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Tag Archives: 70’s
From 1972: Topps’ 250-Piece Bubble Gum Haunted House “Door-Knobber” Halloween Package!
While coming up with a vintage Halloween candy item to cover today, I recalled a fun piece of Topps bubble gum packaging that I picked up recently known as a “door-knobber”. In the process of researching the origins of that … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, CountdownToHalloween, Gum, Halloween, Holiday, Topps
Tagged 1970's, 1970's Halloween, 70's, 70's Bazooka, 70's Topps, Bazooka, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, packaging, sweets, Topps, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Hot Week: Bazooka Hot Bubble Gum from 1973!
During the initial two days of Cinnamon Hot Week I looked at unusual items from the 1960’s and the 1990’s – so today I’m hitting the 1970’s with a dynamite-yet-mysterious release from Topps Chewing Gum: Bazooka Hot Bubble Gum!
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, Gum, Topps
Tagged 1970's, 70's, Bazooka, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, cinnamon, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Hot Week, packaging, sweets, Topps, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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A Forgotten Wonka Treat – Tangy Bloops!
It’s been a couple of weeks since I last pulled something from the 1970’s archives to share, so today I’m presenting a Wonka treat you’ve likely never seen before: Tangy Bloops Super Sour Candy!
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, Nestle, Sour Candy, Wonka
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 1980's candy, 70's, 70's candy, 80's candy, Breaker, Breaker Confections, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, mascot, packaging, sour, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Willy Wonka, Wonka, wrapper
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Maximum Marathon Part 1: The Wrappers!
This week I’m returning to one of my favorite brands with a series of three posts dedicated to the topic of the 1970’s classic Mars Marathon bar. Today we’re going to take a look at the various evolutions of Marathon’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, Chocolate, Mars
Tagged 1970's, 70's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, caramel, chocolate, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, M&M/Mars, Marathon, Mars, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Vintage Leaf Vending Promo Photos!
Today I’m going to share a collection of nineteen promotional images created for the Leaf company’s vending trade, likely during the early 1970’s. I mentioned these in my 300th post behind-the-scenes video and as I stated there, these were probably … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum
Tagged 1960's, 1970's, 1970's bubble gum, 60's, 70's, 70's bubble gum, 70's bubblegum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Leaf, Leaf gum, packaging, promotional, sweets, vending bubblegum, vending machine, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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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.
Posted in 1970's, Boxed, Hard Candy, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 70's, Atomic Fireballs, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, cinnamon, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Ferrara Pan, Fireballs, packaging, stickers, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, 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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Wacky Wednesdays – Bit-O-Money!
Hello everyone and welcome back to another quick and fun edition of CollectingCandy.com’s Wacky Wednesdays. For today’s post I’m going to take a look at Bit-O-Money, from 1974’s Wacky Packages Series 6.
Posted in 1970's, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 70's, 70's candy, Bit-O-Honey, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, sweets, Topps, vintage candy wrapper, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Wackys, Ward Candy, wrapper
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1970’s UK Cadbury Monster Bar Wrappers – My Complete Series 1 and 2!
Today I get to share one of my favorite releases that came out of 1970’s Cadbury in the UK – Cadbury’s Monster Bars! Monster Bars were an imaginative and wonderfully-illustrated series of chocolate bar wrappers that received two different six-wrapper … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, British, Cadbury, Chocolate, Novelty
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 1970's chocolate, 70's, Australia, Australian, Cadbury, Cadbury's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Ireland, mascot, monsters, New Zealand, packaging, sweets, UK candy, UK sweets, United Kingdom, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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