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The Halloween set is the strongest of the four: Moon the Pumpkin with candy corn, Raven the Ghost with a trick-or-treat bucket, Salem the Cat with a fish-bone candy, Shadow the Spider with eight sewn legs and a purple sweet, and Draco the Vampire with a standing cape collar. All six carry full hangtag bios in the Series 1 style.

Christmas brought a Santa holding Mentos, a polar bear with a bag of Hershey's Kisses, a reindeer with Reese's and Ginger the Gingerbread Man. The Love Edition added a bear with a champagne bottle, a bumblebee with a heart-shaped chocolate box, a dalmatian with a frosted doughnut and a kitten with a strawberry chocolate. Easter contributed a hedgehog carrying a basket of sweets. Seasonal sets are produced once, so prices on this shelf move in both directions as stock clears.

What is in the holiday range

The holiday range collects every seasonal Snackle we have made: fourteen listings, three at 14 inches and eleven at 8 inches, spread across Christmas, Halloween and Valentine's. Seasonal runs are short by design, so this is the part of the shelf that changes most and the part where a listing going quiet usually means the run has ended rather than that stock will return.

The Christmas set is the oldest and the one that reaches 14 inches: a polar bear with Hershey's Kisses, a reindeer with Reese's Peanut Butter cups, and a Santa Claus with Mentos. All three are built on the standard round body with the snack sewn into the paws, and all three are among the warmest-coloured plush toys in the collection.

The Halloween set is where the naming changes. Draco, Moon, Raven, Salem, Shadow and Ginger are named characters rather than animal-and-snack pairings, which makes them read more like a Series 3 wave with a seasonal palette. The Valentine's listings go the other way — a kitten with strawberry chocolate, a bumblebee with a heart-shaped chocolate, a bear with champagne.

The seasonal sets, one by one

Christmas is three listings and the easiest set to complete. The polar bear and the reindeer are usually priced in the high twenties; Santa Claus with Mentos is frequently the cheapest 14-inch plush anywhere on the shelf, which has more to do with how seasonal stock is cleared than with the toy.

Halloween is six named 8-inch characters at a flat twelve to thirteen dollars — Draco, Moon, Raven, Salem, Shadow and Ginger. Because they are priced identically and sold as a set, these are the seasonal Snackles people actually collect rather than buy one of. Salem and Shadow are the two that go first.

Valentine's is the smallest and the oddest set: a kitten with a strawberry chocolate bar, a bumblebee with a heart-shaped chocolate, a bear with a bottle of champagne, a dalmatian with a doughnut, and a hedgehog with a basket of candies. The champagne bear is the only Snackle in the collection holding something an adult would drink, and it is bought almost entirely by adults.

14-inch Snackles plush toys in the seasonal sets

The 14-inch band is the one most fans collect when they want a Snackles plush toy with real weight to it. There are 3 plush toys in this size here. Prices run $7.90 to $28.73 at the moment. Each one is squeezable from nose to paws and comes with its snack partner attached. It is the first of 2 sizes on this page.

Snackles Polar Bear is paired with Kisses and comes as a 14-inch plush, rated 4.8 by 260 reviewers. Snackles Reindeer holds a Reese's Peanut Butter treasure in both paws; this one is the 14-inch plush and sits at 4.8 stars. The 14-inch Snackles Santa Claus arrives with its Mentos snack accessory stitched in, and fans score it 4.8 from 260 reviews.

8-inch Snackles plush toys in the seasonal sets

The 8-inch size is where most people start. 11 Snackles plush toys sit in this band, and it is the size that makes collecting easy — a row of them reads as a set rather than as single toys. Prices run $8.93 to $15.82 at the moment. It is the second of 2 sizes on this page.

Snackles Bear carries Champagne and is squeezable all the way through — a 8-inch plush with a 5.0 rating. Pick Snackles Bumblebee for the Heart-Shape Chocolate pairing: a soft 8-inch plush that 22 reviewers rate 4.9. Snackles Dalmatian with Donut is the cuddly option in the 8-inch band, and it keeps a 4.6 score across 24 reviews. Snackles Draco is a 8-inch plush whose treasure travels in its paws, rated 4.8 by 188 reviewers.

The 8-inch Snackles Ginger keeps a hangtag with a birthdate, a hobby and a star sign, and fans rate it 4.7. Fans of Basket of Candies go for Snackles Hedgehog — an adorable 8-inch plush scoring 4.5 over 84 reviews. Snackles Kitten pairs Strawberry Chocolate with super-soft fill in the 8-inch size and holds a 4.9 rating. Snackles Moon is one of the soft 8-inch plush toys here, and 188 reviewers give it 4.8.

Snackles Raven makes a cuddly friend in the 8-inch size — a plush rated 4.8 by fans. Snackles Salem is a 8-inch plush whose treasure travels in its paws, rated 4.8 by 188 reviewers. The 8-inch Snackles Shadow keeps a hangtag with a birthdate, a hobby and a star sign, and fans rate it 4.8.

The seasonal shelf and the year-round ZURU Snackles ranges

The seasonal shelf collects four closed sets. Christmas brought Santa Claus with Mentos, a polar bear with Hershey's Kisses, a reindeer with Reese's Peanut Butter and Ginger the gingerbread character. Halloween gave five 8-inch plushies: Moon, Raven, Salem, Shadow and Draco. Easter is the dalmatian with a donut and the hedgehog with a basket of candies. The Love Edition covers the bear with champagne, the bumblebee with a heart-shape chocolate and the kitten with strawberry chocolate. Fourteen Snackles plush toys in two sizes, and once a season closes the characters are not reissued.

The build is the familiar one. Each is a squeezable plush in super soft fabric, the snack accessory is sewn into the paws, and the hangtag carries a birthdate, a hobby, a star sign and the origin story comic. The 8-inch plush is the collecting size and the 14-inch plush is the hugs size. Because the seasonal runs are short, these are the listings that disappear first, so a favorite here is worth picking up while it is on the shelf rather than waiting for the following year.

For something you can collect at any time, the standing ranges are the place to look. Series 1 holds the original ten characters. Series 2 is the big shelf of favorite snacks, where the licensed pairings turn up. Series 3 is the teen cast with human names. Snackles Disney adds Stitch, Rex and Minnie. The Super-Sized Snackle is the same design at a bigger super size. The Snackles small size minis and the keychain charm are the cute, pocket versions designed to be carried. It is a line with a lot of room for imagination, and every seasonal character still reads as part of the same adventure once the holiday is over, which is the small joy of mixing them in with a cuddly friend from another series.

Holiday Snackles plush toys