RARE Vintage 1970s Cosmic Candy Iron-on Transfer/patches. Set of 8!

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RARE Vintage 1970’s Cosmic Candy Iron-on Transfer/patches. We are selling a set of 8, 4 of each type as show in the photos.
These 1970 iconic candy patches were provided to retailers who sold the famous candy as part of the renaming campaign described below. If you collect candy or advertising from the 1970s these are for you!  These transfer patches are are about 4" x 6".
A bit of history on these rare items
- From the Candy that was once very popular.
In 1976, General Foods took the novelty candy world by storm with it's new candy, Pop Rocks. It was an instant hit. It became so popular it was hard to find in local stores. A few years later without having any other unique novelty ideas, they essentially crushed up Pop Rocks into a fine powder and or used a similar type concoction in fine powder and released it as a new candy called "Space Dust". Again, General Foods had an instant success selling out all over.  Unfortunately the high visibility of the "Space Dust" Product came with a huge cost.  In the late 70s parents and other authority figures,  created a huge uproar complaining that the product name "Space Dust" along with the fine granular appearance of the candy was similar to illicit drugs specifically, Angel Dust.  It was feared the products popularity, and similarity of appearance to powdered drugs, may lead to or at least promote drug use.
As a result, the name was changed from "Space Dust" to "Cosmic Candy", the very candy these iron on patches came from.  While the name change seemed to resolve part of the issue, a rumor began circulating (either planned or actual) that "Cosmic Candy" was unsafe, and that someone may have died  consuming the candy while drinking a soda.
The rumor was enough to have authorities once again in an uproar. Apparently, it became so dire, Bill Mitchell, the chemist and creator of Pop Rocks and Cosmic Candy published a large newspaper ad. in the Feb. 6th 1979 Pittsburgh Press. The ad essentially refuted the claims of the rumor, essentially explaining it was perfectly safe.
The candy remained popular for a few years. Stores struggled to keep it in stock. Nonetheless, in a year or too, like most novelty items the fascination subsided.
The packaging for this candy (and iron on) clearly reminds me of the 1970's "cosmic space out" culture in style and form. These items came from that era, and were available in the master cartons.