Category Archives: 1970’s

Christmas Countdown: Beich’s Classic Santa Claus Candy and More!

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Jason Liebig

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 →

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Christmas Countdown: Topps’ 1969 Christmas Lineup!

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Here at my family’s place in Nebraska last night we had a nice helping of snow heaped upon us.  It put me in quite the Christmas mood, as did scooping my mother’s driveway and sidewalks this morning (I’m taking a … Continue reading →

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Milk Duds’ Exotic Brand Extensions – Saga of the Fruit-Flavored Duds and More!

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Yesterday I covered a pretty big swath of Milk Duds history through the lens of the vintage packaging in my collection.  Today, I’m going to look at a very specific niche of Milk Duds history – the exotic and little-known … Continue reading →

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Milk Duds – 86 Years and 40 different packages!

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Milk Duds is a confectionery classic that was first sold in 1926 by the Holloway company of Chicago.  It’s a pretty simple bit of candy as so many classics are; a chewy nugget of caramel surrounded by a tasty chocolatey … Continue reading →

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Wacky Wednesdays – Bit-O-Money!

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Hello everyone and welcome back to another quick and fun edition of CollectingCandy.com’s Wacky Wednesdays.  For today’s post I’m going to take a look at Bit-O-Money, from 1974’s Wacky Packages Series 6.

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CollectingCandy.com profiled for Narratively NYC!

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Hi everyone.  If you were ever curious about the behind-the-scenes back story of CollectingCandy.com beyond the blurb on my About page, I’ve got just the post for you. Thanks to writer Dan Slotnick and photographer Brad Horrigan, I was the … Continue reading →

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Peter Paul’s “No Jelly” – An oddly-named offering from the 70’s.

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Back in 1972 the Peter Paul company, best known for their Mounds and Almond Joy offerings, released a bar to the market named for what it didn’t include rather than what it did.  The No Jelly bar.

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Wacky Wednesdays – Clunky!

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Howdy everybody and welcome back to another edition of CollectingCandy.com’s Wacky Wednesdays!  Today’s entry comes from 1974’s Wacky Packages series 10 and is a parody of the Chunky bar called Clunky.

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M&M/Mars’ 1980 Star Trek Action Fleet!

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Today I’m going to continue the Star Trek theme by going back to the decade before The Next Generation. In 1979, Paramount Pictures released Star Trek: The Motion Picture to movie theaters.  Quite a lot of Star Trek licensing and … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving from CollectingCandy.com!

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Jason Liebig

To all of CollectingCandy.com’s readers that celebrate it; Happy Thanksgiving!  Today I’ll be sharing the only candy wrapper I could find created specifically for Thanksgiving – a holiday not known for store-bought candy.

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