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Twelve Days of Christmas: Uncovering Wonka’s 1991 Christmas Boxes!
I’ve often pointed out that where candy packaging is concerned sometimes tracking down a specific piece can be much like archaeology. Oftentimes you start without any hard evidence that a piece existed at all. Sometimes that first evidence is a … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Holiday, Nestle, Wonka
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, Runts, Sunmark, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wacky Wafers, Willy Wonka, Wonka, wrapper
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Twelve Days of Christmas: Hershey’s New Candy Cane Bar!
Every year there are always new candy packages and products released for the Christmas holiday season. One brand new item that I found particularly striking from the packaging standpoint was Hershey’s Candy Cane bar.
Posted in Christmas, Hershey, Holiday
Tagged candy cane, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Hershey, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Twelve Days of Christmas: Jelly Belly’s Disney Christmas Packs!
Over the last couple of years Jelly Belly has made an entry into the checkout isle size packaged candy market with 1.2 oz jelly bean packs – including holiday releases. I first took note of them with their 2013 Halloween … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Cars, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Disney, Disneyana, Jelly Belly, licensed, Little Mermaid, Mickey Moust, packaging, Pixar, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Twelve Days of Christmas: A Quartet of Christmas Tootsie Roll Two-Packs!
It’s always great to find a new holiday edition package for a classic brand, and I’m pretty sure I’d never seen any kind of Christmas package for Tootsie Roll two-packs before this year. So today I’m going to take a … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Halloween
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Chicago, Christmas, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, elf, foil, holiday, packaging, Santa, Santa Claus, snow, snow man, snowman, sweets, Tootsie, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Twelve Days of Christmas: A Decade of Christmas Hot Tamales & Mike and Ike!
This year the Just Born company has introduced a pair of brand-new designs for their holiday editions of Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales. They’re both fun designs so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to review a few … Continue reading
Posted in Boxed, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, Hot Tamales, Just Born, mascot, Mike and Ike, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, winter, 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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Happy 50th Anniversary Doctor Who – with Jelly Babies and More!
Today the BBC celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the classic television show Doctor Who. Like countless others around the globe, I’ll be sitting down the join the Doctor(s) for what I hope will be one of his greatest adventures yet. … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, British
Tagged 1970's candy, 70's candy, BBC, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Doctor Who, Dr Who, Jelly Babies, Jelly Baby, licensed, packaging, sweets, Tom Baker, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Australia’s Awesome New Wonka Bars for 2013!
Wonka is one of my favorite brands so I take notice even when they release something really neat on the other side of the planet. Such was the case when the Australia-New Zealand arm of Nestle released a quartet of … Continue reading
Leaf’s 1978 Star Wars-Inspired Bubble Gum – Space Wars!
The confectionery world is one that is never too shy to jump on a trend or fad, and that was certainly the case with the Leaf company. They were skilled at re-branding their standard gumball assortments into products that reflected … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, Gum
Tagged bubblegum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, gum, gumballs, Leaf, packaging, Star Wars, sweets, vending, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Hershey’s 1992 Apple-A-Day Sweepstakes!
Back in 1992, Hershey teamed up with Apple Computer to give away 365 Mac Classic computers to lucky consumers. Today I’m featuring a marketing circular released as part of that Apple-A-Day Sweepstakes.
Posted in 1990's, Chocolate, Hershey
Tagged 1990's candy, Apple Computer, Apple Mac, Apple Macintosh, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Mac, Macintosh, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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