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Category Archives: Chocolate
Super Bowl 2014 with Snickers’ NFL Team Minis! Plus: Skittles Seattle Mix?!?!
Once again it’s Super Bowl Sunday and today, February 2nd, 2014 – millions of football fans are waiting to see who comes away with the championship win between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks. Here on CollectingCandy.com we’ll be … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, football, Marshawn Lynch, NFL, packaging, Seahawks, Seattle, Seattle Seahawks, Skittles, Snickers, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Celebrating Chinese New Year 2014! The Year of the Horse!
Today is January 31st, 2014 – so here on CollectingCandy.com we want to recognize the celebration of the Chinese New Year! For those that don’t know, in the 12-year cycle of animals that make up the Chinese Zodiac, today marks … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian, Chocolate, Hershey, Holiday, M&M's, Mars
Tagged Canada, Canadian, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, China, Chinese, Chinese New Year, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, foreign, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Whatchamakillit!
I thought it would be fun to present another Wacky Wednesdays post, this time focusing on a contemporary candy bar offering. So I called upon the most recent Wacky Packages series and found a great title that is a parody … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Hershey, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Hershey, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Whatchamacallit, wrapper
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Willy Wonka’s Xploders — From Around the Globe!
Back in 1998, Nestle UK introduced the Wonka Xploder bar to the world – at least the United Kingdom part of it. A chocolate bar infused with carbonated popping candy (ala Pop Rocks) – it seemed like a perfect kind … Continue reading
Posted in British, Chocolate, Nestle, Wonka
Tagged Australia, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, carbonated, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, England, mascot, Nestle, New Zealand, packaging, Pop Rocks, sweets, United Kingdom, vintage candy wrapper, Willy Wonka, Wonka, wrapper
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A Look Back at a Discontinued Classic – Tom’s Full Dinner!
The history of confection is rich with brands that have had the briefest flashes of life and others that have withstood the test of time. But even some stalwarts of the candy isle that stuck around for generations eventually fade … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, Chocolate, Peanut Butter
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Georgia, history, packaging, peanut butter, retrospective, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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From the Kraft Candy Kitchens of 1962 – Treat Boxes!
I recently had the opportunity to take possession of a really neat group of unused vintage product packaging, all from the 1962-1963 period. Originally saved by a salesman from the Marathon printing company, they were used to showcase the kinds … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, Boxed, Chocolate
Tagged 1960's candy, 1960's packaging, 60's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, coconut, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Kraft, marshmallow, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Kicking off 2014 with Nabisco’s Wild One from 1969!!!
Happy New Year everyone! It’s my pleasure to kick off CollectingCandy.com’s 2014 coverage with the world premiere of a wrapper that has not only been on my want list for a long time but is also one that I’m confident … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, Chocolate
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, cat, cheetah, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, leopard, Nabisco, packaging, sweets, tiger, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Twelve Days of Christmas: The Festive Variety of Russell Stover Santas (and Snowmen, too!)
It’s Christmas Day and the final post in CollectingCandy.com’s Twelve Days of Christmas series for this year. Before I get to today’s content, a brief personal message: I’m spending my holiday safe, warm and surrounded by family and friends that … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, packaging, Russell Stover, Santa, Santa Claus, snowman, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Twelve Days of Christmas: Whitman’s new Peanuts Christmas Chocolate Bars!
Every year Whitman’s releases their standard chocolate bars with all kinds of holiday-themed package designs. Occasionally, they’ll utilize licensed characters or content for those designs and for 2013 they tapped the Peanuts holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas, as their … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Charlie Brown, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, licensed, packaging, peanuts, Snoopy, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Whitmans, wrapper
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Twelve Days of Christmas: Gingerbread for 2013!
Today we’re kicking off our 2013 Twelve Days of Christmas series with a look at some new gingerbread-flavored candy. Today’s post will showcase the great new limited edition releases of 2013 that all bring gingerbread flavoring into the mix. Including … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, cookies, Holiday, M&M's, Mars, Uncategorized, Wonka
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, gingerbread, holiday, Just Born, M&M's, packaging, Peeps, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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