{"id":13904,"date":"2014-04-02T17:20:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T21:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=13904"},"modified":"2014-04-03T02:40:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T06:40:59","slug":"happy-national-pbj-day-from-collectingcandy-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=13904","title":{"rendered":"Happy National PB&J Day from CollectingCandy.com!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this afternoon I was alerted to the fact that today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day!\u00a0 Well, I couldn’t let the great occasion pass me by so I rapidly searched out a few fun PB&J pieces from the CollectingCandy.com archives and brought them together for today’s post.\u00a0 Let’s get to them!<\/p>\n

Peanut Butter & Jelly is a classic kid flavor combination, so it should come as no surprise that several confectioners have sought to fashion ways to incorporate it into their candy products over the years.<\/p>\n

The earliest piece in my collection to invoke this flavor combination is a PB&J peanut butter cup from Russell Stover, with Welch’s-branded grape filling:<\/p>\n

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Russell Stover – Welch’s Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly Cups – 1.6 oz candy package – early 1990’s<\/p><\/div>\n

This reminds me that while we were getting all manner of limited edition flavor Reese’s cups a few years back, I don’t think we ever got a PB&J version.\u00a0 We got Elvis-themed Peanut Butter and Banana Reese’s<\/a> but I think that’s as close as we came.\u00a0 Am I wrong and did we actually get a PB&J Reese’s?\u00a0 I’d sure like to see one!<\/p>\n

Next up is another piece from the 1990’s which is as much snack as confection, but I include it as it is most certainly the single coolest PB&J piece in my collection.<\/p>\n

Following on the heels of the successful launch of Planters P.B. Crisps in 1993, the company created two product line extensions; Chocolate Crisps and finally PB&J Crisps.\u00a0 PB&J Crisps were released right at the end of the line’s life cycle and so they’re awfully tough to find any information on.\u00a0 In fact, what is shown below is the only known example of an original PB&J Crisps package that you’ll see anywhere.\u00a0 Let’s take a look:<\/p>\n

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Nabisco-Planters – PB Crisps & Chocolate Crisps – snack packages – 1993-1994<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s the star of today’s post, Planter’s PB&J Crisps!<\/p>\n

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Nabisco-Planters – PB&J Crisps – snack package – 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

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Planters PB Crisps, Chocolate Crisps and PB&J Crisps – 1992-1995<\/p><\/div>\n

Those look pretty tasty, don’t they?\u00a0 Anyone remember PB&J Crisps?<\/p>\n

Another 1990’s PB&J product comes in the form of Cadbury-of-Canada’s superhero candy bar, PB Jammer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Canada – Cadbury PB Jammer – chocolate candy bar wrapper – 1990’s<\/p><\/div>\n

As we jump up to the modern era, there are a number of PB&J-flavored confections to showcase.<\/p>\n

The first up is a PB&J edition of Mary Jane’s from the Necco company that was part of a four-flavor Halloween “Wicked Mix” assortment back in 2009-2010.\u00a0 Peanut Butter & Banana, Peanut Butter & Vanilla as well as Smores were the other three flavors included:<\/p>\n

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Necco – Mary Jane Wicked Mix candy bag – 2009<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are the individual wrappers – I believe the purplish wrapper was the PB&J:<\/p>\n

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Necco – Mary Jane Wicked Mix candy wrappers – 2009<\/p><\/div>\n

Next up is a PB&J treat that is currently available from Trader Joes<\/a> and has become one of their signature items – it is certainly their best known confectionery offering:<\/p>\n

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Trader Joe’s PB&J milk chocolate bar – candy bar wrapper – July 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

From the West Coast and the Annabelle Candy Company is a PB&J edition of their classic Abba-Zaba taffy bar:<\/p>\n

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Annabelle’s – Abba-Zaba – Strawberry-Peanut Butter – PB&J with real peanut butter – candy wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

And finally, the last PB&J offerings to share today are also the most recent.\u00a0 You can still find these on shelves and they are simply named PB&J’s.\u00a0 There are two different flavors and each comes in a box with cute little peanut and fruit mascot characters illustrated on them:<\/p>\n

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Baron – PB&J’s – grape jelly filling – chocolate bar candy box – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Baron – PB&J’s – strawberry jelly filling – chocolate bar candy box – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything I was able to quickly bring together to mark the National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.\u00a0\u00a0 Hope you dug it, and I hope you get to enjoy an honest-to-goodness PB&J sandwich soon.<\/p>\n

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

P.S. Sadly, my old fave, Peter Paul’s Peanut Butter with No Jelly <\/a>didn’t make the cut today as it doesn’t really count as a PB&J.\u00a0 Well, how about just one?<\/p>\n

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