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Category Archives: Gum
A Fruity Forgotten One from the 1990’s – Frutables Juice Gum!
As I’ll often find when researching vintage confectionery, “Googling it” regularly turns up nothing – zip, zilch, and nada. The history of candy packaging, especially for short-lived products, is seemingly lost and the internet can provide little help. So when … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Bubble Gum, Gum
Tagged 1990's gum, 90's gum, Adams gum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Warner-Lambert, wrapper
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Easter Week Countdown – Leaf’s 1971 Easter Favorites!
For today’s entry in our Countdown to Easter I wanted to share a pair of groovy trade ads from 1970, featuring the Easter candy line-up for the year from Leaf. It’s a lot of great stuff, some of which you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, Chocolate, Easter, Gum, Holiday
Tagged 1970's candy, 1970's gum, 70's bubblegum, 70's candy, 70's gum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, holiday, Leaf, packaging, 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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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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Wacky Wednesdays – Badzooka!
Welcome back to another fun edition of CollectingCandy.com’s Wacky Wednesdays! Today we’ll be taking a look at a Wacky Packages sticker from 1974’s Series 10 – Badzooka!
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, Gum, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's Topps, Bazooka, bubble gum, parody stickers, Topps gum, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packages original products, Wacky Packs
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My Mid-70’s Halloween Photos – All That Great Candy!
I started my Countdown To Halloween thirty days ago with a personal recollection and a photo from my earliest Halloween. I’d like to close out my month-long celebration in much the same way – with something fun and personal from … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Boxed, Bubble Gum, Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Fleer, Gum, Halloween, Hershey, Mars
Tagged 1970's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, Halloween candy, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Fleer’s 1993 Halloween Offerings – Starring Mr. Bones!
Back in the summer of 1993, the Fleer company was owned by Marvel Comics, and they were promoting their upcoming Halloween lineup. For today’s post, I’ve selected a fun Fleer Halloween trade ad from that year and I’m going to … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Bubble Gum, CountdownToHalloween, Fleer, Gum, Halloween, Holiday, Novelty, Uncategorized
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Fleer candy, Fleer gum, Fleer Halloween, Halloween candy, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, vintage Fleer, vintage Halloween, wrapper
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Fleer’s Pumpkin-Face Bubble Gum and More!
Today I’d like to turn my Halloween-focused lens onto a Fleer offering that for many years was a perennial favorite – Fleer’s Pumpkin-Face Bubble Gum. Not only that, I’ll showcase a pair of similar Fleer products that made their … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Bubble Gum, CountdownToHalloween, Fleer, Gum, Halloween, Holiday, Novelty
Tagged 1970's candy, 1970's Fleer, 1970's gum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Fleer gum, Halloween candy, Halloween gum, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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A Freaky One for Friday: Fleer’s Monster Mix Bubble Gum!
Today is especially fun as I get to share one of my all-time favorite Halloween-related candy pieces. It’s also another CollectingCandy.com exclusive premiere as you won’t find an image or mention of today’s candy piece anywhere else on the internet. … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, CountdownToHalloween, Fleer, Gum, Halloween
Tagged 1970's candy, 1970's Fleer, 70's bubble gum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Fleer gum, Halloween candy, packaging, Quicksand, Quicksand gum, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Halloween Hand-Puppet Packs of the 60’s and 70’s!
Just a few decades ago, a little plastic hand puppet was a popular marketing tool to capture the attention of kids. Of course this tool made its way into confectionery marketing around Halloween, and I’ve got a trio of examples … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, CountdownToHalloween, Gum, Halloween
Tagged 1960's candy, 1970's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween candy, Halloween gum, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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