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Oh Candy, Oh Canaday, Oh Canada!
So, what do you do when you are a candy collector, you’ve launched a blog about collecting candy, and you’ve got five hours and ten stops in a country where all the candy packaging is different? You buy a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wonka
Tagged Canada, Canadian, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, packaging, sweets, vintage, Wonka
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From the Candy Kitchens of… Howard Johnson’s?
Since I’m on the road this week, starting off on my first CollectingCandy.com field trip, I’ve been thinking about hotels and motels. It used to be, hotel and motel chains were much more distinctive than they are today. Howard Johnson’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1970's, Chocolate
Tagged 1950's, 1970's, 50's, 70's, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, collector, HoJo, hotel, Howard Johnsons, motel, packaging, retro, roadside, roadtrip, sweets, vacation, vintage, wrapper
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Easter Flashback! A Woolworth’s Offering from 1968.
Just a few days left before Easter, so make sure to get your goodies while you can. Certainly one of the biggest days for candy, and for candy packaging, Easter is one we’re excited to celebrate here on the site. … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, Chocolate, Holiday
Tagged 1960's, 60's, bunny, candy, chocolate, circular, collectible, collecting, collection, Easter, newspaper, nostalgia, packaging, retail, retro, sweets, vintage, Woolworth's, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Wedgie!
As I pointed out yesterday, today marks the opening day for Major League Baseball’s 2012 season. Tonight at just after 7pm, the Cards and the Marlins face off. So, continuing the thematic of baseball from yesterday’s post, today’s edition of … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, collection, collector, confection, packaging, parody, sticker, sweets, Topps, vintage, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Wackys, wrapper
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Play Ball!! Baseball’s Opening Day Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the 2012 opening day for Major League Baseball. In order to mark this occasion, today’s post will showcase a number of fun baseball-related candy packages.
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Bubble Gum, Chocolate
Tagged 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 70's, 80's, 90's, baseball, bubble, bubblegum, candy, chocolate, Clark, collectible, collecting, collection, collector, collectors, Curtiss, gum, Leaf, Major League, Major League Baseball, MLB, Opening Day, packaging, Reggie, Reggie Jackson, retro, sports, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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All About Razzles – First it’s a candy, then it’s a gum!
What can you say about Razzles? As it turns out, quite a lot. I don’t recall what my earliest memory of Razzles was, only that they seemed to be ever present in the tapestry of my confectionery youth.
Carlos V – Building a history for the King of Chocolate Bars.
I first became aware of Nestle’s Carlos V bar a year or two ago, when I saw the oddly-smallish bar at a Walgreens. At the time I wondered if it was an import or a new Nestle product, but I … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, Chocolate, Nestle, Uncategorized
Tagged 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 70's, 80's, 90's, antique, Azteca, candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, collection, confectionery, king, Mexican, Mexico, Nestle, old, packaging, retro, Spanish, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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Stale Old Candy – It’s Not Trash – It’s Treasure!
I am a vintage candy packaging collector, but beyond that, I’ve also long been buying and collecting current candy packaging, too. It’s all a part of putting the older pieces into historical perspective. In five years all of the stuff … Continue reading
Posted in Wonka
Tagged 2000's, candy, collectible, collecting, confection, confectionery, history, Nestle, packaging, retail, roll, Shockers, sour, sweets, Sweettarts, vintage, Wonka, wrapper
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The Snickers Peanut Munch Bar – From the 1970’s to today.
[Note: CollectingCandy.com posted a significant update to this article in March of 2013.] I will admit to coming around to the goodness of the Munch bar a bit later in life. As a kid, it wasn’t my thing. If I … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, 1990's
Tagged 1970's, 70's, antique, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, confectionery, confedtion, history, Mars, packaging, peanuts, retro, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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Brachs Rocks! – It’s Rocky D. in ’93!
Rock candy has always been a fun concept, though the crystallized-sugar-on-a-string style is not the only kind out there. I think I first saw jelly bean-like confections designed to look like rocks, all the way back in the 1970’s, during … Continue reading
Posted in 1990's, Novelty
Tagged 1990's, 90's, Brach's, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, collector, confection, dinosaur, grocery, mascot, packaging, retail, retro, rock, rock candy, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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