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Tag Archives: 1970’s
Easter Week 2014: Twenty Fun Flavors of Russell Stover’s Chocolate Eggs!
For today’s entry in our Easter Week coverage, I wanted to continue our CollectingCandy.com tradition and look at the full variety of Russell Stover’s seasonal offerings. In the last year I’ve had great fun featuring Russell Stover’s Halloween Pumpkins, Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1990's, Chocolate, Easter, Holiday, Uncategorized
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 70's, bunnies, bunny, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Easter, Easter bunny, Easter candy, Easter chocolate, holiday, packaging, rabbit, Russell Stover, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Meet Mark Sweet: The Real-Life Willy Wonka!
Today marks CollectingCandy.com’s second anniversary (launched on February 6th, 2012 with our Retrospective of Big League Chew) – and it’s also our 450th post! With so much to celebrate, we wanted to bring you a great feature as well as … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Nestle, Wonka
Tagged 1970's, 1970's Wonka, 70's, 70's candy, Big Bang Theory, Breaker, Breaker Confections, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, CBS, Chuck Lorre, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Nestle, packaging, Sunline, Sunmark, sweets, television, vintage candy wrapper, Willy Wonka, Wonka, wrapper
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Bubble Yum Packs of the 1970’s!
Continuing this week with fun posts acknowledging CollectingCandy.com’s two-year anniversary, today we’re presenting a photo spread of unopened Bubble Yum bubblegum packs from the 1970’s! Unlike yesterday, today’s post will be light on historical facts as this is a topic … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, Gum, Hershey
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 1970's gum, 70's, bubble gum, Bubble Yum, bubblegum, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, gum, packaging, soft-chunk, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Spangler’s 1970’s Zodiac Pops, Super Pops & Big Suckers!
One of the more clever uses of cellophane in candy packaging had to be when confectioners started utilizing the protective wrapping as a kind of catch-all canvas for lollipops. By printing up a custom cellophane wrap, they could turn that … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Hard Candy
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 70's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Dum-Dum, lollipops, packaging, pops, Spangler, suckers, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper, Zodiac
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New for 2013: Starburst Candy Corn and Brach’s New Look! Plus a Big Dose of Candy Corn History!
October 30th is National Candy Corn Day — well, at least that’s what Alton Brown told me when I saw him on the Food Network last week. Alton’s alert prompted me to do a little Google search to read up … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Boxed, CountdownToHalloween, Halloween, Holiday
Tagged 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy corn, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, holiday, packaging, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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From 1972: Topps’ 250-Piece Bubble Gum Haunted House “Door-Knobber” Halloween Package!
While coming up with a vintage Halloween candy item to cover today, I recalled a fun piece of Topps bubble gum packaging that I picked up recently known as a “door-knobber”. In the process of researching the origins of that … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, CountdownToHalloween, Gum, Halloween, Holiday, Topps
Tagged 1970's, 1970's Halloween, 70's, 70's Bazooka, 70's Topps, Bazooka, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Halloween, packaging, sweets, Topps, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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Hot Week: Bazooka Hot Bubble Gum from 1973!
During the initial two days of Cinnamon Hot Week I looked at unusual items from the 1960’s and the 1990’s – so today I’m hitting the 1970’s with a dynamite-yet-mysterious release from Topps Chewing Gum: Bazooka Hot Bubble Gum!
Posted in 1970's, Bubble Gum, Gum, Topps
Tagged 1970's, 70's, Bazooka, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, cinnamon, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, Hot Week, packaging, sweets, Topps, vintage candy wrapper, wrapper
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A Forgotten Wonka Treat – Tangy Bloops!
It’s been a couple of weeks since I last pulled something from the 1970’s archives to share, so today I’m presenting a Wonka treat you’ve likely never seen before: Tangy Bloops Super Sour Candy!
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, Nestle, Sour Candy, Wonka
Tagged 1970's, 1970's candy, 1980's candy, 70's, 70's candy, 80's candy, Breaker, Breaker Confections, candy collecting, candy collection, candy collector, candy wrapper collection, candy wrapper collector, collectible, collecting candy, confectionery, confections, mascot, packaging, sour, sweets, vintage candy wrapper, Willy Wonka, Wonka, wrapper
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