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Category Archives: M&M’s
My Year in Collecting: 2017!
While most folks do their 2017 “year in review” type editorials in December or January, mine tend to slip to February and in the case of this year and last, the month of March. Even so, I’m wonderfully-excited to share … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, Canadian, Chocolate, Christmas, Easter, Fleer, Gum, Gummies, Halloween, Hard Candy, Hershey, Holiday, M&M's, Mars, Nestle, Reese's, Sour Candy, Timeline, Topps, Wonka
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy shopping haul, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, haul, junkfood haul, packaging, packaging design, shopping haul, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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My Year in Collecting: 2016!
Though it arrives a little later than I’d planned, today I’m excited to present my 2016 “Year in Collecting” retrospective graphical collage. This is the eighth year in a row that I’ve put one of these together and it’s fun … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, Canadian, Chocolate, Gum, Gummies, Hershey, M&M's, Mars, Nestle, Reese's, Timeline, Topps, Wonka
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collage, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, packaging design, retrospective, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper, Year in Collecting
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How a 1970’s Russian “Red Scare” Set M&M’s Mascots Back Twenty Years!
Between 1976 and 1985, red M&M’s were banished from the world due to a Russian “red scare” having to due with a food dye additive. It is a story that has been told before, but newly discovered evidence reveals an … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Chocolate, M&M's, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, M&M, M&M's, Mars, mascot, packaging, packaging design, Red, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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M&M’s 2016 New Peanut Flavor Vote!
As promised in yesterday’s post, today I’m marking the United States Presidential Election by covering M&M’s 2016 New Peanut Flavor Vote promotion. Make the jump to check it out!
Posted in Chocolate, Full Set, M&M's, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, election, limited edition, M&M's, packaging, packaging design, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, vote, wrapper
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M&M’s 2010 Favorite Character Election Promotion!
With the US Presidential Election happening tomorrow, I wanted to reach back into the archives to present a voting scenario that was far more lighthearted than the one currently playing out. So make the jump to check out M&M’s 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, M&M's, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, election, M&M's, Mars, mascot, packaging, packaging design, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, vote, wrapper
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New for Halloween 2016: M&M’s Walgreens Exclusive Glow-in-the-Dark Fun Size Packs!
Though I’ve already covered an M&M’s product in the Countdown this year, they’ve earned this second spot by coming out with something that is awfully fun. Exclusive to Walgreens stores, M&M’s has released a Halloween-themed fun-size assortment where the individual … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, M&M's, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, glow-in-the-dark, Halloween, Halloween candy, M&M's, packaging, packaging design, seasonal, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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New for Halloween 2016: M&M’s Target-Exclusive White BOO-terscotch!!
Though M&M’s have given us a number of special edition Autumn flavors over the years, the last time we got a legitimately Halloween-themed flavor was with the introduction of Candy Corn-flavored M&M’s. This year that changed with M&M’s White BOO-terscotch. … Continue reading
Posted in CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, Holiday, M&M's, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, exclusive, Halloween, M&M, M&M's, packaging, packaging design, sweets, Target, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Happy Independence Day 2016 with Patriotic M&M’s Through the Years!
It’s the 4th of July and that means that it is Independence Day for the USA. To mark this fun summer holiday I’ve decided to look back at a number of patriotic-themed M&M’s packs released through the years. Make the … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Holiday, M&M's, Mars
Tagged 4th of July, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Independence Day, packaging, packaging design, red white & blue, red white and blue, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Twenty-Three Years of Starbucks Chocolate and Candy and M&M’s — Oh My!
Starbucks Coffee has a long history of offering their own branded confections – in fact it goes back much farther than I expected. Today, I’ve got an array of Starbucks confectionery product packaging spanning twenty-three years that I’m excited to … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Chocolate, M&M's
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Coffee, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, packaging design, Seattle, Starbucks, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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My Year in Collecting: 2015!
As I have for the past six years, today I will be taking a look back at the past twelve months of my hobby life, bringing together some of my favorite additions to the CollectingCandy.com archives. So make the jump … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Chocolate, Hershey, M&M's, Wonka
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, packaging design, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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