Munchy Mummies Candy captured our insatiable lust for the dead. Boris Karloff brought the mummy to the mainstream in the early ’30s. Mummies were perhaps the first zombies. Kids consumed these tiny candies from a plastic sarcophagus. Today mummies are still quite popular and refuse to remain dead. Unlike Munchy Mummies Candy was popular in the ’70s and long-buried since the ’80s.
“How many times have kids joked, “I WANT MY MUMMY?” Well, now they can have as many as they want. New MUNCHY MUMMIES CANDY…a pre-tested winner from Topps. Each plastic, reclosable mummy case contains a delicious assortment of lemon, orange, cherry and grape flavored candy in unusual shapes that tickle kids’ fancies”
Fun Fact: In ancient Egyptian mummification, onions were sometimes used to fill body cavities, often serving as false eyes.
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