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Back in March of last year, I wrote about Rowntree UK’s nostalgic 70’s favorite, the Texan bar<\/a>.\u00a0 What I didn’t know at the time was that around that same period in Rowntree’s history, their South African branch produced a different bar, but with a similar name and thematic, the Tex bar.\u00a0 It featured a pretty cool wrapper, and I thought it would be fun one-off for today.<\/p>\n The Texan bar was a nougat-filled milk chocolate bar, while the Tex is described as a creamy milk chocolate with an aerated center and filled biscuit wafers.\u00a0 So quite different indeed.<\/p>\n To my knowledge, there are no other images of this style of vintage South African TEX bar wrappers on the internet, so this is another CollectingCandy.com exclusive premiere.<\/p>\n Here’s the wrapper:<\/p>\n South Africa – Rowntree – TEX – 12-cent chocolate bar candy wrapper – 1970’s 1980’s<\/p><\/div>\n What makes this wrapper for me is partly the name, but mostly the stylized illustration of the cowboy.\u00a0 He’s got that spaghetti western look, illustrated in black and white on a plain yellow wrapper that really makes it stand out.<\/p>\n The person I acquired this from believed it be a 1980’s wrapper but I’m thinking it’s more likely from the 1970’s.\u00a0 I can’t be certain, but the simplicity in design and lack of a UPC code points to an earlier release than the 80’s.<\/p>\n Unlike the Texan bar, the TEX is still produced and available today, at least in the United Kingdom.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure I have a modern Tex wrapper in my files somewhere, but I couldn’t locate it for today’s post.\u00a0 So I’ve gone to the internet for help — here’s a shot of what the current UK Tex bar wrapper looks like:<\/p>\n Nestle – TEX bar wrapper – 2010 – Image Source – Chocolate Review UK<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n I hope you enjoyed seeing this great old Tex bar wrapper, and it’s modern equivalent.<\/p>\n See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Back in March of last year, I wrote about Rowntree UK’s nostalgic 70’s favorite, the Texan bar.\u00a0 What I didn’t know at the time was that around that same period in Rowntree’s history, their South African branch produced a different … Continue reading ![\"South](\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CC_South-Africa-Rowntree-TEX-12-cent-chocolate-bar-candy-wrapper-1970s-1980s.jpg\")
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