{"id":9832,"date":"2013-04-05T14:44:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=9832"},"modified":"2013-04-05T14:44:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:44:26","slug":"a-fun-one-for-friday-willy-wonkas-rinky-dinks-from-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=9832","title":{"rendered":"A Fun One For Friday – Willy Wonka’s Rinky Dinks from 1986!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the wake of the huge success that was Nerds, the Willy Wonka company attempted a number of similar follow-ups.\u00a0 One such treat was Willy Wonka’s Rinky Dinks, tiny jawbreakers with printed faces served up in a three-flavor, compartmentalized box.<\/p>\n

First launched in 1984, the Rinky Dinks items I have in my collection and which I’ll be sharing today are from the 1986 Match & Win promotion.<\/p>\n

First up is a Rinky Dinks Match & Win candy box:<\/p>\n

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Sunmark – Willy Wonka’s – Rinky Dinks candy box – Match and Win Shopping Spree contest – 1986<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s the Match & Win game rules insert:<\/p>\n

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Rinky Dinks – Match and Win contest rules insert – 1986<\/p><\/div>\n

As you can see, the three separate box tabs allowed you to choose which flavor of Rinky Dinks you were accessing.\u00a0 That packaging feature was a big part of what set Nerds apart from the competition, and it was something that Willy Wonka Brands utilized to bring some of that Nerds success to this product.<\/p>\n

The one thing that I really dig about Rinky Dinks is something I didn’t even realize for a number of years, which is that each little jawbreaker had a cartoon face printed on it.\u00a0 I’ve had that Rinky Dinks box for some time, and even though it says right on it “candy with faces” I just thought that it was the typical Wonka mascot illustration reference, not the candy itself.\u00a0 So when I found this next item, a newspaper circular for Rinky Dinks, I realized it was a literal description.\u00a0 [I’m happy to say that these next two images are CollectingCandy.com Exclusives – you won’t find them anywhere else online.]<\/p>\n

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Willy Wonka Brands – Rinky Dinks Match & Win Game – newspaper circular advertisement – 1986<\/p><\/div>\n

As you can see from this ad, there were two different flavor assortment for Rinky Dinks, though I only have one in my own collection\u00a0 – something fun to hunt for!<\/p>\n

Here’s a close-up of some of the Rinky Dinks candy-with-faces from the ad:<\/p>\n

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Rinky Dinks faces close-up<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything for today’s fun Friday post.\u00a0 I hope you’ve enjoyed this glimpse back at the candy-with-faces, Willy Wonka’s Rinky Dinks!<\/p>\n

See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the wake of the huge success that was Nerds, the Willy Wonka company attempted a number of similar follow-ups.\u00a0 One such treat was Willy Wonka’s Rinky Dinks, tiny jawbreakers with printed faces served up in a three-flavor, compartmentalized box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,116,164],"tags":[349,385,321,316,328,351,332,14,324,78,333,21,812,15,348,810,811,11],"class_list":["post-9832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","category-nestle","category-wonka","tag-1980s-candy","tag-80s-candy","tag-candy-collecting","tag-candy-collection","tag-candy-collector","tag-candy-wrapper-collection","tag-candy-wrapper-collector","tag-collectible","tag-collecting-candy","tag-confectionery","tag-confections","tag-packaging","tag-rinky-dinks","tag-sweets","tag-vintage-candy-wrapper","tag-willy-wonka-brands","tag-wonka-mascot","tag-wrapper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2aFGk-2yA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9832"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9848,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9832\/revisions\/9848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}