{"id":3143,"date":"2012-04-06T20:29:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T00:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=3143"},"modified":"2012-04-06T20:41:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T00:41:32","slug":"from-the-candy-kitchens-of-howard-johnsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=3143","title":{"rendered":"From the Candy Kitchens of… Howard Johnson’s?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since I’m on the road this week, starting off on my first CollectingCandy.com field trip, I’ve been thinking about hotels and motels. \u00a0It used to be, hotel and motel chains were much more distinctive than they are today. \u00a0Howard Johnson’s was pretty diversified back in the day and one thing they did that distinguished themselves, was to produce a lineup of confections. They made chocolate bars, taffy, and even chewing gum. \u00a0Today, I’m going to share a couple pieces out of my collection, from the “Candy Kitchens of Howard Johnson’s”.<\/p>\n

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Both wrappers today happen to be of the same product, which I didn’t realize when I sat down to write this today – so I’m getting to show a bit of a mini-timeline.<\/p>\n

First up is a Howard Johnson’s Fudge bar wrapper from the 1950’s:<\/p>\n

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Howard Johnson's - Milk Chocolate Fudge Bar 5-cent candy wrapper - 1950's<\/p><\/div>\n

The colors and design for that 50’s wrapper are so great. \u00a0You can see the silhouette of the candy chef there – that was the logo for the Candy Kitchens. \u00a0 Next up is the same treat but from two decades later:<\/p>\n

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Howard Johnson's - Fudge - milk chocolate covered double bar - candy wrapper - 1970's<\/p><\/div>\n

Though not quite as charming as the 1950’s wrapper, the 70’s version has its appeal. \u00a0I especially like how the side of the wrapper, or the side of the bar, would have read “FUDGE FUDGE FUDGE”. \u00a0It’s enough to make Ned Flanders blush.<\/p>\n

That’s it for pieces from my own collection that came out of the unlikely confectioner of Howard Johnson’s. \u00a0I do have one other interesting image to share, and it comes via a Flickr pal of mine. \u00a0This one is a photo, of a black-and-white photo, of a trio of Howard Johnson’s Salt Water Taffy boxes. \u00a0The taffy boxes seen in the photo have detailed illustrations on them, and are boxes I’d love to track down – I’ll bet they’re stunning in color.<\/p>\n

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Howard Johnson's Salt Water Taffy - image courtesy Abe Lincoln, Jr.<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s everything for today. \u00a0I hope you enjoyed this peek into an unusual bit of candy history. \u00a0I know it was a surprise to me when I first encountered Ho-Jo candy.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, we’re going to change up the format a bit, as I’ll be posting from an automobile – on the road. \u00a0 It’s not going to quite be live-blogging, but it’s as close as we’ll come here on CollectingCandy.com. \u00a0 I’m hoping that it all works out. \u00a0After tomorrow, it’s a big Easter post, and then Monday-Wednesday will be the focus of the whole CollectingCandy.com Field Trip. \u00a0Details on Sunday night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since I’m on the road this week, starting off on my first CollectingCandy.com field trip, I’ve been thinking about hotels and motels. \u00a0It used to be, hotel and motel chains were much more distinctive than they are today. \u00a0Howard Johnson’s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,24,56],"tags":[1212,1206,88,27,10,14,20,77,66,219,214,220,215,21,25,218,216,15,217,12,11],"class_list":["post-3143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1950s","category-1970s","category-chocolate-2","tag-1950s","tag-1970s","tag-50s","tag-70s","tag-candy","tag-collectible","tag-collecting","tag-collection","tag-collector","tag-hojo","tag-hotel","tag-howard-johnsons","tag-motel","tag-packaging","tag-retro","tag-roadside","tag-roadtrip","tag-sweets","tag-vacation","tag-vintage","tag-wrapper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2aFGk-OH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3143"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3173,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3143\/revisions\/3173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}