{"id":8224,"date":"2013-01-12T15:56:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T20:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8224"},"modified":"2013-01-12T15:56:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T20:56:59","slug":"all-your-king-size-hershey-are-belong-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8224","title":{"rendered":"All Your King Size Hershey are Belong to Us!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last month I detailed my quest to track down and collect all of the current Hershey family King Size bar wrappers<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Over the course of the following weeks, and trips through half-a-dozen states, I think I’ve picked up all of them.\u00a0 Today, I’d like to share the wrappers with you.<\/p>\n

This isn’t going to be a world-shattering post because these will be wrappers you can likely find by visiting any of own your local stores.\u00a0 My hope is that seeing them all together will be interesting, and you might be surprised just how many wrappers there currently are, even in this narrow King Size field.<\/p>\n

The appeal of wanting to collect all of these is mostly due to their unifying feature, the “King Size” label printed on them which is sort of a sideways chevron (well, for almost all of them).\u00a0\u00a0 As I said when I first wrote about these wrappers, there’s just something cool about having the unified design element shared across all of these diverse brands.<\/p>\n

I was able to gather 30 different wrappers with the King Size sideways chevron graphic, as well as a few more without.\u00a0 Once I had them, the challenge was to get the wrappers removed without tearing them.\u00a0\u00a0 With different wrappers made of a few different materials it was slow-going, but I managed to get these all removed with minimal damage..\u00a0\u00a0 I then placed them on single sheets of paper inside of hardbound books for “flattening”.\u00a0 After a couple days of flattening, I scanned them and got them all ready for presentation in today’s post.<\/p>\n

So today is not a peek into candy history, but a fun look at current candy packaging design.\u00a0 Let’s get to the wrappers.<\/p>\n

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Hershey – Hershey’s Milk Chocolate – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

The classic Hershey bar is a great place to start, and while back in Nebraska for the holidays I even found a variation on the classic with a promotional printed-on-the-wrapper price.<\/p>\n

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Hershey – Hershey’s Milk Chocolate – 2 for 3-dollars King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Hershey’s Milk Chocolate with Almonds – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Hershey’s Milk Chocolate with Almonds – 2 for 3-dollars King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Hershey’s Special Dark – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Hershey’s Cookies N Creme – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Milk Chocolate Drops – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Cookies n Creme Drops – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Mr Goodbar – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – 5th Avenue – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Pay Day – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Cadbury Caramello – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Zero – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Whatchamacallit – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

The Reese’s family is represented well in the King Size, and here’s what I picked up:<\/p>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Big Cup – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Crispy Crunchy – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Fast Break – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Nutrageous – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Sticks – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Pieces – King Size – candy package – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Minis – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

I picked up a King Size package for 2012’s Reese’s Christmas Trees, but this one had the King Size design from previous years – no sideways chevron.\u00a0 This is likely the last new package to feature the outgoing design:<\/p>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Peanut Butter Trees – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

My guess is that this year we’ll see the sideways chevron across all of the holiday-specific packaging, as I found this Valentine’s Reese’s Hearts package just last week:<\/p>\n

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Hershey – Reese’s Peanut Butter Hearts – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

Now here are the last of the King Sizes I picked up:<\/p>\n

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Hershey – Rolo Minis – NEW – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Take 5 – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Kit Kat – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – York Peppermint Patties – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Heath – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Peter Paul Almond Joy – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Peter Paul Mounds – King Size – candy package wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s all of the Hershey-family King Size wrappers I have with sideways chevron design element.\u00a0 I quite like them.<\/p>\n

I also picked up a pair of Hershey-family King Size packs of Twizzlers.\u00a0 They don’t have the unifying design element, but I thought I could still include them here today.<\/p>\n

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Hershey – Twizzlers – Strawberry Twists – King Size – candy package – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hershey – Twizzlers – Rainbow Twists – King Size – candy package – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Those are all the Hershey Family King Sizes I could find across six weeks and as many states of searching.<\/p>\n

I had wondered if there was a Dark Chocolate or White Chocolate Reese’s in the King Size, but after so much searching, I don’t think there is.\u00a0 Similarly, I don’t think there’s a King Size standard Rolo pack (only the minis).\u00a0\u00a0 But even though I’ve not encountered those in King Size, you never know.\u00a0 Maybe they are out there somewhere.\u00a0 If you see ’em, pick them up and drop me a line.<\/p>\n

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

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