Everyone I've ever mentioned it to has never heard of it. ___ But I bother to write because at 19 in 1975 I was stationed in Deutschland in Bamberg, Bavaria in a Hawk Missile Unit. Simple times! Yum! I know in some cases companies take over other companies and maybe the new companys equipment is not geared towards making a candy. We also bought these little rolls of candy called BIZ. Might be a big hit again. google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; I had a collection of about 15 though. It was my favorite. Could be the case If so, then it would just be nice to know what is was called way back when. The pie itself was pink, I think. Fleer was based in Philadelphia at the time. Chum Gum had its fans (myself included), but other chewing gums made by Wrigley, Adams and Beech Nut proved bigger sellers. I remember them so well from my childhood. These mints were more that a breath mint, they were an institution. Cinnamon and spearmint, especially. Then you pop it, stick it back in your mouth and start another bubble. Since that time, theyve also even created a host of other flavors to add, although the original will always be the top choice among fans. It didnt go over well and needed quite a lot of improvements so this one never actually was marketed. I remember going on our summer vacation every year to a cabin in Crosby, MN and the office had a little candy section and we would load up on Chum Gum. . Everybody write to Fleer and get them to bring back Chum Gum. Wish I could buy some now. Fleer was acquired by Marvel Group in the early 1990's. We bought it at Shirley's in hyattsville,md. Look forward to hearing from you and trying these Unicorn flavored corns. I have looked everywhere for Chum Gum for years. 52chum. Beetroot is high in sugar but is considered one of the most nutritious veggies used in salads and soups. :-). They were relish!!! I have craved this gum for yearsand it finally hit me! I sure wish some company would find the original recipe and make more!!! Snack History maintains its neutrality. Were the two flavors similar? No one did, until I found you here. I have been typing chum gum in seach engines now and again hoping it would spark a memory or a location where I may purchase it. Do you think we could start a fan club???? Fleer eventually shifted his interests to trading cards and eventually sold Dubble Bubble, as well as several other brands. They were a white mint with a green jelly center. But they were GOOD! They were the best frozen and fresh. So many different types of gum came out in those years that it was challenging to compete against them. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Snack History participates in the Amazon Associate and WalMart Partner Network programs and receives earnings from qualifying purchases. 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! Unfortunately, they stopped producing it in 1971 so it hasnt been available for a lot of years now. i think they were about 2x2 square. I havent had them yet. I appreciate Cracker Barrel for selling Clove & Teaberry but they are missing the best gum of all time, i can't believe i miss a GUM so much! How do we find the manufacturer and talk them into making it again. We really miss it. Get up in My tree house and eat it all. :-). I still can get Bottle Caps, Laffy Taffy, Now N Laters, Sprees, Nerds and Sweet Tarts. . I just googled chum gum to see what I could find. It was THE BEST!! Maybe that is why we don't have chum gum the base is made from tree's OMG. Garlic and Chicken Skin. This gum has an unbelievable legacy. I found an old wrapper while deep cleaning a while back in my store . Please somebody make it again before I leave this world! I thought I was the only one who remebered Chum gum, Razzles and Bubs Daddy gum in the yardstick packaging. Now that I'am 52 I long for the simple days of my chid hood hanging out with my friends and chewing th e best made gum ever Chum Gum. My sister and I were just talking about chum gum, it brought back our childhood and things were so good..miss this gum.. I chewed a 20-pack of Leaf Confectionery bubble gum (sour apple, sour grape, lemon etc) as a bet from my friends. Oh, to smell those again! Wrapper has a devil's head printed and "Red Hot Chewing or Bubble Gum" printed on wrapper. No one I know remembers it. Never could find any. i grew up in grand forks,n.d. I also bought it when I was a teenager in the 60's and have looked for it through the years but never could find it! Frozen Milkshake bars. Nicole, I feel your pain! Use to buy it at Bailey's Confectionery on Bunker Hill Road in Ashtabula, Ohio. OMG!! I agree- Best Gum Ever! My childhood friend and I have been reminiscing about Chum Gum for 40 years now--truly the BEST gum EVER! I blew my first bubble with a stick of Chum Gum. I guess I am showing my age(61 on 9/19/1947.) My mom would walk with us to the neighborhood candy store and we would purchase it along with turtles, bazooka joe bubble gum, Wish they would get the recipe and reintroduce it! Was a cheap bubble gum in a stick. Treasure Island lasted from 1962 to 1977. I used to buy Chum Gum in St. Mary's, Pa at Johnson's Market, next to the