{"id":10523,"date":"2013-06-20T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T17:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=10523"},"modified":"2013-06-20T13:59:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T17:59:43","slug":"nba-finals-game-7-tonight-nba-related-candy-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=10523","title":{"rendered":"NBA Finals Game 7 Tonight – NBA-Related Candy Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals and tonight the San Antonio Spurs or the Miami Heat will\u00a0 come away with an NBA championship.\u00a0 In recognition of that, I selected a number of NBA-related candy packages from my collection to share.<\/p>\n

First up is a candy box from the late 1970’s from a company called Gum Products.\u00a0 They would market these candy-coated peanuts under a baseball license as well as comic book heroes Superman and Spider-Man.\u00a0 Here’s their NBA “Slam Dunk” offering:<\/p>\n

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Gum Products – Slam Dunk – candy-coated peanuts – candy box – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Throughout the 1990’s, the Nestle company was an NBA partner which resulted in a number of related Nestle Crunch wrappers.\u00a0 The first I’m showing was a special edition “NBA Bar”, meaning that the actual chocolate bar would be imprinted with one of the then-27 NBA teams:<\/p>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Special Edition NBA Bar – chocolate candy bar wrapper – 1993<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s a more typical promotion:<\/p>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – NBA Number 1 Fan instant win game – chocolate candy bar wrapper – 1993<\/p><\/div>\n

Nearly a decade later, Nestle had opted for a more celebrity-filled association when they featured Shaquille O’Neal on wrappers:<\/p>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Sweet Seats with Shaq – chocolate candy bar wrapper – 2001<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Sweet Seats with Shaq – chocolate candy bar wrapper – 2001<\/p><\/div>\n

But this wasn’t Shaq’s first confectionery rodeo, as he had been gracing Nielson bar wrappers up in Canada during the 1990’s.<\/p>\n

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Nielson – Shaq’s Snaqs trade ad – July 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

I have one of those Mr. Big wrappers in my collection (there were others – but I only have this example):<\/p>\n

\"Canada

Canada – Neilson Mr Big – Shaq Snaq Meet Shaq – chocolate candy bar wrapper – 1996<\/p><\/div>\n

And just for the sake of comparison, here’s a standard Mr. Big wrapper from the time:<\/p>\n

\"Canada

Canada – Neilson Mr Big – chocolate candy bar wrapper – 1990’s<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything I could find in my collection that is basketball-related.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed the assortment, and I hope that tonight’s Game 7 turns out to be one of the greats, whoever wins.<\/p>\n

See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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