You can still order the Long Coconut boys and Squirrel Zippers online. When they broke -- you could easily take the gum off your face, and chew it again for another bubble. You can still buy the famous SoBe's lizard print drinks in 2022 - HITC I love Chum Gum. Some gum connoisseurs might know that Fruit Stripe gum used to be made by Beech-Nut. But Chum Gum was the best. Best gum ever! Frozen Milkshake bars. Might be a big hit again. I grew up in Dothan, Al. This was good stuff. Caroline above said she has never met anyone who remembers it. Yum! If I could just close my eyes and go back . When I was a young girl in the sixties and early seventies there was a hard candy (much like the jolly ranchers of today) called twists. My fellow chum gum lovers, I too always get strange looks when I speak of this gum. I'm guessing it went under during World War 2 (sugar rationing), and Fleer simply tagged the stick bubble gum as such, legally. I live in Iowa where I would buy it at the neighborhood grocery store. It was actually the middle of my work day as a door to door salesman and I was stopping to get gas. It was the BEST gum ever!! Chiclets History Adams developed Chiclets over a century ago and it quickly became known as the candy coated gum. Just did a google search and now I am blown away to see the number of people here who still remember this great chewing gum! Please make them again. I think I may be the only one who remembers these! nealliquidations (5,063) 99.6%. Yum yum chum gum!!! Chew. My company was stationed 60 klicks from our battalion headquarters in Schweinfurt. Ad mentions that all favorite Fleer bubble gum products (as a buying suggestion) were available. If our proceeds were an odd number, we would buy a one cent Chum Gum with the odd penny because it had two pieces of gum and we could split the penny. I was wondering if anyone out there happens to remember Light Blue Sugar Coated gumballs. Tasty and unique, I'm 10 years old just thinking about it. I would today pay a dollar or two just to taste it again. the good ole days. Fairchance, Pa. Twas my favorite as well. Loved it, but you have to admit the taste only lasted about a minute if you were lucky, but it was so good!! I love all of you, my wife thinks I'am nuts. Adams flavored gums were plain chewing gum with a burst of sour power. Treasure Island lasted from 1962 to 1977. I too like Chum Gum but not that much. Do They Still Make Bazooka Bubble Gum? Sugar Stand King size bottles were worth 5 cents!!!! I miss those candy crackers. Unlike the howling mess we call the 21st Century. It was the best gum ever made. I agree with yo all! Do they still make bubbaloo gum? Wrigley recently secured a patent for a biodegradable gum. I am dying for a piece of CHUM GUM! . We still offer the Maple Nut goodies but no other varieties are available. i hated it, the barber apparently didnt know how to do any other trim than a god awful bowl cut. Back when we could ride our bikes off the street to the Quik Market when we were 10 and get 2 sticks of Chum Gum for 2 cents. If there is anyone that reads this that knows the manufacturer's address or is it still being made please post a comment with the info! Oh yes, good Lord, I thought I had lost my mind or was having hallucinations and here there's a whole club of people with the Chum Gum jones, just like me! I remember Chum gum and got some in the mid 70s in Folsom at an old town general store,on a family vacation. Oh so delicious. God how I miss that smell and flavor, I swear, if I close my eyes I'm chewing on it now! At CandyFavorites.com, we feel your pain and would like to assist in your candy therapy. Simple times! I lived in Cheverly, Maryland 64-74, we would collect soda bottles to cash in and buy candy at 7-11. Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. I am 54 and still crave it after all these years. I've searched for it everytime I see an All Candy store. When she was old enough shed reach in my pocket and ask for one. Bubble Gum & Chewing Gum | Old Time Candy Bubble Gum Enjoy the best bubble gum and chewing gum varieties from when you were a kid. My grandparents always had a candy dish in the living room with those mints in abundant supply, and Grandpa Lewis always had a pack of Blackjack Gum and Beemans Gum for the grandkids when we came over. It's oldtimecandy.com. :). I was in my teens the best time of my life. Its hard to love when you know that if you love they may be discontinued. loaded up a bag of penny candy like red licorice, hot dog gums, candy lipstick and best of all chum gum !! Do they still make Freshen Up gum? - AnswersAll for .25 oh the good old days!! I grew up in Indio, Ca and remember buying Chum gum in the 60's. Loved chum gum I Remember you would get 2 pieces for a penny!! in order to get me int othe chair, he would coax me with either an Altoid or a Cert Spearmint. It was the BEST gum ever. My mother packed chocolates, like Lucile Ball, in the factory in Kendall Square Cambridge Mass. Please, please, please bring back that awsome flavor! It was/is the best flavored gum to date. Rainbow-colored treats