Market Basket grocery store. Chiclets were originally made with chicle, a natural gum found in several tropical American trees. Have never chewed a better bubble gum since. I too have wonderful memories of walking to the corner store for Chum Gum and Bub's Daddy in the yardstick pkg. Not to mention the thousands of dollars lost , this is a detriment to your company so my advice would be to the people what we want & bring them back ASAP !!!! Chum Gum Alum. It was the BEST gum ever. Along with baseball card gum, also with the powdered sugar, it was the best gum ever. CVS is carrying it. Have you ever heard of these. Sounds like a common experience for many here. There was a small corner store three blocks in any direction from my house. I love Chum Gum!! I grew up in Hyattsville md in the 60's and Chum gum was the BEST !! fruit classic certs !!!!!!! You dont make them anymore. All other stick gum was 5 sticks for a nickel. I grew up in Buffalo New York, and my brother and I would always go to the corner store just for Chum gum. Might have been associated with the discontinued candy section. I would put the chewed chum gum on my headboard for the next day, it did lose its flavor but I could wake up and blow bubbles till I would get together with the friends go to Melchens candy store and purchse more. chum gum was the BEST! It was always part of my 10 cent bag of candy. I remember the two to a wrapper scheme, which is why I thought one should share it with a friend. It was simply the best gum ever some one should bring this gum back. I prefer the bigger size! Butternut candy bar. I hadnt thought about it much until a friend of mine brought up iconic candies from childhood and a quick search online trying to buy a tin of altoids left me feeling. Oh, I bought my Chum Gum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. By the way, there was a reference to taffy and I believe you were talking about B-O-N-O-M-O, Bonomo Turkish Taffy! I am 56 years old and have been searching for it for years. CHUM GUM ---YUM!!! Here it came 3 pieces for a penny and whatever amount of money I had went for Chum Gum and Strawbery KitsI sooo wish we coul get someone to research and start making this gum once more. Our old homestead is under H2/0 so sad. Oh cummon, like you werent thinkin it too. Chum Gum was packaged 3 pieces for a penny. History says that Chum Gum was produced from 1950 to exactly 1971. If I could just go back. Where did those days go. Best gum EVER!!!! We still offer the Maple Nut goodies but no other varieties are available. Chum Gum was the best gum. The ad went something like, 'Yikes, stripes, beechnut gum' it came in yellow, green and . I grew up in Turtle Creek, Pennslyvania. Then I'd spit it out in Mrs. McCaffery's bushes next door, so I wouldn't get a different kind of chewing from Mom as I walked through the front door. WOW!!! If you do find any, its certainly just memorabilia and probably not in any condition to be chewed now after having been discontinued 50 years ago. I live in San Fernando Valley, Calif. Oh, the flavor of that gum. I used to buy Chum Gum at Mill Creek Country Store in Mill Creek, Georgia, near Dalton- in the mid 70s. Too bad they don't make this anymore. anyone else remember them? Well. For some reason, whenever I eat Double Bubble gum, I remember Chum Gum. Chum gum ruled. Wish I could still get it!! I've NEVER run across anything similar to that in all my years. Life was simple and sweet. Mr. Canning called his new gum Dentyne which is a combination of the words "dental" and "hygiene." Dentyne Gum Memories IN TRAVEL I TRIED TO FIND THIS GUM IT IS SO SAD THE COMPANY STOPPED MAKING IT. I want my Chum Gum! about the only way i ever got it was on Halloween. I grew up in Kansas city, Kansas and bought Chum Gum at Newits market in the penny candy section. So, even more strangely when I got up to the cashier to pay for my Gas and the Red Twists I asked the male cashier behind the counter if/when they would get more of the Red Twists in. Are they still around anywhere? [better source needed] A natural bubble gum flavoring can be produced by . I'm sooo happy to see that others remember Chum Gum, There was a small corner store in North Buffalo called "Heevey's" and they carried the best penny candy around!! I would today pay a dollar or two just to taste it again. After reading all these stories on Chum Gum, I want some now!!! Very spicy. I have used Certs Peppermint breath mints since 1965. It was silky smooth and it was the best gum for blowing huge bubbles. 