{"id":4723,"date":"2012-06-23T08:29:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T12:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2012-06-23T22:20:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T02:20:33","slug":"out-now-nestle-crunch-girl-scout-cookie-candy-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4723","title":{"rendered":"Out Now – Nestle Crunch Girl Scout Cookie Candy Bars!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Though I spend the bulk of my time researching and hunting down candy packaging from the past, I still do like to pick up contemporary releases, especially new or odd things.\u00a0\u00a0 While finding the vintage stuff is hard, it might surprise you to learn that sometimes it can be pretty difficult to track down new stuff, too.<\/p>\n

Take, for instance, some of the recent holiday releases of Big League Chew – I’d had friends and family on the lookout for the Easter pouches but only ever found one of the two variety released earlier this year.<\/p>\n

So when I learned that Nestle Crunch would be releasing a trio of limited run bars inspired by Girl Scout Cookie favorites I put all of my collector-feelers out to track them down.\u00a0 For the first couple of weeks, the hunt was dry – no one was able to turn up a single sighting of these.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, this week I stumbled upon all three; the Thin Mint in a nearby CVS store and the remaining two in the heart of New York City’s Times Square – at the flagship Walgreens store there.<\/p>\n

I really dig the packaging, as each one features an image of the cookie that inspired them as well as the Girl Scouts logo.\u00a0 So there are a number of nice touches here.<\/p>\n

On to the wrappers:<\/p>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Girl Scouts Cookie Flavors – Caramel & Coconut – chocolate candy wrapper – June 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Girl Scouts Cookie Flavors – Thin Mints – chocolate candy wrapper – June 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestle – Crunch – Girl Scouts Cookie Flavors – Peanut Butter Creme – chocolate candy wrapper – June 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Aren’t they neat?<\/p>\n

I will note that these were tough wrappers to open without having them shred and tear along the way.\u00a0 Many modern wrappers are designed like this.\u00a0 They have the ironic ability to secure and protect the contents from damage, but at the same time are designed to be easily opened when a consumer wants to get to the contents.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they don’t take into account the candy wrapper collector.\u00a0 Due to that, I’ve had to figure out ways to help avoid the tearing and shredding that is commonplace among modern-day wrapper opening.\u00a0 After a suggestion by my pal Neato Coolville<\/a>, I’ll be devoting a future article to the various methods and tools I’ve developed where that’s concerned.<\/p>\n

And that’s really all I’ve got to say about these today.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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