used to last a lot longer. God I miss this gum. and no one i know remembers this gum. A selling Black jack and Beemans said he has a source that sellsChum Gum by the case. You only gave Gatorade Gum 4 years before discontinuing it. I too mentioned how good it was to some friends recently, and they had no idea what I was talking about. i use to walk to my corner store and buy the individual sticks for a penny a piece. Can still taste it in my mind's mouth! As kids we loved it. in the 60's,, and it is the best damn gum ever! THANK YOU, just purchased 4 sticks from ebay! It is owned by Mondelz International. Sadly, these were discontinued many . It really was one of the best gums around. It was always part of my 10 cent bag of candy. The best GUM ever made. They were clear squares with bubble gum in the center each individually wrapped in clear cellophane. I'm a baby boomer!N. Hi, years ago, there was a candy by Brachs called chocolate nut goodies. Bubble Beeper Bubble Gum. The big size was our favorite too but the manufacturer reduced the size a few years ago. I bought it in St. Albans. It was pink and I loved that two came in the wrapper. What's funny is that my dad, who had it as a kid, HATED it; even the smell of it bothered him. Fleer?Are you listening ? High. we will never get or have those in again or something to that effect. about the only way i ever got it was on Halloween. I rember how my mouth started watering for that flavor from the Gods.I bought all they had,never to see or taste it again :.(. I think if I could buy it now I might be tempted to mortgage my house & spend it all on Chum Gum. I can almost conjure up the taste if I try really hard. I am 56 and have grandkids. +$12.55 shipping. I got to this page searching for Milkshake Bars. Of course Chum gum was my favorite. I am so glad I found this website. Fleer Please Bring It Back!! I wasn't tall enough to stand on the floor and play the machine. I grew up in Minnesota in the 70's and remember Chum Gum so well. Here's one for you how about Chum Gums little brother "RED DEVIL GUM" as I recall it was sweet and spicy. I considered, and then did write to you, earlier this evening, about a older butterscotch & coconut based candy that Im still looking for, using a different type of tell us what you want form , different than this one, on this your website. Throwback: 20 Old School Candies That Don't Exist Anymore - TheRecipe I am 53 and I am a bubble gum fanatic! If you have reached this page, chances are, you searched for a candy that has been discontinued. Set aside two tablespoons of powered sugar to sprinkle over finished gum. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF AND WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE NOW??? But this isn't true. Now then there was this Gasthaus, or pub midway to Schweinfurt* that had their own brew that tasted so good we always tried to stop and buy a case or a few of. I have craved this gum for yearsand it finally hit me! It was the same candy as their maple nut goodies, only with chocolate on the outside instead of maple. google_color_link = "A74403"; Chiclets hasn't changed much over the decades and its iconic mini box of 2 Chiclets is still a Halloween fan favorite. I wish they still made it. I'm 52 and it was my daily habit after school in East Los Angeles back in the 60's. Thought I needed to quickly write you back, and indicate my suppositional error. I stay on the look out at Cracker Barrel, but nothing yet. I cant live without them. Sadly, they have been discontinued as they were part of the NECCO line that disappeared when the company went bankrupt. MY SIS AND I MISS IT. My other favorite is Sun Drops from Trader Joes, candy coated chocolate dipped sunflower seeds. It would be great if one of the candy companies could duplicate that great flavor. Bring it back !!! I, too, am from Chicago, loved Chum Gum, and have friends who mostly have never heard of it. document.getElementById("ak_js").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); Your email address will not be published. If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. I don't understand how many gum companies there are and no one makes it. My siblings don't even remember it! They were the best frozen and fresh. //2007-06-05: inthe70s I am 50 and remkember it oh so well, we had a penny candy store right on the corner of my street in South Buffalo, A couple of weeks ago, a vague memory of the 2-stick for-the-penny gum with the powdery stuff on it entered my 52 yr old brain. I'm 62 and still remember this was the best gum I could buy. I have thought about that stuff off and on but, like most of you said, nobody else remembered it and I had almost convinced myself I had made it up. So if we could find a few pop bottles we had us good in candy for several days. I remember 3 sticks for a penny. the police found me at the local creek eating the chum gum. Does anyone remember Adams brand fruit flavored gumsgreen apple, grape, cherry, and so on? Top Rated Plus. Drumler@yahoo.com. Wrapper has a devil's head printed and "Red Hot Chewing or Bubble