{"id":14470,"date":"2014-05-19T12:21:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T16:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=14470"},"modified":"2014-06-14T08:30:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T12:30:05","slug":"nerds-hot-and-cool-discovered-a-collectingcandy-com-world-premier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=14470","title":{"rendered":"Nerds Hot and Cool – Discovered!! A CollectingCandy.com World Premiere!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s been a busy few weeks of research here at CollectingCandy.com HQ and today I’m excited to bring a groovy confectionery discovery (and new CollectingCandy.com exclusive) to light:\u00a0 the only known image of a Nerds Hot and Cool candy box!<\/p>\n

One of my goals for CollectingCandy.com has always been to uncover evidence of the countless candy products that have been lost to time and whose only proof of existence today are the faded memories of the people who saw them when they were originally on store shelves.<\/p>\n

Nerds Hot and Cool is one I’ve been hunting for, for a long time and until now to no avail.\u00a0 (I’d even contacted Nestle-Wonka in the past to inquire if they had any images of this one in their company files – and they reported that they did not – which only adds to today’s excitement.)<\/p>\n

Before getting to today’s big unveiling, I should point out that before finding this material, I’d assumed this product was called Nerds Hot and Cold<\/em>.\u00a0 This is due to the fact that all anecdotal references to them on the internet (as well as the Wikipedia entry) refer to them as such.\u00a0\u00a0 It reveals something I’ve encountered many times – it’s that where memories of specific candy products are concerned – the details are often wrong.\u00a0 I’m happy to finally correct that mass misconception because today’s exclusive image also reveals the true name of this product: Nerds Hot and Cool<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I first wrote about these Nerds during CollectingCandy.com’s Cinnamon Hot Week<\/a> last year, where I even mocked up what I thought a Hot and Cold Nerds box<\/a> might look like.\u00a0 Here’s that mockup (which I based upon an early 80’s Nerds box.):<\/p>\n

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Nerds Hot and Cold – CollectingCandy mock-up<\/p><\/div>\n

While I think I did a pretty good job on that mockup based upon available references, it turns out that it doesn’t really look like the actual Nerds Hot and Cool boxes that existed or the image I’m unveiling today.\u00a0\u00a0 So let’s get to it!<\/p>\n

Without further ado, here is the world internet premiere first look at a Nerds Hot and Cool candy box!<\/p>\n

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Willy Wonka – Nerds Hot and Cool candy box – 1989 – CollectingCandy.com exclusive world premiere image<\/p><\/div>\n

Pretty neat, don’t you think?\u00a0 This also proves that Nerds were cool decades before most people thought so – ha!<\/p>\n

Of course I’d love to find an actual Nerds Hot and Cool box for my collection (and one that I could share here) but for now I’m thrilled to have this image to showcase and to help put to rest some of the misconceptions about this product.\u00a0 [Note: The only thing I really can’t discern with certainty from this image is just what flavor the “cool” side of the Nerds box represented.\u00a0 Wintergreen?\u00a0 Peppermint?]<\/p>\n

Today’s world premiere image comes from a 1989 candy trade ad I discovered during my research last month.\u00a0 Here is the full-page ad:<\/p>\n

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Willy Wonka Brands – Plumper Nerds – exclusive Nerds Hot and Cool – candy trade magazine ad – Jan-Feb 1989<\/p><\/div>\n

So that’s it – another previously lost piece of confectionery history uncovered.\u00a0\u00a0 That was fun!<\/p>\n

Due to the disposable nature of candy packaging, the vast majority of its history has been thus far lost in the rubbish bins of the world.\u00a0 But like today’s post, I hope to continue to uncover, preserve and share as much of it as I can right here on this site.<\/p>\n

If you ever come across an old candy wrapper or box and think it’s something I’d be interested in here at CollectingCandy.com (and I probably will be), drop me a line<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything for today’s world premiere post and the only place you’ll find an image of a Nerds Hot and Cool candy box online.\u00a0 Hope you liked it and I’ll see you next time!!<\/p>\n

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