Category Archives: Holiday

LifeSavers’ 1994 Valentine’s Treats Brochure!

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Jason Liebig

With Valentine’s Day rapidly approaching I’ve decided to dedicate the next few days’ posts to Valentine’s-related candy.  Today, I’ll be sharing the contents of a neat little sales brochure covering LifeSavers’ 1994 Valentine’s offerings!

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CollectingCandy.com’s Anniversary Celebration – 15 Of My Favorite Posts!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Jason Liebig

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 →

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All Your King Size Hershey are Belong to Us!

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Jason Liebig

Last month I detailed my quest to track down and collect all of the current Hershey family King Size bar wrappers.   Over the course of the following weeks, and trips through half-a-dozen states, I think I’ve picked up all of … Continue reading →

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Christmas Countdown: Hershey’s 1982 Holiday Gift Catalog!

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone!  It’s December 25th – Christmas Day – so I wanted to share something a bit different and hopefully a bit special with you. For today’s topic, I picked my Hershey Holiday Gift catalog from … Continue reading →

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Christmas Countdown: Cadbury’s Santa’s Workshop Dairy Milk – From New Zealand!

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Jason Liebig

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 →

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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: Cadbury Canada’s Fun Bar Christmas wrapper!

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Today it’s a fun one for Friday.   This wrapper comes from Canada and I’m pretty sure the 1980’s.  It’s a Cadbury “Fun Bar” which was their sub-brand of fundraising bars at the time.   This is one of my … 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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Christmas Countdown: Rowntree’s Christmas Dairy Box from the 1950’s

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Hello, everyone!  I’d intended to start my Christmas Countdown on Monday when I’d first arrived back in Nebraska for the holidays, but I didn’t.  As things go, I’ve been entirely caught up with spending time with family.  Which I think … Continue reading →

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M&M’s Mint Chocolate – Collect all Six Packs – New for 2012!!

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Last month I documented the assortment of six different Candy Corn M&M’s packs released for Halloween.  Today I’m going to share the six different limited edition Mint Chocolate M&M’s packs released for Christmas 2012.

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