Gum" printed on wrapper. I am from Lockport, IL and I, too, couldn't make anyone believe that I remembered Chum Gum! Meh.. Im 60 and that was my favorite Gum.The original pack was blue with white writing.I remember that they did package it with the white wrapper. Unfortunately, they stopped producing it in 1971 so it hasnt been available for a lot of years now. I asked some of my friends do they remember the gum and they tell me they have never heard of it. The fatty, greasy skin of chicken is a feast for catfish. Best Wishes, Albert Baroody. As a German might say, that was really gte BIER!!! Bought it from woolworths in the penny candy section. Get up in My tree house and eat it all. I also loved the little hotdog gum--that was very tasty too. My mom went to put the clothe in thee dryer and came back and sat down in the chum gum again and got stuck again also so funny. Ahhhhh, the good ol' days! They were a white mint with a green jelly center. And who can forget that great flavor? The world's most popular autocomplete game. It was sooooooo good!! Not only did this have the most fabulous flavor, but it had such a wonderfully smooth texture - not all gritty and sugary like regular bubblegum. French Chew is very similar. I wish they would bring this gum back because it was truly great. I remember Chum Gum from way back in my elementary school days. 1980 was the last time I found Chum Gum. My grandmother owned a pizza store that sold penny candy. It had a good taste, but the flavor was gone quickly. Not the artificial stuff they call cinnamon now, but actual ground cinnamon. I used to buy it in my home town of Pine Ridge SD! I remember the two to a wrapper scheme, which is why I thought one should share it with a friend. I also grew up in Chicago. I loved this gum. I'm glad to see I still have my memory. Pond Scum was one of our favorite products and one of the coolest novelties that we sold. IT IS LIKE THE BEST GUM EVER.BRINGS ME BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD,AND NOTHING BOTHERED ME.THOSE WERE THE DAYS. I'm 53 years old and every time I chew bubble gum (rarely), I remember the great flavor of the first few chews of Chum Gum. Chum gum lovers - You can make it yourself - no need to wait for someone to do it for you. If I was real lucky and the big kids were not at Tussey's, I could talk Pop Tussey into getting out a couple of soda bottle cases and he'd let me play the pinball machine. im jonesing for one. Now Im grown and have the cash to buy these products in quantity. so much different than that plastic crap they call bubble gum now, With flavor that lasts for five minutes if you are lucky. I can remember going to the corner store that was across from my school.I would go there after school and buy this gum,those were best days of my life Tina. I grew up in Maryland and used to buy Chum Gum at the little general store that sold penny candy and gas. I would betcha that no other beer in Europe or anywhere on planet tasted like that stuff. Five sticks in a cardboard box for five cents. We also bought these little rolls of candy called BIZ. I also remember the outer wrapper being dark blue, with two fat sticks of perfectly flavored pink gum wrapped separately in white paper. I found, on Ebay (sorry, folks, no Fleer Chum Gum for sale), an old advertisement page, from a Chicago newspaper, for a candy/novelty company from 1938. Don't tell my mom!) It was simply the best gum ever some one should bring this gum back. I cant believe they discontinued my favorite Wazoo Bars. OH BOY I REMEMBER THIS GUM.IT WAS THE BEST EVER. Many people were still able to find the gum for up to 20 years after it had been discontinued. I was going to Lake Jr high school back in the day and I always bought it everyday after school. So we googled it and there are people who remember the good old days of candy, gum, and pop and growing up without a care in the world. Has not been made in many years. Glad to know there are others who remember as well. We couldn't but it at Chalks store we had to go a little further down the street to Hans Variety to get it. As time passed she reach in and take the roll, all it did was put a smile on our faces. I loved Chum Gum!! I used to buy chum gum 2 sticks for a penny and would save up a nickel in pennies to get more at a time, I lived in the hills of West Virginia and walked to the old gas station/grocery store on Saturday afternoon after westerns and cartoons were over on tv. Heidi: Your only hope may be to contact Tootsie Roll, which bought out Fleer, and only sells the ex-Fleer product of today: Double Bubble. It was the best. At 55 i still remember going to Connie's by Wilson Junior High School in Philly to get my supply of this delicious gum and other great candies. However, in 1928, they used that idea to create Dubble Bubble, which is where the true fame and sensation of Fleers bubble gum works began. I,m 67 and can still taste it. My experience was in the 50's and 60's, though. One I believe was called Lollydrops. We have red vines, why not Chum Gum Let's ask Mark Summers Host of Unwrapped on the Food