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Happy Thanksgiving 2016 from CollectingCandy!!
Today is Thanksgiving here in the United States and for so many of us that means a mix of family, food, football, and friends. Where branded candy is concerned, Thanksgiving tends to be one of the overlooked holidays but over … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, 1990's, Chocolate, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, packaging, packaging design, pilgrim, seasonal, sweets, Thanksgiving, turkey, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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You’ve Been Booed! Praim’s History of Fun Halloween Chocolate Bars!
For today’s entry in our Countdown To Halloween, I’m going to look at a selection of offerings from Praim Confections. It’s a company you probably haven’t heard of, but you’ve almost certainly seen their seasonal bars and appreciated their strong … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, Halloween candy, packaging, packaging design, seasonal, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Target’s Halloween Private Label Candy for 2016! (and 2015, too!)
When Halloween sections start arriving in stores, one of the first places I enjoy checking out is Target. They always have a big variety of offerings (with exclusives like this year’s Boo-terschotch M&M’s) and they also bring out a nice … Continue reading
Posted in CountdownToHalloween, Gummies, Halloween, Private Label
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, Halloween candy, packaging, packaging design, private label, seasonal, sweets, Target, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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New for Halloween 2016: Hershey’s Spooky Kisses!
While Hershey’s has long provided consumers with specialty Fall and Halloween flavors for their Hershey’s Kisses line, this year they’ve taken a delightfully graphical approach and packaged up their classic milk chocolate variety in an assortment of awesome seasonally-themed wrappers … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, Hershey, Holiday
Tagged bats, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, ghosts, graphic design, Halloween, Hershey, Hershey's, Kisses, packaging, packaging design, seasonal, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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New for Halloween 2016: M&M’s Walgreens Exclusive Glow-in-the-Dark Fun Size Packs!
Though I’ve already covered an M&M’s product in the Countdown this year, they’ve earned this second spot by coming out with something that is awfully fun. Exclusive to Walgreens stores, M&M’s has released a Halloween-themed fun-size assortment where the individual … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, M&M's, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, glow-in-the-dark, Halloween, Halloween candy, M&M's, packaging, packaging design, seasonal, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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A History of Willy Wonka’s Valentine’s Gobstopper Heartbreakers!
With Valentine’s Day arriving tomorrow, I thought it was the perfect time to dig into the history of a seasonal spin-off that has become a holiday classic: Willy Wonka’s (Gobstopper) Heartbreakers! Make the jump to check it out.
Posted in 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, Hard Candy, Holiday, Nestle, Wonka
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, holiday, packaging, packaging design, seasonal, sweets, Valentine, Valentine's Day, vintage candy wrappers, Wonka, wrapper
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New for 2015: Mars’ Halloween Muskefears and Snickers XScream!
For Halloween this year, Mars came up with a pair of terrific seasonal editions of two of their all-year-round products: 3 Musketeers and Snickers Xtreme, re-branding them as Muskefears and Snickers XScream. These are two of my favorites from 2015’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, Holiday, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, ghosts, Halloween, Halloween candy, packaging, packaging design, seasonal, Snickers, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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New for 2015: A Twizzlers Halloween Frankenstein Redesign!
It should come as no surprise that when you run a website called CollectingCandy.com, you spend a lot of time exploring and studying the contents of the candy isle. Do that long enough and you start to pick up on … Continue reading
Posted in CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, Hershey, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, caramel apple, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Frankenstein, Halloween, licorice, mascot, monster, monsters, packaging, packaging design, seasonal, sweets, Twizzlerize, Twizzlers, Universal Monsters, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Russell Stover’s Billion Dollar Halloween Bars!
There are certain seasonal candy items you see on store shelves year after year and as they become linked to the holiday, encountering them can become celebratory and comforting, like seeing an old friend. For the Halloween holiday season, Reese’s … Continue reading
Posted in Boxed, Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Frankenstein, Halloween, Halloween candy, mosters, packaging, packaging design, seasonal, sweets, vampire, vintage candy wrappers, witch, witches, wrapper
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Flashback with Leaf’s 1973 Halloween Candy Sales Brochure!
Today I’m pleased to share a wonderful piece of candy history that you won’t see anywhere else. It’s a sales brochure from 1973 that was sent out to candy salesmen to help them sell Leaf brand product to their retail … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Gum, Halloween, Sour Candy
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 1970's Halloween, 70's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, Leaf, Leaf Brands, packaging, packaging design, salesman, seasonal, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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