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Category Archives: Chocolate
Amazing Flavors Discovered! Never-Before-Seen Brand Extensions! [April 1st warning.]
Here on CollectingCandy.com, I’ve occasionally mentioned how much I enjoy oddball flavor extensions of existing brands, and today I have the pleasure of sharing a trio of amazing ones that were recently discovered. Not only are they exotic flavor extensions, … Continue reading
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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Easter Week Countdown Video – ThinkGeek’s Zombie Chocolate Bunny!
For day three of our Easter Countdown I put together a new CollectingCandy.com video for an unusual Easter candy offering, but one that is awfully cool – ThinkGeek’s Zombie Chocolate Bunny!
Easter Week Countdown – M&M’s Easter Packs – Collect All Twelve!
Starting with the 2011 Christmas season, Mars has been releasing sets of holiday-themed standard-sized M&M’s packages. Though they’d been producing large-size packs with holiday themes and graphics for years, these standard-size holiday packs were new. Since their introduction, we’ve seen … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Easter, Holiday, M&M's, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, Easter candy, holiday candy, M&M's, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Top Secret! When Hershey of Canada let Consumers Name a Bar!
Checking my files and my memories of various candy promotions, I can’t recall any instance of a major candy company letting consumers vie for a chance to name a bar. But sometime around the year 2000, that’s just what Hershey … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Canadian, Chocolate, Hershey
Tagged Canada, Canadian, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, contest, Hershey, packaging, promotion, sweepstakes, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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When Snickers got Charged! (with caffeine)
Since the explosion in popularity of energy drinks, manufacturers have sought to market all kinds of caffeinated food, even infusing it into candy and chocolate bars. I’ll certainly admit that there have been times in my own life that I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Mars, Uncategorized
Tagged caffeinated, caffeine, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Mars, packaging, Snickers, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Happy Pi Day From CollectingCandy.com!
Today is March 14th or 3/14, so it’s International Pi Day! Pi Day is the celebration of mathematics (or 3.14… the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter). But here at CollectingCandy.com, we figured we could best mark the day … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Hershey, Nestle, Peanut Butter
Tagged Burger King, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Dan Goodsell, dessert, Mr. Toast, packaging, Pi, Pie, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Petrified Mummy’s!
It’s been a few weeks since our last installment of Wacky Wednesdays as there were a few other priorities that made in into the Wednesday slot recently. So I’d like to welcome the column back with an offering from Wacky … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, M&M's, Mars, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, M&M's, Mars, mascot, packaging, parody, parody sticker, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Wackys, wrapper
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