network!!!! And the fact chewing gum in class then became a detention, because of the amount of gum showing up everywhere. I too remember chum gum, I am 61 years old and can still taste it in my mind. I would encourage everyone to email the company to try and bring this gum back. Everyone I've ever mentioned it to has never heard of it. My grandparents have passed on and I would love to be able to relive memories of cinnamon certs with my grandmother. Not sure why I have such loyalty to this particular confection but like other bloggers, it had a distinct taste and smooth texture. Now all we need is the ingredients. I would find it at Mary Long's grocery which was next to my grandma's and grandpa's house in Helmsburg, Indiana. Pam: The original maker of Chum Gum was Fleer. Chum Gum was a Fleer exclusive, there were no past or present copycats out there. I am 62 years old and would buy chum gum in a drug store in Argo, Illinois. It was and still is unique and indescribably delicious. Chum Gum - made in the 1960s/70s. Why? I grew up in the 50's and use to sit on the river bank and blow away, while watching the St. Lawrence Seaway being built. Does anyone besides me remember these candies? Thank you Rob Lambert for the info. Best ever gum. (The Comrades reeeealy didnt like us for tearing up there countryside. For the most part, these came in either 2 sticks or 5 sticks to a pack. Two for a penny and with a dime i would fill my mouth with 20 sticks and chew until I couldn't move my jaw any more. I can't believe I found all of you. Ate both pieces myself, amazing bubbles. was 3 sticks for a penny at first, went to 2 sticks, then 1 stick, and finally disappeared altogether. I'm glad to see other people actually remember this gum.It WAS the best tasting aroundseemed to get it "trick or treating" and YES it was the BEST flavor ever. I would love to see Chum Gum come back no matter what today's price would be! I'm 51 in Cincinnati and I can't believe so many people remember Chum Gum. Best gum ever! Have told my children how good it was and was hoping to find out where to get some.BEST gum ever. The Red Licorice that is on the American Market at most convenient stores is beyond horrible. That wasn't the case with Black Cat Bubble Gum. Were the two flavors similar? Every time we went I got him a case of something and mailed it to him. You're welcome, Dave, and thanks for reading! It seems everything that it ever really good is discontinued. I grew up in Baltimore city in a neighborhood where there was a little store on most corners. I thought I was getting ripped off. That is, when we weren't playing stepball, riding bikes or trading baseball cards. :-). (I'm 57 now) Let me know what you think. We used to have bubble-blowing contests and Chum Gum was the gum of choice for this. It was the very best bubble gum, and it smelled so good in my purse. !someone bring it back.wouldn't it be nice to reminisce the good old days?? Is there any other bubble gum that even comes close to chum gum? I do remember them and, sadly, they havent been around for many years. Some of the memories about this gum say things like it brings me back to the days when life was good or in my opinion Chum Gum was the best gum ever made. Best wishes to all Chum Gum lovers! In my search for Bonomo Turkish Taffy, I was remembering Chum Gum and decided to Google it to try and find it. I was engaged and my fianc was in the Air Force. to the park and ballfields east of there. Mint Juleps were made by NECCO who went out of business in 2019 even though they were one of the oldest candy manufacturers! Loved the gum also. I'm 70, lived in Fisher Illinois and chewed it in 4th grade in 1954 and beyond. Please correct me if Im wrong, I was little back then, and its what I had imagined it was. Every time I ask somebody if they remember Chum Gum they look at me like I'm crazy. what great memories. I can not believe all of these comments, I wish I could find this gum it smells and tastes so good. There is a site to buy old time candy, but they didn't have it. I'm amazed at how many people actually know about it. It takes me back to a time when life was simple. when we were young,my sisters and i would walk 2 miles to a country store in West Virginia to get this gum and nickle candy bars, peanuts and a 10 cent bottle of soda pop that you could return the bottle and get a nickle back.there was also another gum they sold that was two sticks for a penny,it to was pretty good, the name of it was devil gum, it was cinnamon flavored and it come in a red pack, I think the same company made it also made chum gum. The reason I am writing you is because for the past 16 years Ive been eating Twizzlers or Red Vines and they are awful. I too wish that who ever made it would bring it back! I am glad everyone at this site remember it. Once in a while I will smell something that reminds me of it. !I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT TASTES LIKE BUT I STILL REMEMBER THE TASTE OF THE GRAPE GUM THEY USED TO MAKE. Sixty years old and still wishing that I had a piece of chum gum. Anybody remember