{"id":9920,"date":"2013-04-09T12:17:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T16:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=9920"},"modified":"2022-08-21T18:28:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T22:28:54","slug":"the-unusual-flavor-spinoffs-of-rolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=9920","title":{"rendered":"The Unusual Flavor Spinoffs of Rolo!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CC_ExoticLike most major candy brands, Rolo is a mainstay that has occasionally been the recipient of an oddball flavor spin-off.\u00a0 I documented a pair of these kinds of Rolo wrappers last year, but since then I’ve come across a few others and today I’d like to share them with\u00a0 you.<\/p>\n

Last year I documented over 50 Rolo wrappers in my collection across three different articles.\u00a0 Everything from the very first Rolo wrapper released in 1937<\/a>, to the bulk of my collection of 30 wrappers spanning the last five decades in my Big Rolo Roundup post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first Rolo flavor spinoff I ever encountered and one which I’d covered last year in the Rolo Roundup was a late 70’s\/early 80’s German Rolo Mint flavor.\u00a0\u00a0 It is the earliest Rolo flavor spinoff I’ve ever uncovered and remains one of my all-time favorite pieces:<\/p>\n

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Germany – Mackintosh’s – Rolo – Peppermint – candy roll wrapper – late 70’s early 80’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course that’s one I’ve already shared here on CollectingCandy.com, and today I want to focus on my new discoveries.<\/p>\n

First up are the wrappers for a pair of white chocolate-based Rolo treats, both coming from the UK:<\/p>\n

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UK – Nestle Rolo Irish Cream – candy roll wrapper – 2004<\/p><\/div>\n

The white chocolate base for these Rolos has me wishing I could have tried them back when they were on sale.\u00a0 Since they were exclusive to the UK, I never saw them.<\/p>\n

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UK – Nestle Rolo Caramel & Cream – candy roll wrapper – 2005<\/p><\/div>\n

Another interesting Rolo flavor offering from Nestle UK came in the form of a Treacle Toffee edition (Treacle is a kind of British Molasses):<\/p>\n

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UK – Nestle Rolo Treacle Toffee – candy roll wrapper – 1999<\/p><\/div>\n

That wrapper is quite similar to a South African “Licorice Toffee” version I wrote about last year:<\/p>\n

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South Africa \u2013 Nestle \u2013 Rolo \u2013 Limited Edition LIquorice Toffee \u2013 chocolate candy wrapper \u2013 2000<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, here’s a striking blue wrapper for the limited edition Rolo Coconut, released in the United Kingdom back in 2001:<\/p>\n

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UK – Nestle Rolo Coconut – Limited Edition – candy roll wrapper – 2001<\/p><\/div>\n

That makes up the new-and-unusual flavor spinoffs of Rolo I have to show you.\u00a0 But since I am on the topic, I thought I’d also share a few other less-exotic Rolo wrappers I’ve added to my collection since I last covered the brand.<\/p>\n

The next wrapper appears to be a time when Rolo was reverting back to its “original style”:<\/p>\n

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UK – Nestle Rolo Original Style – candy roll wrapper – 1997<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s one where the brand was getting a “wickedly smoother chocolate”.\u00a0 Note the slogan directly underneath the logo, “a handful of mischief”.\u00a0\u00a0 Awesome!<\/p>\n

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UK – Nestle Rolo – New Wickedly Smoother Chocolate – candy roll wrapper – 2003<\/p><\/div>\n

And the Jumbo Rolo offering you can only find in Canada:<\/p>\n

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Canada – Nestle – Rolo Jumbo – candy roll wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, I picked up another variation of Rolo Cookies recently:<\/p>\n

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UK – Nestle Rolo Cookies – Bonus Bite – candy roll wrapper – 2001<\/p><\/div>\n

That Rolo Cookies is a neat wrapper (and a delicious-sounding item), but the one I previously shared last year is a bit cooler as it shows a cutaway of the confectionery combination itself:<\/p>\n

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UK \u2013 Nestle \u2013 Rolo Cookies \u2013 new \u2013 candy wrapper \u2013 1999<\/p><\/div>\n

Oddball flavor spinoffs of standard brands are one of my favorite areas of candy packaging to collect, so these are all quite a lot of fun for me.\u00a0 I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing them brought together as much as I have.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything for today’s coverage of the unusual flavor spinoffs of Rolo.<\/p>\n

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

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