Tag Archives: vintage candy wrapper

Killing Time In Times Square – CollectingCandy-Style!

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Jason Liebig

I had a full day yesterday, which culminated in an early evening meeting at the West Way diner in Hell’s Kitchen.  I was in midtown a bit early, and found myself with 90 minutes to kill in the Times Square … Continue reading →

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Wacky Wednesdays – Knuckles!

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Jason Liebig

For today’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays, we’re going to take a look at Knuckles, a sticker from 1973’s Wacky Packages series 5.

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Nature’s Candy – Starring The California Raisins!

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Jason Liebig

As a kid, I never bought into the idea that raisins were, in fact, “nature’s candy”.  To ten-year-old me, they were some scary dried-up fruit.  But as I’ve grown older I’ve warmed to the “nature’s candy” idea, and I’ve certainly … Continue reading →

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Seth Green’s Vintage Butterfinger Bar and a Gold One Too!

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Back in the Fall of 2009, Nestle ran an unusual promotion for its Butterfinger line involving a Circle-K exclusive vintage Butterfinger, a solid gold Butterfinger, and a distraught Seth Green asking, “Dude, where’s my Butterfinger bar?”

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1977’s Yours Chewly!

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Back in the mid-1970’s, the Ward Candy Company, best known at the time for brands like Bit-O-Honey, Goobers and Chunky, put out a lesser known brand of taffy-like candy called Yours Chewly.

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Kit Kats Fit For A Queen!

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Jason Liebig

It’s been quite a year for Great Britain.  They just wrapped up a successful Summer Olympics, and back in June they celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.    For those that don’t know, a Jubilee celebration marks years on … Continue reading →

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A Fun One For Friday – Donruss’ Flat Foot Bubblegum!

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Today’s post is about one of candy’s one-hit wonders – a product that likely didn’t last more than a year before it disappeared into confectionery history – Donruss’ Flat Foot bubble gum.

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Mars’ 2-to-Go and 4-to-Go — Mighty Big Wrappers!

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Today I’ll be covering a group of currently-available wrappers from the Mars company; the 2-to-Go selections. As I’ve shared in the past, though I focus most of my efforts on vintage candy packaging, I do like to keep up with … Continue reading →

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Wacky Wednesdays – 3 Mosquitoes!

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Jason Liebig

For this weeks’ edition of Wacky Wednesdays, we’ll be looking at a classic from 1974’s Wacky Packages Series 9 — 3 Mosquitoes.

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Yipes! Stripes!! It’s Sour Bites!!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Jason Liebig

Today I’m going to cover a wonderful little product that was produced by the Beech-Nut company from the mid-1960’s likely until the early 80’s:  Sour Bites.

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