{"id":12416,"date":"2013-12-12T22:06:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T03:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12416"},"modified":"2013-12-12T22:13:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T03:13:14","slug":"twelve-days-of-christmas-gingerbread-for-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12416","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Days of Christmas: Gingerbread for 2013!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CC_GingerbreadToday we’re kicking off our 2013 Twelve Days of Christmas series with a look at some new gingerbread-flavored candy.<\/p>\n

Today’s post will showcase the great new limited edition releases of 2013 that all bring gingerbread flavoring into the mix.\u00a0 Including two fun new releases from the M&M\/Mars company – Gingerbread M&M’s and Twix – as well as Just Born’s delightful new Gingerbread Marshallow Peeps!<\/p>\n

The last few years, Mars has been pretty steady with specialty holiday releases, especially where M&M’s are concerned, but seeing a specialty flavor represented across two of their brands is unusual.<\/p>\n

M&M’s Gingerbread is a new limited edition for 2013 and this year it’s a Walmart exclusive flavor.\u00a0 Target had exclusive bragging rights this year for their Halloween M&M’s Pumpkin Spice<\/a>, so I guess it was Walmart’s turn to get the exclusive for Christmas.\u00a0 Here’s the package:<\/p>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Milk Chocolate Gingerbread – 2013 Walmart-exclusive Holiday Flavor – 9.9 oz package – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

The M&M’s Gingerbread packaging looks great with a gingham-esque design on each end that works well to bring a sense of “home-for-the-holidays.”\u00a0 Interestingly, the gingerbread man element of this design is pretty subtle – it’s just a small, rather plain-looking gingerbread man cookie on a plate that the Red M&M is holding.\u00a0 So the focus is definitely meant to be on the Santa-hat-wearing M&M’s mascot. \u00a0 Overall, a great bit of festive holiday packaging.<\/p>\n

Next up is Mars’ other gingerbread-flavored limited edition for 2013 – Twix Gingerbread!<\/p>\n

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Mars – Twix Giingerbread – 10 oz chocolate bar candy package – November 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

For the Twix Gingerbread release, a more colorful cookie graphic takes on a prominent position for the overall design and provides the focus of the package. \u00a0 You won’t miss that these are gingerbread flavor.<\/p>\n

With the Gingerbread Twix, not only do we have an outer wrapper but also the individual themed foil wrappers for the snack-sized bars inside.\u00a0 Here’s one:<\/p>\n

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Mars – Twix Giingerbread – foil mini bar candy wrapper – November 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

The smaller wrapper necessitates a simpler graphic style, but it’s still quite appealing.\u00a0 I’d love to see what a full-size bar release of Twix Gingerbread would look like, as I think it could result in a dynamite and colorful limited edition wrapper.<\/p>\n

M&M\/Mars aren’t the only ones bringing gingerbread flavoring to one of their classic products in 2013.\u00a0 Just Born’s got Gingerbread-flavored Peeps on shelves this year and after sampling these I gotta say; I really enjoyed the mix of the gingerbread flavoring with the classic sugared marshmallow Peep:<\/p>\n

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Just Born – Peeps Gingerbread flavored Marshmallow Gingerbread Men – 3-pack candy package photo – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s the empty, flattened package – I think they did a great job with the gingerbread house design for these:<\/p>\n

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Just Born – Peeps Gingerbread flavored Marshmallow Gingerbread Men – 3-pack candy package – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

After those three new products, it’s clear that gingerbread as a flavor is as popular as ever — today I even spotted a Wonka-branded giant gingerbread man kit:<\/p>\n

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Wonka – Giant Gingerbread Pal cookie decorating kit – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

So while 2013 is shaping up to be the season of gingerbread as an additive confectionery flavoring, it’s important to remember that gingerbread men and gingerbread houses have been around for a very very long time.\u00a0\u00a0 Even as a flavoring for other classic treats, I started noticing the gingerbread-trend last year when Nabisco introduced their Gingerbread Oreo cookies (which are back for an encore in 2013):<\/p>\n

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Nabisco – Oreo Gingerbread flavor limited edition cookie package – November 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything on the year of gingerbread and our first entry in CollectingCandy.com’s 2013 Twelve Days of Christmas.<\/p>\n

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

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