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. Bubble Beeper Bubble Gum. Shop Now Project 7 Spearmint Farms. I also came across Dem Bones, which are no longer in production, as an older Brachs item. for .25 oh the good old days!! WE HAD CHUM GUM IN SC, TOO. If we ever discuss back on the market the company would be very successful. Chiclets - Tiny Bubble Gum We have a new gum called Mini Mini Chicles that is very similar. I googled chum gum hoping to find it on the market again, but instead I found a fan club that I can feel very comfortable being a member in! I still remember the red two stick gum. Not blue. : . I wonder what it would take for the bubble gum world powers to crank out some more of that wonderful tasting stuff? Oh my gosh, I just read Kimberly sherwood post,and I thought I just ordered CHUM GUM to the tune on $7 a pack. You can reminisce about past candies, or click here to shop the thousands of candieswe do have. The inner wrappers white and the gum was pink. Finally! It is the FIRST online candy store backed by the OLDEST wholesale candy company in the nation! Like as in yesterday! Every company is out of stock of mint juleps. Thanks rlinard@aol.com. I too have yearnd for Chum Gum. If enough of us write to them, perhaps Fleer will bring it back. Hard to imagine that a candy company didnt bring them back Hmmm. And yes, just like someone before me said, right next to the hot dog gum. i grew up chewing chum gum and can like many other tell someone about it and they look at me like i am crazy. I sure wish they still made it. What I wouldn't give for one stick! Tootsie Roll has displayed no interest in reviving Chum Gum. I chewed it everyday as a kid. And we didn't worry about having sugar-free gum back then! I wish it would make a comeback. Years of searching, this was the only printed Chum Gum reference I could find. I remember when I was a little girl I went to St. Kevin's School and every day at lunch time we would to to the conner store and buy penny candy. I got it in a gas station in a little town in Ohio in the 60's and early 70's. NO ONE here has any idea about Chum Gum, I've talked about it for 20 years and everyone thinks I'm a liitle off. Does anyone know? I grew up in Batavia, NY (60's-70's) and there was a corner candy store on Ross St. where we would return bottles for the deposit and buy Chum Gum, the tastiest gum ever. I too remember Chum Gum and think back to my younger days. As such, eating gluten-free products in some cases, products that may contain gums . Is this a temporary thing?. The stick would break up in pieces with a couple of bites and took some time to combine into one piece. This group of people said that they never heard of it so I told them to goggle it and maybe it would show up. My boyfriend's parents owned a small grocery store and I swear I dated him for the gum! I remember the blue and white package, the delicious smell of the gum, the way it would melt in your mouth (and try hard not to swallow it-but often did), powdery coating. I'd buy fifteen sticks for a nickel from the corner store outside Riley Elementary in Muncie, Indiana. I'm glad to see so many comments about Chum Gum, I started chewing it in the 50's. I mean there was really absolutely no reason for this response and I have never had an experience like that at a gas station before or since that one time. I was just discussing old time candy with a co-worker, he never heard of Chum gum, so I was going to Google it so I could prove I was not makiing it up and found this link of wonderful stories. I have been looking for chum gum to get for my brother. God I miss this gum. We have red vines, why not Chum Gum Let's ask Mark Summers Host of Unwrapped on the Food network!!!! Some one needs to make it again. Iremember this awesome gum I saved up my allowence and bought a whole box with they still made it no gum comes even close to the taste of gum. First time I ever bought Chum Gum was 1959 at Szegedi's Candy Store near Birmingham Terrace. near my home close to Marquette Michigan when I was four or so. Good times :). i would really like for someone to bring back my favorite childhood gum. And also does any one remember the sputnik gum - round blue gumball with sugar coating? The candy they make now sucks. Id give my eyeteeth for just one more spin with Chum Gum. This is because it's a type of soluble fiber, which can slow the absorption of sugar and lead to a reduction in blood sugar levels ( 7 ). Best ever - oh, to go back again! I bought it at many places in Harford County, Maryland. They were oval in shape, had clear wrappers, and were fruit flavored. Unfortunately, it is no longer available as it was discontinued. I also used to buy KitKats, BB Bats, 3-V Cola, licorice wound up like a small record, Turkish Taffy (with a stripe down the middle) and other glorious candy that is part of my St. Louis childhood memories. They lost sight of a historical favorite and it eventually was no longer popular or desired on the market. If anyone finds where to get this, please let us all know. One day at the laundry mat I stuck my chum gum on her seat and watched her sat down in the huge wad of chum gum. I am interested in mint juleps and Christmas hard mix. It was the best!!! Time-warping back to October, 1971, found another newspaper ad mentioning Chum Gum, Dubble Bubble and Razzles as suggestions to give trick-or-treaters on Halloween. They may have been a Charms product, the company who makes Blowpops.. Please, please, please bring back that awsome flavor! Would love to find some BIZ!! They would make lots of money. The flavor lasts for a while as well, long after the sugar is gone. I have so many sweet memories of the penny candy counter where we could piss off the old lady that woryed there by tapping our quarters on the glass counter top. I've