{"id":15142,"date":"2014-10-17T11:59:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T15:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=15142"},"modified":"2014-10-17T11:59:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T15:59:28","slug":"countdowntohalloween-past-years-recap-part-one-of-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=15142","title":{"rendered":"CountdownToHalloween Past Years Recap – Part One of Two!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Getting just past the midpoint on our month-long CountdownToHalloween, I’ve decided to offer up something a little different – a two-part recap of some of my favorite posts from our previous years’ Halloween coverage.<\/p>\n

Now, I could sell this two-parter as a special feature (which it most certainly is) but the reality is that I’m attending back-to-back weddings this weekend and needed a couple quick and easy posts to catch my breath.\u00a0 I figure since I’ve been keeping up my one-post-per-day goal for the month thus far, these two “flashback episode” posts can be forgiven and enjoyed as a fun detour.\u00a0 So make the jump to check out part one of my two-part CountdownToHalloween Past Years Recap!<\/p>\n

Today’s recap will focus on posts that, at the time, included mostly contemporary Halloween goodies.\u00a0 Here they are:<\/p>\n

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As a big fan of Just Born’s family of boxed candies like Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales, seeing them fully invest in creating such fun seasonal releases for Halloween was especially exciting in 2013:<\/p>\n

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Mike and Ike Mummy Mix and Vampire Variety – October 19th, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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2013 was the first year I tried to pick up the entirety of a Russell Stover seasonal release with their Halloween Pumpkins – which turned out to be far more extensive and thus interesting than I could have imagined:<\/p>\n

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Cornucopia of Russell Stover Halloween Pumpkins – October 3rd, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Trolli’s Evil Twins was a pretty recent addition to their lineup when they launched a boxed version of Evil Twins Minis for Halloween – and the box for these was a knockout.<\/p>\n

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Trolli Evil Twins Minis – October 7th, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Always love seeing Zombies and candy mashed-up together and 2012 gave me the opportunity to cover a good bit of it.\u00a0 Special highlight was Necco’s clever Skybar release, “Zombie Food”:<\/p>\n

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Return of the Zombie Candy – October 15th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Like all Reese’s seasonal shaped versions of their classic peanut butter cups, their Halloween Pumpkins are a delicious annual treat. \u00a0 Being able to finally track down and document a decent evolution of their packaging was pretty satisfying:<\/p>\n

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Reese’s PB Pumpkins revised and Revisited – October 4th, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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I think Ring Pops are a pretty snazzy-yet-simple bit of confectionery fun, but when you add in Halloween, it’s just too good:<\/p>\n

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New for 2013 – Halloween Ring Pop – October 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestle Canada surprised me in 2012 with a shockingly cool assortment of Halloween seasonal variants on four of their full-sized classic brands.\u00a0 These were, in my opinion, instant classics:<\/p>\n

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Nestle Canada Halloween Lineup for 2012 – October 2nd, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the biggest surprises for me in 2013 (and what might have been my favorite new release that year) was from Neccco with their ridiculously cool Batwing Wafers.\u00a0 My Countdown post praising them also led to me getting to meet the incredibly talented guy who designed the packaging for them, Geoff Bloom – who I plan to profile and interview for an upcoming post after the holiday:<\/p>\n

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Necco’s Batwing Wafers – October 24th, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Getting to appear on Good Day Sacramento was especially fun back in 2012 – and it’s the kind of thing I think I’d like to do more of.\u00a0 Nothing better than getting to share this material with folks who might not otherwise see it.\u00a0 Better call my agent!<\/p>\n

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Good Day Sacramento – October 29th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Back in 2012, Cadbury created their fun zombie-apocolypse-like “Goopocalypse” promotion to coincide with their Cadbury S’creme Eggs seasonal release.\u00a0 The promotion was not run in the United States but it was available for viewing online and I was able to embed it within my post, which made this coverage especially groovy.<\/p>\n

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Cadburys Bat Eggs and Scream Eggs Goopocalypse – October 9th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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And finally, this 2012 post on Halloween Kit Kat packages I had in my collection was fun just because it was Halloween and it was Kit Kat.\u00a0 And both of those are just so good – you mix them together and you can’t go wrong:<\/p>\n

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A Few Spooky Kit Kat Goodies – October 30th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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And that’s everything for day one of our two day CountdownToHalloween recap.\u00a0 Come back tomorrow for the recap of some of my favorite vintage-themed Halloween posts from previous years.<\/p>\n

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

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