the Zebra Stripe Gum. Do they still make it? AAhh IT. In 1928, a Fleer employee named Walter Diemer finally devised a successful formula for the first commercial bubble gum, dubbed Dubble Bubble. It had the best aroma, flavor and texture of any gum ever. A few years later I did more extensive research and found out that someone in another country like Switzerland or France or Somewhere over there purchased the recipe for Brachs Red Twist and is just sitting on it. OMG! So a few weeks or few months later I asked her to check online and see if she could order a case of these directly from Brachs. Adams has brought back Clove, Beemans and Black Jack. Nothing has ever compared to Chum. AFTER SCHOOL WE ALWAYS STOP AT THIS STORE TO BUY CHUM GUM. I also grew up in chicago with CHUM GUM.It too brings me back to a simpler time. There has never been before or after that is better that Chum Gum. Dentyne - Wikipedia Im looking for cinnamon certs. It didnt go over well and needed quite a lot of improvements so this one never actually was marketed. You could buy 0.5 cents worth and have 15 pieces. We got Chum Gum from the guy in the ice cream truck. Wow! I still remember the royal blue wrapper with a kid's silhouette on it blowing a big bubbleand the gum itself was the pinkest of pinkand you got TWO sticks for a penny. Fleer made Dubble Bubble into the 2000's but sold to Tootsie who now makes it. Orange County, CA in 1960's-early 70's. CHUM GUM WAS THE BEST GUM IN THE WORLD TO ME,I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO AROUND 47TH STREET,I USE TO SNEAK INTO THE REGAL HIDE UNDER THE CURTAIN AND WATCH THE GREATS PERFORM,WHEN THE SHOW WAS OVER I WOULD GO TO THE CORNER STORE AND GET MY CHUM GUM,BOX OF FRIUT COCKTAILS AND MINT JULIPS,I NEVER KNEW PEOPLE HAD BAD BREATH WHEN THEY WERE CHEWING CHUM GUM,SO SOMEONE PLEASE BRING IT BACK, THE ORIGINAL FLAVOR NO SHORT CUTS PLEASE.THE KIDS TODAY MISSED OUT ON THE GOOD STUFF. I'm from Weymouth Massachusetts and really miss the chum gum. Let's start a petition to bring back our beloved Chum Gum. The only place I ever found Chum Gum. Bring back the Wonka Scrunch bar! Gosh, thats a candy from the past. It was 1961 and for .25 you could buy a 12oz bottle of pepsi, ice cold from the machine, a .10 bag of Jays Potato chips and 3 grape gum balls. Best wishes to all Chum Gum fans. I am know 47 and haven't seen Chum Gum in at least 30 years. The absolute best bubblegum ever! Chum Gum came out as early as the 1950s from what we can tell and was available until sometime in the 90s. In the mid 80s, my sister and I were driving near Folsom and we made a special trip to that general store just to see if they had any Chum Gum. 38 Discontinued Candies People Desperately Want to Return I am from lakewood California and always bought it from the liquor store accross the street from our hoiuse.I have looked for it in everystore i go into no one had it or knows what it is so sad. God! Frank Fleer and member of his family owned the business clear until 1989, more than 100 years after they began. $9.99. Chewed it in Dallas in the late '50s and in Odessa through most of the '60s. always had that powder coating on it. I remember when I would go to the Candybar Candy Store in Elmhurst, IL in the 70's to spend my $1 allowance on Chum Gum and cinnamon toothpicks. I was just thinking about Chum Gum. I loved this gum! Chum Gum!I've been searching forever.. No Luck, UMMM I LOVED CHUM GUM I WISH THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK, HEY DO ANY OF YOU REMEMBER "BIG MOUTH" THEY USED TO COME IN A SQUARE FLAVORS WERE GRAPE APPLE AND REGULAR?IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE TO BUY ANY OF THESE LET ME KNOW:), DO YOU KNOW WHEN FLEER STARTED MAKING CHUM GUM IT WAS 1ST MADE BUY CURTIS CANDY CHICAGO A. Ahhhhh, Chum Gum, I loved that stuff and can still taste it in my mind. Discovering that a favorite candy is being discontinued is akin to loosing someone close to you. Folklore suggests that swallowed gum sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. However, there are several flavors that continue to come out and can be purchased in 2022 as well. Just reading all these wonderful comment remind me of not only how great chum gum was, but how life was simple and easy. Chum gum was always 2 sticks to a pack & it goes back to at least the mid 50s. Reply Jonah Half February 28, 2019 at 12:35 pm. Ive reminisced about Chum Gum since 1958. It was hypnotic, you had to get some no matter what, that and a box of Indian Head Pumpkin seeds and you were good to go! Comment. when i was younger, my adoptive father would always take me to get my hair cut at this really just awful barbers salon. $19.95. Someone needs to get Fleer to either release the formula to a small batch candy maker or do some batches themselves! Is this a temporary thing?. Don't think were the only ones out here moaning about the want for more of it! I"m 70 & don't recognize Chum Gun, but I do fondly remember Yank Bubble Gum - sure wish I could find some for old times sake. No one that I know remembers this gum..can't figure that out!