Tag Archives: vintage candy wrapper
Ferrara Pan’s 1975 Atomic Fire Ball Candy Engine!
Back in 1975, Ferrara Pan took a pair of its mainstay offerings and presented them in novelty boxes, each shaped like a fun vehicle. Of the two, I’ve managed to find the Atomic Fire Ball Candy (Fire) Engine and … Continue reading
Super Bowl Sunday and Snickers!
It’s Super Bowl XLVII (Superbowl 47) today, the NFL’s championship game between the San Francisco 49’ers and the Baltimore Ravens. To mark that occasion I wanted to share a few NFL and Super Bowl related Snickers candy wrappers I’ve got … Continue reading
Nestle’s Calypso Bar!
Though I don’t remember the Nestle Calypso bar, I’ve had a 1960’s wrapper in my collection for a few years and it’s pretty neat. Recently I acquired a previously-unknown 1970’s Calypso bar wrapper with a completely different design and thought … Continue reading
That Time Nestle Gave The Finger to Butterfinger!
Though the title of today’s post might sound like some negative thing, it’s not. Because today’s post is all about when Nestle promoted the Butterfinger brand with a slightly edgy, humorous take on itself. It’s also how they renamed Butterfinger … Continue reading
From the Darkside to the Tropics – New on Shelves this Week!
Much of my work here on CollectingCandy.com is related to uncovering and celebrating the histories of candy packaging and marketing, but that still leaves room to eyeball the current crop of confectionery goodies and cheer lead them as well. Since … Continue reading
Wacky Wednesdays – Atomic Fur Ball!
Welcome back to another edition of CollectingCandy.com’s Wacky Wednesdays! This week, we’ll be looking at one of my favorite parodies from the recently released Wacky Packages Old School series 4 – Atomic Fur Ball.
Bananas for Tootsie!
[Warning: Today’s post is a little bananas.] Pablo Picasso had his “Blue Period” and Burt Convy’s Tatletales game show had its Banana Section, so perhaps it was destiny that the Tootise company would one day have a “Banana Period” of … Continue reading
Heide’s Mexican Hats!
Yesterday, I received an e-mail from a CollectingCandy.com reader named Jeff, asking me about a candy box that he’d remembered from the early 1990’s but couldn’t find any information for online. He believed that what he was remembering was a … Continue reading
Boyer – From Mallo Cup to Fluffernutter and Everything In-Between!
For today’s post, I’m going to share my collection of vintage wrappers from Boyer, a company best-known for their classic Mallo Cup. I’ve got a great range of historical Mallo Cup wrappers to show you as well as a few … Continue reading
Wacky Wednesdays – Now & Never!
Welcome back for this week’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays! For today I’ve selected another offering from the recently-released Wacky Packages Old School series 4 – Now & Never. Now & Never is a parody of the 1970’s package for Now … Continue reading
