{"id":8626,"date":"2013-01-31T15:26:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T20:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2013-01-31T15:26:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T20:26:14","slug":"from-the-darkside-to-the-tropics-new-on-shelves-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8626","title":{"rendered":"From the Darkside to the Tropics – New on Shelves this Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Much of my work here on CollectingCandy.com is related to uncovering and celebrating the histories of candy packaging and marketing, but that still leaves room to eyeball the current crop of confectionery goodies and cheer lead them as well.\u00a0\u00a0 Since I try to keep an ongoing collection of the current wrappers and boxes, it’s especially exciting when I come across new flavors of standard brands.\u00a0 Last night, I found four!\u00a0\u00a0 So today’s post is dedicated to these four new offerings that I found on shelves this week.<\/p>\n

Each of the brands covered in today’s post is pretty big, and each is one I haven’t gotten around to dedicating a big historical post to just yet.\u00a0 But they’re coming, I promise.<\/p>\n

I found all four of these at my local 7-Eleven store, stopping in for one of my routine “candy checks”.\u00a0 Yes, I often stop at my local stores not to buy anything in particular, but just to see if they’ve stocked some new and interesting bit of candy that I’ve yet to see.\u00a0 I had been in this 7-Eleven a week earlier and didn’t expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised to find four brand new major offerings.\u00a0 So lets get to them.<\/p>\n

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Wrigley – Skittles – Darkside – NEW – candy package – December 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Skittles Darkside is a pretty awesome bit of packaging all around.\u00a0 The palette used is striking and stands out against the normally bright colors of a Skittles pack.\u00a0 And then there’s the name – they got me with the name:\u00a0 “Skittles Darkside:\u00a0 The Other Side of the Rainbow”.<\/p>\n

“The Other Side of the Rainbow”?\u00a0 Whoa – how cool is that?\u00a0 Whoever came up with that extra tagline at the end deserves special praise.<\/p>\n

Next up is one that I’d been hoping to see since I’d first become aware of it via the official Necco Twitter account back in November.\u00a0 It’s Necco Wafers Tropical:<\/p>\n

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Necco – Necco Wafers Tropical Fruit flavors – candy roll wrapper – January 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a bit of a departure for Necco Wafers packaging, and I think it really works.\u00a0 If you’re a fan of Necco Wafers standard assortment I think you’ll really dig the more exotic range offered here.<\/p>\n

Coming up next is a new flavor of Starburst, Very Berry:<\/p>\n

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Wrigley – Starburst – Very Berry – New – foil candy package wrapper – January 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

I almost overlooked that this one was new and didn’t pick it up.\u00a0 You see, I love Starburst, but for some reason the packaging for all the flavors sort of looks the same to me. \u00a0 Maybe it’s the fact that when it’s wrapped up, the pack is largely yellow and red – I’m not sure.\u00a0\u00a0 I would have hated to miss this.\u00a0 So this is another neat wrapper, and it seems to use a similar palette to Wrigley’s other new offering this week; Skittles Darkside.<\/p>\n

My final piece to share today is a bit of a follow-up from a post I shared last month on the return of soda flavored bubblegum, specifically the return of Dr. Pepper Gum<\/a>. Hubba Bubba is bringing back two actual soda-flavored bubble gum flavors – I first found the Dr Pepper last month, and finally the Orange Crush just last night.\u00a0 Check it out:<\/p>\n

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Wrigley – Hubba Bubba – Orange Crush – bubble gum wrapper – January 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

As I mentioned last month in my Dr Pepper post, I hope that Hubba Bubba continues to experiment with different flavors and maybe even more soda-inspired flavors (I’m looking at you Hubba Bubba Mountain Dew!).<\/p>\n

And that’s everything for today’s post on the great things I found that are new on shelves this week.\u00a0 In the coming months I hope to tackle each of these four awesome brands (Hubba Bubba, Skittles, Necco Wafers, and Starburst) in depth and look forward to sharing the many historical pieces of packaging I have for each.<\/p>\n

Until then – I’ll see you next time!<\/p>\n

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Special acknowledgement to digital artist RooKStock<\/a>, whose free wood texture<\/a> I utilized for today’s title image background.\u00a0 Normally I generate that kind of stuff myself, but I was in a pinch today and was able to put his ready-made creation to work.\u00a0 Thanks to RooKStock for creating it and making it available as a free-to-use resource!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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