{"id":12084,"date":"2013-10-31T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12084"},"modified":"2013-10-31T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:44:01","slug":"hersheys-humorous-halloween-tombstone-wrappers-and-more-hershey-halloween-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12084","title":{"rendered":"Hershey’s Humorous Halloween Tombstone Wrappers and more Hershey Halloween Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CC_HersheyHalloweenTombstoneWrappers_TITLEHappy Halloween everyone!<\/p>\n

Yep, it’s October 31st and the finale of our second annual participation in the Countdown to Halloween<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s been quite a fun month, where we posted 27 new entries dedicated to Halloween candy packaging and marketing.\u00a0 [Note: During the countdown month we also hit a big milestone with CollectingCandy.com’s 400th post overall.]<\/p>\n

For the final entry in our month-long countdown, we’re going to look at a variety of Halloween packaging from Hershey, starting with what I’m calling their “Humorous Tombstone” collection.<\/p>\n

When shopping for Halloween candy these days, it can be hit-and-miss with true Halloween-themed packaging mixed in with Autumn or Fall packaging.\u00a0 So when I saw a Hershey snack-size variety pack containing bars with groovy Halloween-themed tombstone wrappers, it was a must-buy.<\/p>\n

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Hershey’s – Cookies ‘n Creme, Reese’s Pumpkins, Hershey’s Chocolate – Halloween snack size pack – 12 oz candy package – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

There were five different tombstone wrappers in the assortment as well as a small Reese’s Pumpkin.\u00a0 Here they are:<\/p>\n

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Hershey’s – Milk Chocolate – Rick Amortis – Halloween snack size candy wrapper – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey’s – Milk Chocolate – Paul Tergeist – Halloween snack size candy wrapper – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey’s – Cookies ‘n’ Creme – Barry L Ive – Halloween snack size candy wrapper – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey’s – Cookies ‘n’ Creme – Doug McGrave – Halloween snack size candy wrapper – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey’s – Cookies ‘n’ Creme – Ed Less – Halloween snack size candy wrapper – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

And while I did cover the history of Reese’s Pumpkins earlier this month<\/a>, I still wanted to include the snack-size wrapper here:<\/p>\n

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Hershey’s – Reese’s Pumpkin – Halloween .6 oz snack size candy wrapper – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

Another fun Hershey Halloween item I found this year was Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Ghost, featuring a wrapper design that I believe is new for 2013.\u00a0 Love the artwork on this one:<\/p>\n

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Hershey’s – Milk Chocolate Ghost – new for Halloween 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

As I mentioned earlier, manufacturers have split their seasonal marketing efforts between products targeted directly at Halloween and those that go broader with an appeal to the entire Autumn time frame.<\/p>\n

One product that I could only find in Autumn packaging this year was Hershey’s Minitatures.\u00a0 Fortunately, I snagged a Halloween-themed edition last year in 2012.\u00a0 Here it is:<\/p>\n

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Hershey’s – Hershey’s Miniatures Family Bag – 18.5 oz Halloween candy package – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

The individual foil wrappers even had little Halloween bats printed on them:<\/p>\n

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Hershey’s – Hershey’s Miniatures Halloween chocolate candy wrappers – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

I like those Halloween Hershey Miniatures a lot.<\/p>\n

Another group of Halloween Hershey wrappers comes in the form of a quartet of snack-size chocolate bar wrappers from about a decade ago.\u00a0 Unfortunately I don’t have the outer package these came in, but I am glad to at least be able to share these:<\/p>\n

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Hershey’s Milk Chocolate – Happy Halloween snack size wrappers – early 2000’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Last up for today we’re going all the way back to the 1970’s with a pair of newspaper clippings of Halloween-targeted coupons from Hershey.<\/p>\n

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Hershey’s Halloween newspaper coupon – 1979<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey’s Little Devil Halloween newspaper coupon – 1977<\/p><\/div>\n

Little devil, indeed — that’s a fun one.<\/p>\n

And with that, I would like to wish everyone a happy and fun Halloween evening and I hope you all get the treats (and tricks) you really love.\u00a0 But if you don’t, make sure you share the less-desirable goodies with friends – because every treat is someone’s favorite!<\/p>\n

Happy Halloween!<\/p>\n

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

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Today\u2019s post has been part of CollectingCandy.com\u2019s 2013 Countdown to Halloween. To check out other sites celebrating Halloween all month long, check out the official CountdownToHalloween site.<\/a><\/p>\n

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