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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Happy Valentine’s Day 2017 with Six New Just Born Boxes!!
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! While there was a lot of great new Valentine’s seasonal offerings this year, I’ve only time for one post. I’m choosing to dedicate today’s feature on the six new-for-2017 Just Born boxed Valentine’s seasonal offerings – … Continue reading
Posted in Boxed, Holiday
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, packaging design, sweets, Valentine's, Valentine's candy, Valentine's Day, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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The Sears Candy Shop! Plus: The Return of WishbookWeb.com!
Years before I launched CollectingCandy.com, I mounted an effort to create an online archive of vintage Christmas catalogs, like the old Sears Wishbooks. That vintage Christmas catalog website was and is WishbookWeb.com and this week and I relaunched WishbookWeb with … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, Chocolate, Christmas, Private Label
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Christmas, Christmas Catalog, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, packaging, packaging design, private label, Sears, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, vintage christmas catalogs, WishbookWeb.com, wrapper
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CollectingCandy.com’s 5th Anniversary!! Plus the World Premier of the Lost Big League Chew Flavor: Cola!
Today marks five years exactly since CollectingCandy.com was launched (way back on February 6th, 2012) with a feature retrospective on the Big League Chew brand. Since then, I’ve penned another 632 articles including the publication of over 6,000 images (many … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, 1990's, Bubble Gum, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Timeline
Tagged Big League Chew, bubblegum, 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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Super Bowl Sunday 2017 and Snickers’ Football Phrase Wrappers!
It’s once again Super Bowl Sunday, and once again I’ll be marking the day with some NFL tie-in candy wrappers! This year I’ll be featuring Mars’ play on their successful “You’re Not Yourself When You’re Hungry” Snickers trait bar promotion, … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Mars, Peanut Butter, Reese's
Tagged candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, football, Mars, packaging, packaging design, Patriots, Reese's, Snickers, Superbowl, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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The Search for the 1970’s Blow Pop “Squarepack” and Charms Blow Pop’s Earliest Origins!
When researching the history of candy, I sometimes come across things I’ve never seen before or didn’t previously know existed. It often happens when I’m lucky enough to find a vintage store photo showing a candy display or aisle. Today … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Bubble Gum, Gum, Hard Candy, Lollipop
Tagged Blow Pop, bubble gum, bubblegum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, Charms, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, gum, packaging, packaging design, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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The Secret History of Reese’s Pieces with Peanuts!
Reese’s Pieces have been around since the late 1970’s, and over the years the brand has received limited run extensions in the form of Reese’s Pieces with the addition of Peanuts. They did so just last year, but I was … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, Chocolate, Hershey, Peanut Butter, Reese's
Tagged 1980's, 80's, 80's candy, brand extension, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, nuts, packaging, packaging design, peanut, Reese's, sweets, vintage candy wrappers, wrapper
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