One of the things I’ve often stated here on the site is that I love how collecting candy is always providing new discoveries. In the spirit of that, today’s article is about a pair of recent surprises related to one of my favorite brands — Razzles.
Back on April 2nd, I posted my All About Razzles piece. When I did, I’d assumed it was as extensive and as thorough as it could be. But in the few short months since that article went live, I’ve had two major Razzles-related revelations.
The first discovery came from this 1975 Fleer trade ad, which featured a flavor of Razzles I didn’t know they had ever produced.
Fleer – Razzles Sweepstakes – trade ad – January 1975
Of the three packs shown, I’d never seen the Cherry variety before. It’s pretty great with it’s fun cherry mascots. And, as with all things like this – it’s now on my hunting list.
Fleer – Razzles Cherry – isolated image from trade ad – 1975
The next discovery came when a gum-collector friend of mine turned up yet another single-flavor Razzles pack that I’d never seen. This time, it was a Razzles Grape pack from a little earlier — 1973:
Fleer – Razzles Grape pack – Great New – candy gum package – 1973
Seeing that 1973 Grape pack was quite a shock, especially coming so quick on the heels of discovering that 1975 Cherry variety. With those two significant new additions to share, I knew it was time to post a Razzles update, hence today’s article.
I didn’t expect I’d be coming back to this brand so soon, but where candy history is concerned you never can tell what’s going to pop up. And so, with some excitement, I can share with you my newly-revised Razzles timeline. Here it is:
CollectingCandy Razzles revised timeline – July 31st 2012
And that’s all for today. See you next time!
GREAT JOB! Thanks for the updated timeline!
Very cool! I’d love to find some of those 1975 packs.