
As I mentioned yesterday, on February 6th 2012, CollectingCandy.com officially launched. To celebrate this first birthday, I’ve gone back over the site’s 293 entries posted so far and have selected fifteen of my favorites to highlight and discuss. Let’s get … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, British, Cadbury, Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, Hard Candy, Hershey, Holiday, 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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Cadbury of Canada’s Pokémon Candy – Gotta Collect Them All!
I wanted to follow-up yesterday’s Digimon post with Cadbury of Canada’s companion release from 2000; their series of Pokémon bars. Just like the Digimon, these were a licensed release that re-sized and re-branded Cadbury’s standard Caramilk bar, this time with … Continue reading
Posted in Cadbury, Canadian, Chocolate
Tagged Cadbury, Canada, Canadian, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, digital pet, licensed, mascot, Nintendo, packaging, Pokémon, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Cadbury of Canada’s Digimon Candy!
Back in 2000-2001, Cadbury of Canada released a set of Digimon-themed Caramilk bars, featuring twelve different wrappers. Though barely a decade old, I could find no reference to this release or images of these wrappers online. Time to remedy that, … Continue reading
Posted in Cadbury, Canadian, Chocolate
Tagged 2000's, Cadbury, Canadian, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chocolate, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Digimon, digital pet, packaging, 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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