{"id":16169,"date":"2014-12-19T11:22:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T16:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16169"},"modified":"2014-12-19T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T16:22:46","slug":"christmas-countdown-early-90s-hershey-bar-holiday-wrappers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16169","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Countdown: Early 90’s Hershey Bar Holiday Wrappers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CC_HersheysHershey bars are probably\u00a0the most consistent confectionery offering to come out of the United States, especially with regard to their wrapper\u00a0design. \u00a0For nearly a century, a Hershey bar meant a\u00a0brown paper wrapper with a\u00a0silver block letter logo. \u00a0And that’s still how a Hershey bar appears today. \u00a0Because of that,\u00a0it’s not easy\u00a0to get too excited about Hershey bar wrappers from years’ past – as much as we might love them, they all kind of look the same. \u00a0In spite of that, today I’m looking back at some unusually festive wrappers that Hershey paired with their classic milk chocolate and milk chocolate with almonds bars back in the early 1990’s. \u00a0Make the jump to check them out.<\/p>\n

Before I get to the featured wrappers for today, I would like to point out that Hershey has begun to do\u00a0something similar over the last year or so. \u00a0That is, they’ve taken their classic Hershey bar design and paired it with something a bit more colorful and in the recent cases, exotic. \u00a0It started last year with their Hershey’s Candy Cane bars<\/a>, and was followed-up during this most recent Halloween with their Hershey’s Candy Corn bars<\/a>. \u00a0I think those contemporary releases go to show that when you take something iconic and beloved like the classic Hershey bar design and give it a colorful twist, it immediately becomes eye-catching.<\/p>\n

Now let’s get to the holiday Hershey bars of the 1990’s. \u00a0Since\u00a0these were seasonal packaging variations, there isn’t too much to say about them, as the wrappers largely speak for themselves. \u00a0I will say that when I recently came across these, I immediately recalled seeing them when they were originally on store shelves, some twenty years ago. \u00a0The holiday wrapper design was distinctive and made an impression on me those many years ago. \u00a0Looking at\u00a0them now brings\u00a0a Christmas smile to my face.<\/p>\n

Here they are:<\/p>\n

\"Hershey's

Hershey’s – Milk Chocolate – Christmas editon 1.55 oz candy bar wrapper – early 1990’s<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hershey's

Hershey’s – Milk Chocolate with Almonds – Christmas editon 1.45 oz candy bar wrapper – early 1990’s<\/p><\/div>\n

I really dig those two wrappers and as I was bringing today’s post together, I thought that was all I had on them. \u00a0 But then I realized I had another example with a subtle wrapper design variation. \u00a0Instead of a red box describing the bar under the main logo, this one had a green box. This “green box”\u00a0example also retains the original green foil inner wrapper. \u00a0That colorful foil inner wrapper must have made these wonderfully-festive on shelves!<\/p>\n

[Note: \u00a0I’m assuming that these were not available concurrently and rather one variation predated the other. \u00a0Just not sure which came first as they both have 1991 copyrights.]<\/p>\n

\"Hershey's

Hershey’s – Milk Chocolate with Almonds – Christmas edition 1.45 oz candy bar wrapper – early 1990’s<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s what I’ve got on Hershey’s early 90’s holiday-themed bar wrappers. \u00a0I hope you’ve enjoyed checking them out.<\/p>\n

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

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