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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
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, Chocolate, Peanut Butter
Tagged Boyer, Boyer's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, marshmallow, nostalgia, packaging, Pennsylvania, retro, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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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
Posted in 1970's, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 1970's candy wrappers, 70's, 70's candy, 70's candy wrappers, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, humor, Now & Later, Now and Later, packaging, parody stickers, Phoenix Candy, product parodies, sweets, Topps, trading cards, vintage candy wrapper, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, wrapper
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Angry Birds Fruit Gummies!
Rovio released its signature game Angry Birds on December 11th 2009 and in just over three years since then it has become a marketing behemoth. With multiple sequels dominating the charts, Angry Birds also led to a deluge of licensed … Continue reading
Posted in Boxed, Gummies
Tagged Angry Birds, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Gummies, Gummys, licensed, packaging, Rovio, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Disneyland and Walt Disney World Souvenir Candy Wrappers and Boxes!
If you’ve ever visited a theme park, you know that souvenirs are everywhere and come in all shapes and sizes. That’s certainly true for the Disney Parks and over the years they’ve released all manner of park-exclusive confections, with colorful … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Chocolate, Hard Candy, Wonka
Tagged 1970's, 1980's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Disney, Disneyland, licensed, packaging, sweets, theme park, vintage candy wrapper, Walt Disney World, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Nastee Crush!
Welcome back to another edition of CollectingCandy.com’s Wacky Wednesdays! For this week’s post, I’ll be looking at a “lost Wacky” that was originally intended for release in 1973’s Wacky Packages series 5 but was pulled before the series was released. … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Nestle, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, King Kong, Nestle Crunch, packaging, product parody, sticker, sweets, Topps, vintage candy wrapper, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packages Original Product images, Wacky Packs, Wackys, wrapper
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Cadbury of Canada’s Pokémon Candy – Gotta Collect Them All!
I wanted to follow-up yesterday’s Digimon post with Cadbury of Canada’s companion release from 2000; their series of Pokémon bars. Just like the Digimon, these were a licensed release that re-sized and re-branded Cadbury’s standard Caramilk bar, this time with … Continue reading
Posted in Cadbury, Canadian, Chocolate
Tagged Cadbury, Canada, Canadian, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, digital pet, licensed, mascot, Nintendo, packaging, Pokémon, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Cadbury of Canada’s Digimon Candy!
Back in 2000-2001, Cadbury of Canada released a set of Digimon-themed Caramilk bars, featuring twelve different wrappers. Though barely a decade old, I could find no reference to this release or images of these wrappers online. Time to remedy that, … Continue reading
Posted in Cadbury, Canadian, Chocolate
Tagged 2000's, Cadbury, Canadian, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chocolate, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Digimon, digital pet, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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All Your King Size Hershey are Belong to Us!
Last month I detailed my quest to track down and collect all of the current Hershey family King Size bar wrappers. Over the course of the following weeks, and trips through half-a-dozen states, I think I’ve picked up all of … Continue reading
A Fun one for Friday: Rowntree’s 1970’s TEX bar!
Back in March of last year, I wrote about Rowntree UK’s nostalgic 70’s favorite, the Texan bar. What I didn’t know at the time was that around that same period in Rowntree’s history, their South African branch produced a different … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, British, Chocolate, Nestle
Tagged 1970's candy, 1980's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, cowboy, old west, packaging, South Africa, South African candy wrappers, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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My Year in Collecting: 2012!
Since 2009, I’ve had an annual tradition of taking a look back at my hobby by assembling a collage of some of my favorite pieces from the previous twelve months. I’ve been sharing those collages on Flickr and today I’d … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, British, Bubble Gum, Chocolate, Fleer, Gum, Hershey, M&M's, Mars, Nestle, Wonka
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