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Monthly Archives: February 2015
My Year in Collecting: 2014!
For the past five years, I’ve made it an annual tradition to gather together some of my favorite “collector acquisitions” from the previous twelve months in the form of a visual collage. While it is by no means a comprehensive … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, Chocolate, Mars, Nestle, Peanut Butter
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, packaging design, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Valentine’s Day 2015 gets Snoopy with Nestle Crunch!
Nestle Crunch recently partnered up with Charles M. Schulz’ Peanuts characters, first launching with a fun selection of packaging for Christmas 2014. That partnership promises to see the Peanuts characters gracing Nestle Crunch packaging throughout the year, with new holiday … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Holiday, Nestle
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Charlie Brown, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Nestle Crunch, packaging, packaging design, peanuts, Snoopy, sweets, Valentine, Valentine's, Valentine's Day, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Valentine’s M&M’s Packs from Taiwan!
Happy Valentine’s Day!! M&M’s can always be counted on for a great assortment of seasonal offerings each year and that’s certainly true for the Valentine’s holiday. And while those are always neat to see, I recently picked up something especially … Continue reading
Posted in Boxed, Chocolate, Holiday, M&M's, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chocolate, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, foreign, M&M's, mascot, packaging, packaging design, sweets, Taiwan, V-Day, Valentine, Valentine's Day, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Brach’s 1972 “Share a Little Love” Valentine’s Day Promotion!
For today’s pre-Valentine’s Day post, I’ll be sharing a Brach’s candy salesman promotional packet created in support of their 1972 “Share a Little Love” campaign. It’s a terrific and unique look into our confectionery past and it follows up a … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Boxed, Chocolate, Holiday
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 70's, 70's candy, Brach's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, packaging design, promotional, sales, salesman, sweets, Valentine's Day, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Our 550th Post! Plus Our Biggest Video Announcement Ever!
Today marks CollectingCandy.com’s 550th post! Hooray! It’s a big number and comes on the heels of the site’s third anniversary just last week. With that in mind, we’ve decided to use the occasion to announce a major new endeavor spinning … Continue reading
Posted in TheCandyGeek
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, New York Comic Con, NYCC, packaging, packaging design, sweets, The Candy Geek, TheCandyGeek, vintage candy wrappers, vlog, wrapper
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The (Nearly) Definitive History of Nestle’s Choco’Lite! — Plus: CollectingCandy.com’s Third Anniversary!
Today is special to me as it marks the Third Anniversary of CollectingCandy.com – first launched on February 6th, 2012. And while I wasn’t able to program a week-long anniversary celebration as I did last year, I have endeavored to … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, British, Chocolate, Nestle
Tagged aerated chocolate, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, chocolate with bubbles, Chocolite, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, discontinued, Nestle, Nestle's, packaging, packaging design, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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The Surprising Candy of Howard Johnson’s!
I’ll often talk about how much I enjoy branded candy packaging that comes from unusual sources like private label or “store brands”. These aren’t your typical Hershey or Mars offerings in that you can only find them at specific retail … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, Chocolate, Gum, Hard Candy
Tagged 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 50's, 60's, 70's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, hotel, Howard Johnsons, motel, packaging, packaging design, private label, store brand, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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1997’s Cadbury Spice Girls Chocolate Bars!
Today I’m flying back to the heady days of the mid-1990’s to take a look at the confectionery output of the pop-culture musical phenomenon known as The Spice Girls! Make the jump to check it out.
Posted in 1990's, British, Cadbury, Canadian, Chocolate
Tagged Australia, Cadbury, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, celebrity, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, licensed, music, packaging, packaging design, Spice Girls, sweets, United Kingdom, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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Superbowl 2015 and the Collation Conundrum! (plus a little NFL Snickers history)
Once again it’s Super Bowl Sunday and for the third year in a row I’ll be featuring Snickers NFL Minis and their team wrappers! Make the jump to check them out.
Posted in 1990's, Chocolate, Mars
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, football, licensed, NFL, packaging, packaging design, Snickers, Super Bowl, Superbowl, sweets, teams, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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