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When Snickers got Charged! (with caffeine)
Since the explosion in popularity of energy drinks, manufacturers have sought to market all kinds of caffeinated food, even infusing it into candy and chocolate bars. I’ll certainly admit that there have been times in my own life that I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Mars, Uncategorized
Tagged caffeinated, caffeine, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Mars, packaging, Snickers, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Petrified Mummy’s!
It’s been a few weeks since our last installment of Wacky Wednesdays as there were a few other priorities that made in into the Wednesday slot recently. So I’d like to welcome the column back with an offering from Wacky … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, M&M's, Mars, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, M&M's, Mars, mascot, packaging, parody, parody sticker, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Wackys, 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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Wacky Wednesdays – Stickers!
A year ago today, on February 6th 2012, CollectingCandy.com was launched. I didn’t want to go by today without mentioning that, but that’s all I’m going to say about it just now. I do plan to mark the occasion in … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Mars, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's candy, 70's candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, humor, Mars, packaging, parody, Snickers, sticker, sweets, Topps, vintage candy wrapper, Wackies, Wacky Packs, Wakcy Packages, wrapper
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M&M/Mars’ 1980 Star Trek Action Fleet!
Today I’m going to continue the Star Trek theme by going back to the decade before The Next Generation. In 1979, Paramount Pictures released Star Trek: The Motion Picture to movie theaters. Quite a lot of Star Trek licensing and … Continue reading
Mars’ 2-to-Go and 4-to-Go — Mighty Big Wrappers!
Today I’ll be covering a group of currently-available wrappers from the Mars company; the 2-to-Go selections. As I’ve shared in the past, though I focus most of my efforts on vintage candy packaging, I do like to keep up with … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chocolate, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, contemporary candy wrappers, M&M-Mars, Mars, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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A Gem of a Middle Eastern M&M’s pack.
As a candy collector, I’m routinely surprised by the things I find that I never knew existed. Typically this involves items that were made twenty and thirty years ago, sometimes even further back. But occasionally something comes to me that … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, M&M's
Tagged candy, candy collecting, candy collection, candy wrapper, chocolate, collectible, collection, Islam, limited edition, M&M's, Mars, Mars GCC, mascot, Middle Eastern
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PB Max! – Quite a striking candy wrapper.
PB Max was a delicious treat first put out by the M&M/Mars company in 1989. I loved the candy itself, but it also had a striking wrapper design, and as a collector I’ve coveted adding one to my collection for … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, 1990's, Chocolate, Uncategorized
Tagged 1980's, 1990's, 80's, 90's, candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, collection, collector, confection, design, logo, M&M/Mars, Mars, packaging, peanut butter, retro, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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The Snickers Peanut Munch Bar – From the 1970’s to today.
[Note: CollectingCandy.com posted a significant update to this article in March of 2013.] I will admit to coming around to the goodness of the Munch bar a bit later in life. As a kid, it wasn’t my thing. If I … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1990's
Tagged 1970's, 70's, antique, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, confectionery, confedtion, history, Mars, packaging, peanuts, retro, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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Mars Mixes it Up – A Tricky Trinity of Timeless Brands: Part Two
A quick recap on yesterday’s Part One: For decades, Snickers bars were sold as Marathon bars over in the United Kingdom, while the US had a its own different Marathon through the 1970’s. But in the early 1990’s the UK … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Uncategorized
Tagged 1970's, 3-Musketeers, 70's, candy, collecting, collector, confection, Dutch, Europe, German, history, M&M-Mars, Marathon, Mars, Netherlands, nostalgia, packaging, sweets, vintage, wapper
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