asked so many people if they ever heard of it and they think I'm nuts. I also remember Chum Gum. You could buy 0.5 cents worth and have 15 pieces. Used to love them! Didn't it start out with 3 or 4 sticks to a pack, then it was reduced to 2? pink and full of that distinguishing flavor and powder sugar. My sisters and brother don't remember it but I sure do! It is my all time favorite gum and I've been looking for it for years. So glad I am not the only one whose friends look at me like I'm crazy when I mention it! jas. They were a brown and white striped hard minty candy on the outside with a softer, chewier finish. I loved chum him it was really best gum in my childhood every time is go to cracker barrel and see them about the chum gum but they seem to be clueless I wish we all can find the candy company to see for they can find the original ingredient to ale ch gum and put it back on the market nothing taste the same anymore not even kits and maryjane, I was in a small south eastern colo. town in 1978 and saw that dark blue wrapper. I grew up in Wisconsin and we bought it all the time in the penny candy section of our neighborhood meat market. Best years of our lives that I will never forget. Man, how I'd love to see it back on the market. Chum Gum was the best everI am 42 and from Chicago I also have been searching for years, just asked a retro candy store yesterday and said he can't locate either. It is so funny to hear other people having the same experience or feeling about when they ask other people if they remembered it. I'm 59 and still remember the wonderful taste of Chum Gum. I grew up in Berwyn, IL and my sister and I lived on Chum Gum! I found this gum's wrapper today, when cleaning a home here in Seattle. The longer that plaque and tartar remain on your teeth, the more they irritate the gingiva, the part of your gum around the base of your teeth, causing inflammation. It is the best bubble gum ever made. That being said, you can find a lot of other great old candies and gum there, but look out for the price. i would rush home to see if i had gotten some cuz it was my fav flavor gum ever! I'm 56 and Chum Gum was my favorite down here in Louisiana. Geez Louise, how I LOVED Chum Gum. They made it into a round barrel shape and colored it pink. I do remember it and it was quite cute. delicious flavors especially banana. Many people were still able to find the gum for up to 20 years after it had been discontinued. Reminds me of camping. Awesome memories of summertime in the 60's and 70's riding my bike to Aloha Drug Store for Chum Gum! Why did they have to stop making something so good? I can almost taste it. Best wishes to all Chum Gum fans. It was the best gum everpowdered sugar coating the green, yellow or raspberry-colored gum. I too remember Chum Gum and just like some of you when I mention it to people they look at me like I'm crazy. 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. Everyone said the same things I have thought for years about Chum Gum- I do miss it. I wish they would bring back our good old CHUM-GUM. I loved chum gum, it was the best gum when I was a kid. The packaging was very similar to Charms Squares which were fruit flavored squares, but no gum in them. Its called the Curly wurly. I know that not many people remember the 10:30 bar, but those of us who do remember miss it still. Along with hot dog weiner gum! My sister and I talked about it often. WE'D GO TO CHELMERS IN UTICA,MN A LITTLE STORE JUST TO BUY CHUM GUM!! A friend and I in Silver Spring, MD would take my 25 cents allowance (in 1952) and buy about 50 sticks of Chum-Gum and chew all sticks at once to see who could blow the biggest bubbles. One other candy I have not seen mentioned here was a MILK SHAKE CANDY BAR. NOBODY remembers that gum except my grandmother who would buy it for my grandfather. I enjoyed them when I was a kid from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. I am 53 and I am a bubble gum fanatic! I used to lick the white off and then put the gum in my mouth. Its tragic!!! Do they still make Beechnut gum? I'm 57 and loved Chum Gum, Dots, Wax tubes filled with syrup, Black Cows, baseball cards, candy cigarettes, paper straws filled with Kool-Aid type power and many more great candies. I would give anything to have a "chew" once again! Can still taste it in my mind's mouth! I too wish that who ever made it would bring it back! Then went to 2for .01 . 2 for a penny. I sure wish they still made it. Wish we could still get Chum Gum its the best. Please bring back the Milkshake candy bars again. THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! altoids Tangerine sours. While its no longer here, you can reminisce with Dubble Bubble and appreciate the time it was here and successful. The flavor lasted ALL DAY. , The reason why this is no longer on the market is that the FDA found it was causing even more gum erosion than pain it was felt to be relieving! 