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Celebrating Canada Day with Smarties and Necco Canada Mints!
Canada Day was yesterday, though most Canadians have the day off of work today due to the holiday, so this is for my Canadian friends on their extra day-off – I hope you’re having a great one! While I’m getting … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1970's
Tagged 1950's candy, 1970's candy, 50's candy, 70's candy, Canada, Canada Day, Canadian candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Necco, New England Confectionery Company, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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The Goonies had a candy bar?!?
One of the fun things about candy history, and about product packaging more broadly, is that it’s something that isn’t very well documented. For me, that means I get to become a bit of a pop-culture archeologist, hunting for things … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, Chocolate
Tagged 1980's, 80's, Canada, Canadian, candy, Chunk, collectible, collection, collector, confection, confectionery, ephemera, Jeff Cohen, licensed, Nabisco, packaging, Sloth, Spielberg, Steven Spielberg, sweets, Truffle Shuffle, vintage, wrapper
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Oh Candy, Oh Canaday, Oh Canada!
So, what do you do when you are a candy collector, you’ve launched a blog about collecting candy, and you’ve got five hours and ten stops in a country where all the candy packaging is different? You buy a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wonka
Tagged Canada, Canadian, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, packaging, sweets, vintage, Wonka
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WigWag
After covering the US Marathon bar and its secret origins as well as its UK namesake and the bar that inspired it (CurlyWurly), I’m going to round it out with the WigWag.
