Category Archives: Chocolate

New for 2015: Halloween Chocolate Bars from Astor and Hammond’s!

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Jason Liebig

Every year, the Halloween season sees the big guys delivering all manner of specially-branded items or repackaged editions of their main line products , but today I thought I’d look at a selection of seasonal releases from a pair of … Continue reading →

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New for 2015: Mars’ Halloween Muskefears and Snickers XScream!

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Jason Liebig

For Halloween this year, Mars came up with a pair of terrific seasonal editions of two of their all-year-round products: 3 Musketeers and Snickers Xtreme, re-branding them as Muskefears and Snickers XScream.  These are two of my favorites from 2015’s … Continue reading →

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M&M’s Halloween Packs from Taiwan!

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Jason Liebig

I’ve enjoyed highlighting some of the Halloween-themed M&M’s packs released over the last few years, from theater boxes, to candy corn packs and design evolutions.  Today, I’m going to head to the other side of the globe for a set … Continue reading →

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New for 2015: Cost Plus World Market’s Halloween Bridebar and Frankenbar!

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Jason Liebig

Though I haven’t written much about them here, Cost Plus World Market carries a wonderful breadth and depth of candy products at their stores. [Note: I have devoted an episode of The Candy Geek to a visit to Cost Plus’ … Continue reading →

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M&M/Mars’ 2003 Halloween Lineup Sales Catalog!

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Jason Liebig

Jumping back to 2003, today I’ll be sharing a product catalog put out by MasterFoods, a distribution arm of the M&M/Mars company.   This catalog covers a range of the Halloween candy that Mars was offering that year with a special … Continue reading →

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Nestle’s 1970’s Halloween Treats Newspaper Ads!

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Jason Liebig

Jumping back to the mid-1970’s for today’s Countdown-to-Halloween post, I wanted to share a pair of vintage ads promoting Halloween treats from Nestle.  Make the jump to check them out!

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Russell Stover’s Billion Dollar Halloween Bars!

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Jason Liebig

There are certain seasonal candy items you see on store shelves year after year and as they become linked to the holiday, encountering them can become celebratory and comforting, like seeing an old friend.   For the Halloween holiday season, Reese’s … Continue reading →

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Flashback with Leaf’s 1973 Halloween Candy Sales Brochure!

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Jason Liebig

Today I’m pleased to share a wonderful piece of candy history that you won’t see anywhere else.  It’s a sales brochure from 1973 that was sent out to candy salesmen to help them sell Leaf brand product to their retail … Continue reading →

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A Century of History for Ghirardelli’s (and Tjerrild’s) Chocolate Flicks!

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Jason Liebig

Flicks chocolate wafer candies are a treat that should be well-known to those who grew up on the West Coast of the United States but for people outside of that part of the country they probably won’t be so familiar. … Continue reading →

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The Colorful Characters of Shari Candies!

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Jason Liebig

I’ve written before about my appreciation of private label or store brand candy packaging and how it offers all manner of variety in what could otherwise be a fairly repetitive category.  Oftentimes, private label candy packaging is simply the name … Continue reading →

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