I am staying with the Halloween theme with my collection challenges in October. Today I am presenting Halloween candy boxes/candy boxes. I like to decorate with them for the holiday since candy is so central to Halloween and I like the height and interest they give to displays.
I love the graphics of course. This one was found at an estate sale and I bought something that was 50 cents. You can see the writing on the box where they indicated the price. I don't remember what came in the box, as i was more excited for the box itself.
Babe Ruth bars for Halloween.
Some of the boxes I display aren't necessarily for Halloween, but just old candy boxes. When I helped clean out a neighbor's house a few years ago, the couple had a sweet tooth and saved all their candy boxes to tuck into drawers for storage. I got quite a few at their house.
Mars wants you to load up for Halloween with their treats (estate sale found).
Oh Henry! candy bars for trick or treaters. I added the candy bars so the box would not look quite so bare.
Be good to your goblins by handing out Butterfingers (estate sale found).
One more box from cleaning out my neighbor's house. You certainly can't get much of a candy bar for a nickle anymore.
Hope this post inspires you to pick up some candy for those trick or treaters that will be hitting our doorsteps in one short week. Just don't be handing out any vintage candy!
If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, leave me a comment and finish the sentence, "Show me your collection of _____'. You never know what sweet thing I can dig up!
Hmmmm...
Now I'm hungry for candy bars! LOL
Another great collection.I'm still trying to think of a challenge for you.
Vintage graphics on things are the best.....love the Oh Henry bars you added too :-)
Posted by: Doreen | October 25, 2011 at 06:56 AM
Wow, what a great collection of candy boxes! I love how the old ads for candy made it sound like a health food, "for energy". All that changed after Ralph Nader came along!
Posted by: Mitzi Curi | October 25, 2011 at 07:37 AM
I love getting lost in your world! Get a book deal so I can have a hard-bound tome with all this fantastic stuff to peruse.
In the meantime, Show me your collection of MUSHROOMS, and Show me your collection of spun (pressed) cotton head figures!
Posted by: Heather Donohue Crafts | October 25, 2011 at 08:03 AM
what a sweet collection!
Posted by: janet | October 25, 2011 at 08:45 AM
I have two vintage candy boxes. Hershery chocolate bars and Hershey kisses box! I found them in an old house we were cleaning out for a family friend. They let us keep what we found. Didn't find any big things that day but lots of little things that I just love!!
Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful collections with us!
Have a wonderful day!
Lynn
Posted by: Lynn Spencer | October 25, 2011 at 09:00 AM
Sweet!!!
Posted by: Melissa | October 25, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Eating mini Tootsie Rolls as I read. These workplace candy bowls this time of year are irresistible. As are your candy boxes.
Posted by: barbara | October 25, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Be good to your goblins - love that!
Posted by: Kathy | October 25, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Once again one of your collections confirms my opinion that no on in the northwest tosses anything out. The graphics sure are "swell" :)~~And, darn, I was planning on handing out vintage candy...~~~XXOO, Beth
Posted by: Elizabeth Holcombe | October 25, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Ha! Beth is correct in her analysis. Judging from your amazing collections it is the only truth there can be. It used to be a vintage ad was a dime a dozen but now even those are rare. But I must say candy boxes I have never seen. What a wonderful sweet treat to remind us of when candy really was a rarity. Smiles...Renee
Posted by: Renee | October 25, 2011 at 06:39 PM
What a fun, yummy collection! I love the ones with the great halloween graphics! I am so glad that older generations held on to stuff. You know those boxes would probably be tossed out nowadays. The difference I think is that today everthing is so disposable and people have so much of everthing they don't think twice about throwing things away. Kinda sad when you think about it.
Posted by: Marci | October 25, 2011 at 07:08 PM
What a fun collection of vintage boxes....I guess the trick or treaters wouldn't come back if you handed out the vintage goodies...haha
Posted by: Carrie | October 25, 2011 at 07:29 PM
What a great collection of candy boxes! I love how the old ads for candy made it sound like a health food, "for energy".
Posted by: Affordable Medical Insurance | October 26, 2011 at 04:22 AM
Holy Halloween candy Batman! Love it! :)
Posted by: Crystal | October 27, 2011 at 09:12 AM