{"id":3875,"date":"2012-05-07T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T16:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2012-05-07T12:15:22","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T16:15:22","slug":"gorp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=3875","title":{"rendered":"GORP!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GORP Plus - black-and-white image from 1978 trade magazine.<\/p><\/div>\n

GORP might sound like the name of some invertebrate globular alien Star Trek character, or an odd comic book sound-effect, but it’s not – at least that’s not all that it is.\u00a0 Gorp was a confectionery brand name – an acronym for “Good Ol’ Raisins & Peanuts”.<\/p>\n

This is one of those 70’s treats I don’t really recall, possibly because it contained raisins, and while I’m sure raisins are truly “nature’s candy”, they were never really mine.\u00a0 I first came across GORP in a 1970’s candy industry trade magazine, while doing candy-related research at the New York Public Library (yes, I do candy-research at the library, don’t beat me up).\u00a0 I snapped a photo of the image in question, and that very photo is today’s title shot.<\/p>\n

Though it was only a black-and-white image, I immediately became enamored with the packaging and the odd name.\u00a0 It was just weird enough and just 70’s enough that I couldn’t help myself.\u00a0\u00a0 As I have with many of my candy first-sightings, I made a note and added GORP to my want-list of vintage candy packaging I would one day hope to find.\u00a0 Lucky for me, I recently did.<\/p>\n

From out of the wonderful L.M. Kallok Collection came not one, but two very different GORP packages.\u00a0 This following package appears to be an earlier version (though it could be a later version) than the Nabisco Confections’ GORP Plus that is seen in the 1978 black-and-white photo above:<\/p>\n

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Nabisco Confections - GORP - Good Ol' Raisins and Peanuts Plus Real Chocolate Chips - candy package - 1970's<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s great to be able to show the GORP package complete and in color – I think it’s pretty dynamite.\u00a0 This next GORP package comes from 1980, and I’m not sure what to make of it:<\/p>\n

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David & Sons - GORP Good Old Raisins & Peanuts - candy bar wrapper - 1980<\/p><\/div>\n

As you can see, the 1980 package is a huge departure from the design shown on the earlier ones.\u00a0 Also, this version of GORP is produced by David & Sons, rather than Nabisco.\u00a0 Finally, it lacks the “Plus” of chocolate chips, so it’s a move into a pure healthy bar, rather than a confectionery one.<\/p>\n

At the moment, I don’t know the whole story on this.\u00a0 Perhaps GORP was not something that Nabisco had trademarked, or perhaps David & Sons purchased the brand from Nabisco.\u00a0 For now, it remains a mystery to be solved.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything I’ve got on the oddly-named GORP.\u00a0 Hope to see you back here tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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