{"id":358,"date":"2012-02-08T13:39:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T18:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=358"},"modified":"2012-03-02T01:57:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T06:57:50","slug":"hot-tamales-the-cinnamon-center-of-my-collector-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=358","title":{"rendered":"Hot Tamales – The cinnamon center of my collector-heart."},"content":{"rendered":"

It was my nostalgic search for a vintage Hot Tamales box (as well as a 1970’s Marathon bar wrapper, but that’s another story) that would eventually lead me to become the passionate candy collector and historian I am today.<\/p>\n

As with the beginnings of many hobbies, I thought I would start with just one box and stop there, but it wasn’t meant to be.\u00a0 The more I delved into the world of candy, the more I enjoyed it.\u00a0 Though my appreciation has grown beyond these delicious cinnamon-flavored treats, they still hold a special spot in my collector-heart.<\/p>\n

Here’s a timeline of the major Hot Tamales boxes I’ve picked up over the years.<\/p>\n

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Super Hot Tamales box image courtesy BradKent.com<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

People often ask me, “Where do you find these things?”<\/p>\n

My answer most typically is what you might expect – eBay.\u00a0\u00a0 But even then, there can be some fun stories attached, because old candy boxes and candy wrappers are thrown away.\u00a0 People don’t save them.<\/p>\n

Looking at this timeline – the very first image on the left column — that Hot Tamales box was originally found with a number of other old candy boxes, underneath the floor of a closed-down movie theater.\u00a0 I was thrilled to get that one as it sported a mail-away offer for a Hot Tamales Kid doll.<\/p>\n

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Hot Tamales Kid advertisement - 1974<\/p><\/div>\n

Though I don’t typically collect or save candy-related premiums, I do have one of these.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My favorite origin story for one of my Hot Tamales boxes goes to the second box down on the right column.\u00a0 That was the first vintage Hot Tamales box I tracked down, and it was the start of my collection.\u00a0 I acquired that from a former flight attendant, who, back in the early 1980’s, found herself on a flight with baseball star, Ricky Henderson.\u00a0 Wanting to get an autograph, she had him sign the one thing in her bag – a Hot Tamales box.<\/p>\n

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Hot Tamales box autographed by Ricky Henderson - 1980<\/p><\/div>\n

She listed that box on Ebay, thinking it would sell to a sports fan, never realizing that the winner would be far more interested in the box itself, and much less in the signature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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