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Just Born on the 4th of July — Happy Independence Day with 2003’s Mike and Ike Stripes!
Here in the United States we celebrate our Independence Day every July 4th and to mark the occasion this year I thought I’d focus on one of Just Born’s patriotic offerings from a decade ago; Mike and Ike Stripes!
Posted in Boxed, Holiday
Tagged 4th of July, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, Independence Day, Just Born, Mike and Ike, packaging, patriotic, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Happy Easter – The History of Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs!
To all of CollectingCandy.com’s readers that celebrate the holiday; Happy Easter! It’s been fun counting down to today by sharing various Easter candy goodies and bits of confectionery history this week. I wanted to close out the week’s Easter coverage … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, Easter, Hershey, Holiday, Peanut Butter
Tagged bunnies, bunny, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, holiday, packaging, Reese's, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Easter Week Countdown – Twizzler’s Tweeterz!
It’s Easter-Eve, and I wanted to squeeze in one extra post before I wrap up my Easter Week tomorrow. I also wanted to share this fun little mid-2000’s offering called Tweeterz; candy-coated Twizzler bits made especially for the Easter holiday.
Posted in Boxed, Easter, Hershey, Holiday
Tagged 2000's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, Hershey, holiday, licorice, mascot, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper, Y&S
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Easter Week Countdown – A Few Fun Ferrara Pan Offerings!
Our Easter Week Countdown is almost complete and today I thought I’d share a few fun pieces of packaging that Ferrara Pan has released over the last few years. They’re primarily Easter-themed packages, though I will include a pair of … Continue reading
Easter Week Countdown – Leaf’s 1971 Easter Favorites!
For today’s entry in our Countdown to Easter I wanted to share a pair of groovy trade ads from 1970, featuring the Easter candy line-up for the year from Leaf. It’s a lot of great stuff, some of which you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, Chocolate, Easter, Gum, Holiday
Tagged 1970's candy, 1970's gum, 70's bubblegum, 70's candy, 70's gum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, holiday, Leaf, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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This Year’s Valentine’s M&M’s Packs – a full-set of 12!
Continuing our candy countdown to Valentine’s Day, today I’ll be sharing the set of twelve standard-sized Valentine M&M’s packs. First released during Valentine’s season in 2012, these are back for a second year and they’re a great set of M&M’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Holiday, M&M's, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, M&M's, Mars, mascot, packaging, sweets, Valentine's, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Christmas Countdown: Hershey’s 1982 Holiday Gift Catalog!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! It’s December 25th – Christmas Day – so I wanted to share something a bit different and hopefully a bit special with you. For today’s topic, I picked my Hershey Holiday Gift catalog from … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, Christmas, Hershey, Holiday
Tagged 1980's candy, 1980's chocolate, 80's candy, 80's chocolate, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, Christmas candy, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, gifts, Hershey, holiday, packaging, souvenir, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Christmas Countdown: Cadbury’s Santa’s Workshop Dairy Milk – From New Zealand!
It’s Christmas Eve and here at my mother’s house that means we are preparing things in anticipation of our big Christmas Eve dinner. I’ve temporarily cleared a place at the dinner table to write today’s post before everyone arrives, … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Cadbury, Christmas, Holiday
Tagged Australia, Cadbury, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, Christmas candy wrappers, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, New Zealand, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, 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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Christmas Countdown: Rowntree’s Christmas Dairy Box from the 1950’s
Hello, everyone! I’d intended to start my Christmas Countdown on Monday when I’d first arrived back in Nebraska for the holidays, but I didn’t. As things go, I’ve been entirely caught up with spending time with family. Which I think … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, British, Christmas, Holiday
Tagged 1950's, 50's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, packaging, Rowntree, Santa, Santa Claus, sweets, United Kingdom, vintage, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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