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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
Posted in 1970's, Hard Candy, Novelty
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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
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, Nestle
Tagged 1960's candy, 1970's candy, 60's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, coconut, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Nestle, packaging, 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
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Wacky Wednesdays – Not Goodie!
It’s been a month since our last Wacky Wednesdays column, so I’m excited to bring you our first installment for 2013. From the just-released Wacky Packages Old School series 4 comes a parody of the classic Pearson’s Nut Goodie – … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate
Tagged 1970's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chocolate, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Midwestern, packaging, product parodies, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packages original products, Wacky Packs, Wackys, wrapper
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Christmas Countdown: Beich’s Classic Santa Claus Candy and More!
For decades the company Beich’s, also known as Bike’s, was one of the larger confectioners on the candy landscape. Among many long-running products, they produced Laffy Taffy, which is still produced today by the Nestle company under their Wonka brand. … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, Christmas, Holiday
Tagged 1950's, 1960's, 1970's candy, 50's, 50's candy, 60's, 60's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, packaging, Santa, Santa Claus, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, 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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Wacky Wednesdays – Clunky!
Howdy everybody and welcome back to another edition of CollectingCandy.com’s Wacky Wednesdays! Today’s entry comes from 1974’s Wacky Packages series 10 and is a parody of the Chunky bar called Clunky.
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chocolate, Chunky, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Ward, wrapper
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My Mid-70’s Halloween Photos – All That Great Candy!
I started my Countdown To Halloween thirty days ago with a personal recollection and a photo from my earliest Halloween. I’d like to close out my month-long celebration in much the same way – with something fun and personal from … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Boxed, Bubble Gum, Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Fleer, Gum, Halloween, Hershey, Mars
Tagged 1970's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, Halloween candy, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Lifesavers’ Gobblin Goodies – In-Store Halloween Posters of the 1970’s!
For one Halloween season in the late 1970’s, the Lifesavers company released a series of point-of-purchase Halloween posters for in-store promotion. Each one was illustrated with a spooky witch and reminding customers of the Halloween offerings to be had. I … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, CountdownToHalloween, Halloween
Tagged 1970's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, Halloween candy, Life Savers, Lifesavers, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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