{"id":11195,"date":"2013-09-28T20:49:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T00:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=11195"},"modified":"2013-09-28T20:49:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T00:49:03","slug":"hot-week-cinnamon-teddy-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=11195","title":{"rendered":"Hot Week: Cinnamon Teddy Bears!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CC_Cinnamon<\/p>\n

For today’s Hot Cinnamon Week post, I wanted to cover a childhood favorite of mine: Stark’s Cinnamon Teddy Bears!<\/p>\n

Sold by the Howard Stark candy company in the 70’s and 80’s (and maybe into the 90’s), Teddy Bears were a small hot-cinnamon flavored gummy-type bear.<\/p>\n

The odd thing is that when I was enjoying these as a kid, I’d never heard of gummy bears.\u00a0 So the first time I encountered any kind of gummy bear, I saw them as rainbow-colored Cinnamon Teddy Bears.<\/p>\n

I have two different Stark Teddy Bear packages in my collection.\u00a0 One dates back to the mid-1970’s, and the other is from a few years later.\u00a0 Here they are:<\/p>\n

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Stark – Cinnamon Teddy Bears candy box – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stark Candies – Teddy Bears – 1 3\/4 oz cinnamon candy package – late 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Beyond Stark’s Cinnamon Teddy Bears, I also have clear memories of Brach’s Cinnamon Bears, which were like a giant-sized version of Stark’s gummy-sized offerings.\u00a0 Here’s an example that is in a vintage Brach’s salesman display<\/a> that is part of my collection:<\/p>\n

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Brach’s Cinnamon Bear from salesman display – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Though I don’t recall any other major cinnamon bear candy offerings from my childhood, in my research I’ve found that Heide produced a pretty cool one in the 1970’s:<\/p>\n

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Heide – Bears – 1 3\/4 oz cinnamon candies box – 1978<\/p><\/div>\n

That one is pretty cool, isn’t it?\u00a0 Based on the box design, I’d speculate that Heide might have produced other flavors of Bears candies, but I can’t be sure.<\/p>\n

As time went on, cinnamon bear candies lost favor in the standard candy isle assortments, but continued to be offered in bulk and store-brand packages.\u00a0 I’ve got a pair of these to show as well:<\/p>\n

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K-Mart – Sathers – Cinnamon Bears – 9 oz candy package – 1980’s<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sathers

Sathers – Cinnamon Bears – 9 oz candy package – 1988<\/p><\/div>\n

These days, it’s not easy to find hot cinnamon bears at retail.\u00a0\u00a0 But they are still out there as I found at least one company that still advertises them<\/a> as part of their product line.<\/p>\n

While they might be considered a bit old-fashioned or old school these days, Hot Cinnamon Bears will always be a childhood favorite I look back on with tremendous fondness.<\/p>\n

And that’s all for today’s entry in our Hot Cinnamon Week.<\/p>\n

See you next time!<\/p>\n

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This post was a part of CollectingCandy.com\u2019s Cinnamon Hot Week!<\/p>\n

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