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Category Archives: Chocolate
Carlos V – Building a history for the King of Chocolate Bars.
I first became aware of Nestle’s Carlos V bar a year or two ago, when I saw the oddly-smallish bar at a Walgreens. At the time I wondered if it was an import or a new Nestle product, but I … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Chocolate, Nestle, Uncategorized
Tagged 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 70's, 80's, 90's, antique, Azteca, candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, collection, confectionery, king, Mexican, Mexico, Nestle, old, packaging, retro, Spanish, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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Star Wars pendants! In 1979 Nestle wrappers had The Force.
Back in 1979, Star Wars-mania was in full-effect and everyone was excited about the sequel they knew was on the horizon. I was ten-years-old, and I was certainly a part of that very enthusiastic group of fans whose eyes lit … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Nestle
Tagged 1970's, 70's, C3PO, candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, confection, Darth Vadar, Droids, Nestle, packaging, R2D2, retro, Star Wars, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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Nestle Quik in bar form – Drink up some 1990’s chocolaty goodness.
I grew up loving Nestle Quik chocolate milk – the kind you made yourself with powder. The commercials featuring the Quik Bunny were tied into that experience and, just like the kids in those commercials, I could put away a … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Chocolate, Holiday
Tagged 1990's, 90's, bunny, candy, chocolate, chocolate milk, Cocorde, collectible, collecting, collector, confection, Easter, mascot, milk, Nestle, nostalgia, old, packaging, retro, sweets, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Paydough
For today’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays we’re going to delve back to 1974 and the original Wacky Packages series 12 for the parody of Hollywood’s Payday candy bar, Paydough.
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Gum, Topps, Uncategorized, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's, 70's, candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, collection, confection, confectionery, Hollywood, parody, Payday, retro, stickers, sweets, Topps, vintage, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wackys, wrappers
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A few new CurlyWurly bits.
Today I’d like to update my coverage of Cadbury’s CurlyWurly, based on a pair of new acquisitions and a deep search into my own files that turned up a wrapper I hadn’t found when I did my previous CurlyWurly article.
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, British, Chocolate, Uncategorized
Tagged British, Cadbury, candy, chocolat, collectible, collecting, confection, packaging, retro, sweets, UK, United Kingdom, vintage, wrapper, wrappers
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Happy 100th Birthday to Oreo! – Part One: The History
Oreo cookies are not a candy – they’re a cookie. Even so, I wanted to find a reason to post about this notable anniversary for the brand. So I searched my files and you know what? I found that I … Continue reading
A Cowboy from the UK – The British Texan
Back in the 1970’s, UK-based Rowntree Mackintosh released their Texan bar with the tagline, “The Mighty Chew”. With a cool mascot and a neat wrapper, it’s been one of the vintage UK brands I’ve become enamored with as I’ve learned … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's, British, chocolate, collectible, collection, confection, confectionery, nostalgia, retro, sweets, United Kingdom, vintage, wrapper
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