{"id":17665,"date":"2015-10-26T12:30:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T16:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=17665"},"modified":"2015-10-26T12:30:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T16:30:17","slug":"new-for-2015-halloween-chocolate-bars-from-astor-and-hammonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=17665","title":{"rendered":"New for 2015: Halloween Chocolate Bars from Astor and Hammond’s!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every year, the Halloween season sees the big guys delivering all manner of specially-branded items or repackaged editions of their main line products , but today I thought I’d look at a selection of seasonal releases from a pair of lesser-known but still well-established candy makers: Astor Chocolate and Hammond’s.\u00a0\u00a0 Make the jump to check them out!<\/p>\n

First up is a pair of Halloween-themed bars from Astor Chocolate<\/a>.\u00a0 Astor Chocolate are known for their souvenir bars, as you’re likely to find their name on some of the “I Love NY” bars sold in Times Square and any number of other local attractions around the country.\u00a0 I’ve never actually encountered the Astor name on holiday-themed bars like this, so I immediately grabbed them when I saw them at a Michael’s craft store location.\u00a0 I thought the designs on these two were pretty great and deserved to be highlighted:<\/p>\n

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Astor Chocolates – O’Lantern – Peanut Butter and Pretzel – milk and white chocolate swirl – 3 oz Halloween chocolate bar wrapper – October 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

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Astor Chocolates – Spiderwebs – Red Velvet and Cream Cheese swirl – 3 oz Halloween chocolate bar wrapper – October 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

The bars themselves are pretty amazing, each one a half milk chocolate\/white chocolate mix, swirled together.\u00a0 They’re as pretty as they are tasty!<\/p>\n

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Astor Chocolates – Spiderwebs – Red Velvet and Cream Cheese swirl – bar photo – October 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Next up are the wrappers for a trio of Halloween-themed chocolate bars I only found at Target this season, and my guess is that these are a Target store exclusive, although I can’t be certain.\u00a0 Produced by Hammond’s Candies<\/a> of Denver, Colorado, a company that’s been around since the 1920’s, they’ve begun to significantly expand their distribution in recent years.\u00a0 I think this trio of Halloween bars is great evidence of the brand’s growth.<\/p>\n

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Hammond’s – Halloween Candy Corn – Target Exclusive? – dark chocolate bar – 2.25 oz candy wrapper – October 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hammond’s – Halloween Caramel Apple – Target Exclusive? – dark chocolate bar – 2.25 oz candy wrapper – October 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hammond’s – Halloween Pumpkin Spice – Target Exclusive? – dark chocolate bar – 2.25 oz candy wrapper – October 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

And finally, here’s one I forgot to mention during my Russell Stover Billion Dollar Halloween bars post<\/a> earlier in the countdown; a Pumpkin Spice Latte bar (which may have also been a Target exclusive this year since I’ve only found them there).<\/p>\n

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Russell Stover – Pumpkin Spice Latte – Halloween – 2oz candy bar wrapper box – October 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything I’ve got to share on these less-mainstream, yet tasty and fun new chocolate bar releases for the 2015 Halloween season.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s post has been part of CollectingCandy.com\u2019s 2015 Countdown to Halloween. To check out other sites celebrating Halloween all month long, visit the official CountdownToHalloween site.<\/a>\u00a0 For more of CollectingCandy.com\u2019s CountdownToHalloween posts, just click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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