{"id":16092,"date":"2014-12-12T05:01:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T10:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16092"},"modified":"2014-12-12T09:14:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T14:14:49","slug":"a-frappe-for-friday-welchs-frappe-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16092","title":{"rendered":"A Frapp\u00e9 For Friday – Welch’s Frapp\u00e9, That Is!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the years, I’ve received all sorts of e-mails quizzing me about the identity of some nearly forgotten candy or requesting images of a fondly missed favorite chocolate bar.\u00a0 It’s a fun challenge and incredibly satisfying when I’ve been able to provide an answer (or picture) to those inquiries.<\/p>\n

One chocolate bar that I’ve been asked about a number of times is the Welch’s Frapp\u00e9.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a brand I have no personal memories of as it mostly predates me, but for those that do remember it, it clearly left a big impression.\u00a0 Though it’s taken years of searching, I’ve finally assembled a historic look back at the brand which I’m excited to unveil today.\u00a0 So make the jump to check out the classic Welch’s Frapp\u00e9!<\/p>\n

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Though you may not be familiar with the Welch’s candy name, a few of their brands remain top-sellers, now owned by Tootsie Roll Industries:\u00a0 Junior Mints, Sugar Babies, Sugar Daddy and Junior Caramels (formerly Pom Pom’s) were all originally launched under the Welch’s name.<\/p>\n

Back in the 1930’s, Welch’s introduced a number of combination bars that would go on to be top sellers over the decades, but have since disappeared.\u00a0 One of those was the Welch’s Frapp\u00e9.\u00a0 Welch’s Frapp\u00e9 was a chocolate-covered, rum-flavored concoction that included raisins among its more standard confectionery ingredients.<\/p>\n

During my years of hunting, here’s the earliest Frapp\u00e9 wrapper I’ve been able to track down:<\/p>\n

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Welch’s Frappe – 1 3\/8 oz 5-cent chocolate candy bar wrapper – 1930’s-1940’s<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s great to be able to share this early version of the Frapp\u00e9 with its decidedly stylized logo. \u00a0 While that stylized logo would change in subsequent years, the core composition and colors found on this early wrapper design would remain all the way through into the 1970’s.<\/p>\n

Here’s a version from the 1950’s:<\/p>\n

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Welch’s Frappe – 1 1\/4 oz chocolate candy bar wrapper – 1950’s 1960’s<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1963, the confectionery assets of Welch’s would be acquired by the Nabisco company, resulting in a Nabisco-branded Welch’s Frapp\u00e9 arriving on shelves by the 1970’s.\u00a0 This final Frapp\u00e9 wrapper I have dates to 1973 and according to my research, the bar didn’t last much longer and was soon discontinued.<\/p>\n

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Nabisco – Welch’s Frappe – 1 3\/8 oz chocolate candy bar wrapper – 1973<\/p><\/div>\n

Outside of the fond memories and recollections that have been sent in to me over the years, these wrappers are all I’ve been able to track down on the specific history of Welch’s Frapp\u00e9.\u00a0 But if and when I learn significantly more, I’ll revisit this topic and share the Frapp\u00e9-riffic news here.\u00a0 Until then, I hope you’ve enjoyed the look at this fondly-remembered brand.<\/p>\n

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

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