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Once Again I’m Traveling! Stuff found at the D.C. Airport!
Hi, everyone! I’m traveling today for the holidays and am currently enjoying a 3 1/2 hour layover in Washington D.C.’s Reagan Airport. So of course I did some candy hunting.
Milk Duds’ Exotic Brand Extensions – Saga of the Fruit-Flavored Duds and More!
Yesterday I covered a pretty big swath of Milk Duds history through the lens of the vintage packaging in my collection. Today, I’m going to look at a very specific niche of Milk Duds history – the exotic and little-known … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, Chocolate
Tagged Apple Duds, Banana Duds, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Cherry Duds, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, flavored Duds, fruit-flavored Duds, Grape Duds, Holloway, Maple Duds, Milk Duds, Nut Duds, Orange Duds, packaging, Strawberry Duds, Sugar Duds, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Milk Duds – 86 Years and 40 different packages!
Milk Duds is a confectionery classic that was first sold in 1926 by the Holloway company of Chicago. It’s a pretty simple bit of candy as so many classics are; a chewy nugget of caramel surrounded by a tasty chocolatey … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, Chocolate, Hershey
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Hershey, Holloway, Milk Duds, packaging, sweets, vintage, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Milk Deads!
I’ve been working on a big two-day Milk Duds posting which I’d intended to start yesterday, but it’s taken more work than expected so now it’ll start tomorrow. Because of that Milk Duds theme, I decided to do something a … Continue reading
Posted in Hershey, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Hershey's, Milk Duds, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packages original products, Wacky Packs, wrapper
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My Quest to Find all of Hershey’s Current King Size Bars!
A few weeks ago, I set about to pick up examples of each of the current Hershey family “King Size” bars. I figured it would be cool to have whatever few wrappers they produced with the unifying “King Size” wedge … Continue reading
Posted in Hershey
Tagged 2012 candy, 2012 candy wrappers, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Hershey, King Size, packaging, Reese's, 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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CollectingCandy.com profiled for Narratively NYC!
Hi everyone. If you were ever curious about the behind-the-scenes back story of CollectingCandy.com beyond the blurb on my About page, I’ve got just the post for you. Thanks to writer Dan Slotnick and photographer Brad Horrigan, I was the … Continue reading
Sour Patch Kids’ New Packaging! Plus a little history…
Today I’m taking a crack at a big-time favorite among many of my readers – Sour Patch Kids. I’d previously touched upon Sour Patch for my Halloween post on Sour Patch Zombie Kids (awesome bit of packaging there). My reason … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, 1990's, Sour Candy
Tagged 1980's, 1980's candy, 1990's candy, 80's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, sour, Sour Candy, Sour Patch, Sour Patch Kids, super sour, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, 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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