{"id":13748,"date":"2014-03-24T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=13748"},"modified":"2014-03-24T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T19:46:09","slug":"american-candys-1970s-disney-hard-candy-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=13748","title":{"rendered":"American Candy’s 1970’s Disney Hard Candy Lineup!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Early last year I published a piece on the souvenir candy packaging that is often available at Disney theme parks<\/a>.\u00a0 It was a lot of fun showcasing the pieces I had for that and it reminded me that there has been quite a lot of Disney candy over the years licensed for sale at standard retail.\u00a0 One of the companies that was in the licensed Disney candy business for decades was American Candy Co.\u00a0\u00a0 Today I’ll be looking at American Candy’s Disney hard candy lineup first launched in 1977.<\/p>\n

Initially previewed for the candy trade during the American Bicentennial in 1976, American (then American Candy Manufacturing) published the following advertisement.\u00a0 The ad played on the company’s name as well as seeming to want to leverage the popularity of the Bicentennial celebration.\u00a0 It did not feature any actual product photos:<\/p>\n

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American Candy Manufacturing Co – What’s more American than Mickey Mouse – candy trade magazine ad – December 1976<\/p><\/div>\n

Just a few months later in March 1977, American Candy would showcase their actual product with the following ad:<\/p>\n

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American Candy Manufacturing Co – Disney – makes the difference – candy trade magazine ad – March 1977<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, in October of that same year, another ad would roll out to the candy trade focusing on consumer satisfaction.\u00a0 It features a pretty great quartet of 70’s kids enjoying the treats:<\/p>\n

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American Candy Manufacturing Co – Disney – Experts agree – candy trade magazine ad – October 1977<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m fortunate that over the last couple of years I’ve picked up packaging examples for every one of these American Candy Disney treats and added them to my collection.\u00a0 Here they are:<\/p>\n

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American Candy Company – Disney – Mickey’s Mouseketeer Pop – 1 oz candy lollipop wrapper – 1978<\/p><\/div>\n

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American Candy Company – Disney – Dumbo Pops – 1 oz candy lollipop wrappers – 1978<\/p><\/div>\n

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American Candy Company – Disney – Donald Duck Stick – 1 1\/3 oz candy wrapper – 1978<\/p><\/div>\n

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American Candy Company – Disney – Goofy’s Goof Balls – 1 1\/3 oz candy wrapper – 1978<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s all four of ’em.<\/p>\n

I did some research to try to determine what became of American Candy or if they’re still around and I couldn’t come up with anything conclusive.\u00a0 They certainly don’t appear to be in business anymore.\u00a0 In going through my archives I did learn that American Candy was still in the licensed Disney candy business as late as 1996:<\/p>\n

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American Candy Company – Disney – Quality candies always in character – candy trade magazine ad – January 1996<\/p><\/div>\n

So it would appear that American Candy’s partnership with Disney lasted two decades at the very least.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything I’ve got to share today on American Candy’s lineup of Disney hard candies from the 1970’s.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n

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