{"id":10654,"date":"2013-07-09T13:21:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T17:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=10654"},"modified":"2013-07-09T13:21:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T17:21:21","slug":"1970s-chocolate-bars-from-amish-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=10654","title":{"rendered":"1970’s Chocolate Bars from Amish Country!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today I’d like to take a quick look at a pair of late 70’s wrappers I have for souvenir Pennsylvania Amish chocolate bars.<\/p>\n

I’ve never been to Amish country, though I hear it is quite lovely (I need to schedule a getaway to the area, now that I think about it).<\/p>\n

As a child growing up in Nebraska my family did take us to Iowa’s Amana Colonies<\/a>, which has a history that shares a few outward similarities to Amish culture, in that they created so much of their own wares and goods – they’re also known for their carpentry and craftsmanship.<\/p>\n

At least that’s the way I remember it in my adolescent eyes – everything seemed very “old-fashioned” and hand made.\u00a0 I recall my visit to the Amana Colonies as witnessing an old loom creating fabric and getting unusual flavors of sodas in glass bottles with odd re-sealable ceramic and rubber toppers.\u00a0 Unlike Amish Country, I believe the Amana Colonies were not averse to modern technology, though they prided themselves on self-sufficiency.\u00a0 The community apparently still exists though tourism has become an important part of their local economies.<\/p>\n

Getting back on topic to the Pennsylvania Amish; these days the Amish culture has become something of a pop-cultural staple which is ironic considering their humble and private perspectives, with Amish characters appearing in film<\/a> and real-life Amish teenagers getting their own reality TV shows<\/a>.\u00a0 So perhaps at this point Amish-branded candy might seem a bit passe – but I still think it’s fun to see.<\/p>\n

Today’s focus is a pair of charming 1970’s-era Pennsylvania Amish chocolate bar wrappers I added to my collection last year – and here they are:<\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania Amish Co Inc – Pennsylvania Amish Milk Chocolate with Toasted Almonds bar – candy wrapper – circa 1979<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pennsylvania Amish Co Inc – Pennsylvania Amish Milk Chocolate Crunch bar – candy wrapper – circa 1979<\/p><\/div>\n

Though they sport images of horse-drawn carriages with quaint old-fashioned design flourishes, I have to wonder whether any Amish folk had anything at all to do with the manufacture of these bars.\u00a0 You would hope that with a name like “Pennsylvania Amish Co., Inc.” that they’d be founded and operated by the Amish people, but that may not have been the case.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I could find no information about the company online so I assume that it has long-since closed its doors.\u00a0 [Edit: That, or it’s simply that the Amish don’t put up websites.]\u00a0 But at least we have these neat little wrappers to remember them by.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything for today’s look back at a bit of souvenir sweets from 1970’s Amish Country.<\/p>\n

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

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