{"id":16121,"date":"2014-12-14T05:27:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T10:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16121"},"modified":"2015-02-03T14:08:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T19:08:04","slug":"christmas-countdown-new-nestle-crunch-peanuts-for-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16121","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Countdown: New Nestle Crunch Peanuts for 2014!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CC_Nestle<\/p>\n

Kicking off our Christmas Countdown today, I’ll be showcasing the return of the Peanuts gang to some mainstream confectionery holiday offerings.<\/p>\n

I should mention that the Peanuts characters have already been featured on a series of seasonal releases from Russell Stovers – a fact I highlighted during the Christmas season last year<\/a>.\u00a0 But this is the first time that the characters have appeared with one of the bigger confectionery brands in some time.\u00a0 So make the jump to check out the Peanuts gang’s Nestle Crunch holiday celebration!<\/p>\n

Though it’s been some time since the Peanuts characters were licensed for use on any of the big brands, this is certainly not the first time.\u00a0 One that comes quickly to mind was way back in 1986, when the Nabisco company debuted a Snoopy promotion across its confectionery lineup.<\/p>\n

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Nabisco – Snoopy Peanuts promotional trade ad – June 1986<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nabisco – Snoopy Peanuts promotional trade ad – June 1986 – Close-up<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s always fun to see the Peanuts characters being paired up with great brands.\u00a0 And that’s certainly the case with Nestle Crunch this year.\u00a0 So without further ado, here’s are the Nestle Crunch Peanuts items I picked up for the 2014 holiday season:<\/p>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Peanuts Charlie Brown and Tree – 2.75 oz Christmas chocolate bar box package – November 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Peanuts Snoopy house – 2.75 oz Christmas chocolate bar box package – November 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Peanuts Snoopy Woodstock – 2.75 oz Christmas chocolate bar box package – November 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

Each of those boxes contained a share-size Nestle Crunch bar.\u00a0 Also, each outer box featured the following graphics underneath the opening flap:<\/p>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Peanuts Charlie chocolate bar box interior graphics open flap – November 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

Beyond that set of three gift box chocolate bars, the Peanuts characters also appear on Nestle’s Crunch Holiday Jingles and their Nestle Crunch Minis packaging.<\/p>\n

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Nestle – Crunch Jingles – Bell-Shaped Chocolates – Peanuts Charlie Brown – 10oz Christmas candy package – November 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are the individual foil wrappers for the Jingles – they feature the Peanuts characters as well:<\/p>\n

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Nestle – Crunch Jingles – Bell-Shaped Chocolates – Peanuts Charlie Brown – individual foil wrappers – November 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestle – Crunch Minis – Peanuts – 10oz Christmas candy multi-package – November 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestle – Crunch Minis – Charlie Brown – mini candy wrapper package – November 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestle – Crunch Minis – Snoopy – mini candy wrapper package – November 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

I think those are all quite fun.\u00a0 It might be just old-fashioned licensing\/marketing, but seeing those characters on a classic product like Nestle Crunch makes it hard for me to resist picking them up.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything I’ve got to share on these.\u00a0 I’m doing a bit of holiday traveling today, so I’m keeping it short.\u00a0 But I hope to make my Christmas Countdown posts line-up with the 12 Days of Christmas.\u00a0 Not sure if I’ll be able to get a post up for all twelve days, but I’ll try.<\/p>\n

For now I’m off!\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n

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