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Category Archives: Gummies
My Year in Collecting: 2017!
While most folks do their 2017 “year in review” type editorials in December or January, mine tend to slip to February and in the case of this year and last, the month of March. Even so, I’m wonderfully-excited to share … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, Canadian, Chocolate, Christmas, Easter, Fleer, Gum, Gummies, Halloween, Hard Candy, Hershey, Holiday, M&M's, Mars, Nestle, Reese's, Sour Candy, Timeline, Topps, Wonka
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy shopping haul, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, haul, junkfood haul, packaging, packaging design, shopping haul, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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My Year in Collecting: 2016!
Though it arrives a little later than I’d planned, today I’m excited to present my 2016 “Year in Collecting” retrospective graphical collage. This is the eighth year in a row that I’ve put one of these together and it’s fun … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, Canadian, Chocolate, Gum, Gummies, Hershey, M&M's, Mars, Nestle, Reese's, Timeline, Topps, Wonka
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collage, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, packaging design, retrospective, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper, Year in Collecting
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The Rest Of the Best Of 2016’s New Halloween Candy!
Each year, candy manufacturers roll out fresh seasonal offerings and packaging for the Halloween holiday and during this year’s Countdown I’ve managed to cover a number of awesome examples. But with our 2016 Countdown To Halloween coming to a close, … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, CountdownToHalloween, Gummies, Halloween, Holiday, Nestle, Peanut Butter
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, Halloween candy, packaging, packaging design, seasonal candy, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Target’s Halloween Private Label Candy for 2016! (and 2015, too!)
When Halloween sections start arriving in stores, one of the first places I enjoy checking out is Target. They always have a big variety of offerings (with exclusives like this year’s Boo-terschotch M&M’s) and they also bring out a nice … Continue reading
Posted in CountdownToHalloween, Gummies, Halloween, Private Label
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, Halloween candy, packaging, packaging design, private label, seasonal, sweets, Target, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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7-Eleven’s Halloween Private Label Evolution!
I first became fascinated with 7-Eleven’s private label brand back in 2014 when I noticed they were including well-known confectionery products and logos on some of their 7-Select brand packages. Since then, I’ve been keen to keep up with all … Continue reading
Posted in CountdownToHalloween, Gummies, Halloween, Holiday
Tagged 7-11, 7-Eleven, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, Halloween candy, packaging, packaging design, private label, pumpkin, Seven Eleven, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Happy Hanukkah With Paskesz Kosher Candy and More!
Hanukkah began on Sunday night earlier this week and it is a holiday I’ve been wanting to acknowledge here on CollectingCandy.com for some time. I’ve finally gathered up enough fun Hanukkah-related candy items to share, so make the jump to … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Gummies, Holiday, Sour Candy, Uncategorized
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Chanukah, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Hanaka, Hanukkah, holiday, Jewish, kosher, menorah, packaging, packaging design, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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New for 2015: A New Halloween Ring Pop Package Design!
Happy Halloween!! One of the candy brands that tends to always provide specialty seasonal releases is Topps/Bazooka’s Ring Pop. This year is no different, with the added bonus of an entirely new look for their Halloween Ring Pop big multi-bag … Continue reading
Posted in CountdownToHalloween, Gummies, Halloween, Novelty, Topps
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Dracula, Frankenstein, Halloween, mascot, monster, packaging, packaging design, Ring Pop, Ring Pops, sweets, vampire, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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The Colorful Characters of Shari Candies!
I’ve written before about my appreciation of private label or store brand candy packaging and how it offers all manner of variety in what could otherwise be a fairly repetitive category. Oftentimes, private label candy packaging is simply the name … Continue reading
Posted in Bubble Gum, Chocolate, Gum, Gummies, Hard Candy
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, mascot, packaging, packaging design, private label, store brand, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Australia’s Starburst Gummies & More!
As a candy enthusiast, historian and collector, I love finding unusual product or flavor extensions of candy brands I already know well. There’s just something especially compelling about that familiar logo matched up with unfamiliar elements that makes up a … Continue reading
Posted in Gummies, Mars
Tagged Australia, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, gummi, Gummies, gummy, mascot, New Zealand, packaging, packaging design, Starburst, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Sweetarts Easter Candy and More From the 1990’s!
Happy Easter, everyone! To mark today’s holiday, I’ve opened my archives and dug back to the 1990’s for a wonderful set of Sweetarts Easter promotional sales materials. These feature a surprisingly diverse and delightful array of Easter product under the Sweetarts … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Boxed, Easter, Gummies, Holiday, Nestle, Sour Candy, Wonka
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, packaging design, Sweet Tarts, Sweetarts, sweets, Sweettarts, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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