{"id":6423,"date":"2012-09-11T11:51:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T15:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6423"},"modified":"2012-09-11T11:51:50","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T15:51:50","slug":"halloween-hunting-at-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6423","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Hunting at Target!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a candy collector, Halloween stands head-and-shoulders above all others, because so much of it is about candy.\u00a0 Not only that, most companies release special Halloween-themed packaging for their products that tend to be pretty cool.\u00a0 In short, Halloween is an exciting time for collecting candy.<\/p>\n

I plan to devote the entire month of October posts to the topic of collecting Halloween candy, and to Halloween.\u00a0 Not sure if I can pull it off, but that’s the goal.\u00a0 Today will be a bit of a preview of that Halloween-dedicated goodness.<\/p>\n

Now that the back-to-school sections are being dismantled, it’s already time for Halloween product to start getting stocked.\u00a0 Today, I’d like to cover my first Halloween candy hunting outing of 2012 – at Target.<\/p>\n

I’ve found that Target is one of the better spots to track down a superior variety of the special Halloween stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 Oftentimes, they’ll stock specialty Halloween items that you can’t find anywhere else.\u00a0 It might sound a bit ridiculous, but much of this great stuff is already sold-out by mid-October.\u00a0 So if you’re a collector, you have to get into the stores early before it can all disappear.<\/p>\n

Back in 2008, my girlfriend and I went a bit Target-Halloween crazy, and picked up all of this wild stuff:<\/p>\n

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Target Halloween Haul from 2008<\/p><\/div>\n

I’d read online that Targets were scheduled to begin stocking their Halloween goodies this week, so on Sunday I made the trip.<\/p>\n

While there was still quite a bit of space dedicated to leftover back-to-school materials, several Halloween product isles had been built-up (and actually already picked through.)\u00a0 [Apologies for a few of the blurry photos – I was taking snapshots with my phone and should have been more vigilant – it was a bit of a madhouse.]<\/p>\n

Here’s what I saw:<\/p>\n

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2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 1<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 2<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 3<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 4<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 5<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 6<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 7<\/p><\/div>\n

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2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 8<\/p><\/div>\n

Last, but not least – I found that Nabisco’s Oreo Halloween edition packaging, after remaining the same the last few years, has received a fun redesign.\u00a0 Here it is:<\/p>\n

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2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Halloween Oreos<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s all of the pics I have to share.\u00a0 I was hoping to find the new candy corn Oreo cookies, as well as some of the other new Halloween offerings, but I suspect I’m going to have to make a second trip back soon.<\/p>\n

And that’s all for today’s post.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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