{"id":11013,"date":"2013-09-21T14:15:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T18:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=11013"},"modified":"2013-09-21T14:15:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T18:15:30","slug":"a-trio-of-super-mario-bros-3-chocolate-bars-from-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=11013","title":{"rendered":"A Trio of Super Mario Bros 3 Chocolate Bars from 1990!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The characters from Super Mario Brothers have received a number of licensed confectionery treatments over the years.\u00a0 I had the pleasure of covering one of the earliest back in May when I discussed Candy USA’s Super Mario Bros. bar from 1989.<\/a>\u00a0 Today I’m going to take a look at the rarely-seen follow-up to that first effort with a trio of chocolate bars licensed from Super Mario Bros. 3!<\/p>\n

Candy USA is a company that I wasn’t able to dig up any solid information on, but appears to have been built around pop culture licensed bars.\u00a0 Beyond their first Super Mario Bros. bar, back in June I also shared Candy USA’s World Wrestling Federation bars,<\/a> so it’s neat to uncover and fill-in more of their licensed product lines.\u00a0 Hopefully there are even more out there to discover.<\/p>\n

For today however, we’re looking at Candy USA’s Super Mario Bros. 3 bars and here are the trio of wrappers I recently acquired for them [Note: Just a reminder that these wrappers are CollectingCandy.com exclusives – that means you won’t find images of them anywhere else online!]:<\/p>\n

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Candy USA – Super Mario Bros 3 – Milk Chocolate – candy chocolate bar wrapper – 1990<\/p><\/div>\n

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Candy USA – Super Mario Bros 3 – Chocolate N Crisp – candy chocolate bar wrapper – 1990<\/p><\/div>\n

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Candy USA – Super Mario Bros 3 – Chocolate N Peanuts – candy chocolate bar wrapper – 1990<\/p><\/div>\n

Each of the Super Mario Bros. 3 wrappers featured game tips on the inside and here are what these three contained:<\/p>\n

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Candy USA – Super Mario Bros 3 – wrapper interiors game tips – 1990<\/p><\/div>\n

I remember how much of a big deal game tips and tricks used to be in the pre-internet days.\u00a0 Must have been a solid selling point for these.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything I’ve got to share on Candy USA’s Super Mario Bros. 3 bars from 1990. I hoped you liked seeing them.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned at the top of today’s post, there have been a number of confectionery treats based on the Super Mario license over the last 25 years.\u00a0\u00a0 Though I don’t have a great wealth of them handy to show, I did just pick up one that’s on shelves right now.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought it would be good to close with, as a way to showcase how timeless this license has proven to be, even in the world of candy.\u00a0 So here it is, from the 3-Dees Gummies lineup is their Super Mario boxed offering:<\/p>\n

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Greenbrier International Inc – 3-Dees Gummies – Super Mario – 3.2 oz candy box – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything for today’s post.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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