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Topps’ Lotsa Loot – Money, Money, Money, Money – Candy-Money!
I’m not sure about everyone else, but when I was a kid it was always fun playing with pretend money. Be it Monopoly or play money or the occasional odd foreign coin that would find their way into my hands, … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Hard Candy, Topps
Tagged 1970's, 70's, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, confection, design, packaging, retro, sweets, Topps, vintage, wrappers
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It’s an Earth-Shaking Sunday with Swell’s Earth Shaker Bubble Gum.
Couldn’t decide what to talk about today, so I put my hand in the grab-bag and came out with a rather unusual piece from Philadelphia Chewing Gum’s Swell subsidiary – Earth Shaker bubble gum.
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, Bubble Gum, Gum
Tagged 1970's, 1980's, 70's, 80's, bubblegum, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, confection, Earth Shaker, Earthshaker, gum, packaging, Philadelphia Chewing Gum, sweets, Swell
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Happy 100th Birthday to Oreo! – Part Two: All Those Flavors
Yesterday, I covered the evolution of Oreo cookie packaging from the 1950’s through the early 2,000’s. Today, I’ll be taking a look at the range of flavors and limited editions that Oreo has released over the past few years.
Posted in cookies
Tagged collectible, collecting, collection, cookie, Nabisco, Oreo, packaging, vintage
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Happy 100th Birthday to Oreo! – Part One: The History
Oreo cookies are not a candy – they’re a cookie. Even so, I wanted to find a reason to post about this notable anniversary for the brand. So I searched my files and you know what? I found that I … Continue reading
From the Mystery Files: Ringers – The Adult Bubble Gum.
I’ve previously pointed out that the history of candy and gum packaging is largely unknown. It’s a bit like a fossil record in that for every piece you’ve seen, there are likely ten more that you haven’t. For me that’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, Bubble Gum, Topps
Tagged 1960's, 1970's, 60's, 70's, bubble gum, bubblegum, candy, collectible, collecting, collector, confection, counter-culture, flower power, gum, hippie, mod, non-sport, packaging, sweets, Topps, wrapper
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Zotz – Where the fizz still is.
I have clear memories of Zotz candy from when I was a kid, both the packaging and the confectionery experience it contained. The Zotz name and logo was like a comic book sound effect, and it accurately described the exclamation … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, Hard Candy
Tagged 1970's, 1980's, 70's, 80's, candy, collecting, confection, fizzy, history, nostalgia, nostalgic, packaging, Pop Rocks, retro, sweets, vintrage collectible, wrappers, Zotz
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Mars Mixes it Up – A Tricky Trinity of Timeless Brands: Part Two
A quick recap on yesterday’s Part One: For decades, Snickers bars were sold as Marathon bars over in the United Kingdom, while the US had a its own different Marathon through the 1970’s. But in the early 1990’s the UK … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Uncategorized
Tagged 1970's, 3-Musketeers, 70's, candy, collecting, collector, confection, Dutch, Europe, German, history, M&M-Mars, Marathon, Mars, Netherlands, nostalgia, packaging, sweets, vintage, wapper
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The Secret and Saucy Origins of M&M’s Almond
One of the aspects of collecting candy I really enjoy is that there are constantly new discoveries to be made. As a kid, I collected trading cards, but I wasn’t discovering new things so much as I was assembling my … Continue reading
Posted in M&M's, Uncategorized
Tagged candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, confection, M&M's 1960's 1990's, mascot, packaging, sweeets, vintage, wrapper
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