1 cup equals. Asked people for YEARS if they remembered Chum Gum, my favorite bubblegum of all time and no one knew what I was talking about. I am so glad I found this website. in the 60's,, and it is the best damn gum ever! Then my dad told me a man probably empties his pocket change into a huge vat of peanuts. The bubble gum was cheap with really great flavor that simply didnt last. I buy them for my mother, they are exactly the same is the marathon, even the same braided shape. NOT KitKats - Kits - those square wrapped taffys -in banana, chocolate, strawberry flavors - I think they came three to a package. Time to stand up and her butt went up for a few inches and stopped and she tried again and now four times later she realized her butt in stuck to her seat and hear I'M STUCK and she looks at me and said Joey mommy stuck can you help mommy stand up from her seat so I helped her and she had chum gum all over her butt. It was the New, Improved Hawk Missile, of greedy, pork-barrel-proficiency peddlers Raytheon Corp. That damned systems mobile radar units were so dependent on (apparently) cheaply made electronics that they were constantly failing when taken to the field and bounced around two-tracks and farmers fields. I cant believe they discontinued my favorite Wazoo Bars. I remember the lunch counter inside, plus an arcade style shooting game in back (ten shots for a dime). Chum Gum was my favorite. They have never heard of it. Today, Bubbaloo is sold in more than 25 countries and in three different continents across the world. I knew them as "sour grapes" in clear individual packaging with maybe a yellow print on it. As a German might say, that was really gte BIER!!! Let me know if anyone finds any or information on CHUM GUM. Knowing that the Fleer Company was responsible for Chum Gum, lets dive in there just a tad. I see you are out of both. I absolutely loved those Life Savers swirled lollipops from probably the 90s, they were so amazing and I would love to see them return! google_color_bg = "E7F0EB"; I grew up in Los Angeles in the early 70's and I remember walking to the corner store with my friends and buying this awesome gum. If you have reached this page, chances are, you searched for a candy that has been discontinued. Top Rated Plus. Today, it's the Kenosha Job Center. I was in my teens the best time of my life. The wintergreen flavor is mellow, not too much like some sort of analgesic balm or Pepto Bismol. thanks to all of you. Lick. But this isn't true. For the most part, these came in either 2 sticks or 5 sticks to a pack. The big secret of Chum Gum's great flavor was that it was stick shaped bubble gum, and each stick was coated with powdered sugar. Oh how I wish they would bring it back! Afterwards, I thought I'd do an online search of CG. Please correct me if Im wrong, I was little back then, and its what I had imagined it was. Do they still make it? And whatever happened to Welches Fudge bars? Chum Gum.what a sweet memory. Thanks go them, I loved Hollyywood candy bars My mom would buy me a When the Milky Way Midnights came out they were similar but not quite the same. I agree with Dee, #8 from 1-14-15. Only cough drop I like, only cough drop I will use. Most of them you can find in oldtimecandy.com which is referenced on this page. Building served as a mall, with theater, in the 1980s. Wow! Not as good as Chum Gum, but still good memories. I have been looking for Chum Gum for years and I haven't had any luck. I remember 3 sticks for a penny. OMG just remembered we don't have any woods all the developer's got rid of them. the police found me at the local creek eating the chum gum. Wish someone would bring it back. (The Comrades reeeealy didnt like us for tearing up there countryside. Reply Jonah Half February 28, 2019 at 12:35 pm. Fleer should bring it back. Bring back. I discovered Chum Gum in a small bait & tackle store, of all places, when I went fishing with my dad. Nothing has ever compared to Chum. I also remember the outer wrapper being dark blue, with two fat sticks of perfectly flavored pink gum wrapped separately in white paper. Flavor lasted and lasted. Hmmm? I am so sad today in 2016 of finding out that they were discontinued. Remember the cinnamon toothpicks? MY SIS AND I MISS IT. He instead focused solely on Dubble Bubble, much to his success. Bring back the Wonka Scrunch bar! If anyone does bring it back, I hope they make it the way they used to and not w/ artificial sweetners they way the did when they brought back 'Fizzies'. Hi, I am in Florence SC, and would Ike to find some of these new Unicorn Candy Corn in fruit flavors. I truly wish a gum/candy maker would reproduce this wonderful, delightful gum - I would love to introduce my grandchildren to it. I put all of it in my mouth at once and chew it as I walked home. Why did we complicate things??? For the longest time, I couldn't remember what it was called and then by chance I was looking for some unique halloween candy and found the name!! Do you know where I could find them or do you have the ability to obtain them if they still exist somewhere? Not the artificial stuff they call cinnamon now, but actual ground cinnamon. We got it at a store near the church it was called the e z buy store. Fifty cents would get me a whole bag. How I wish.someone would bring it back before Iam gone. I'm still friends with some of the people that grew up with me. I used to get it at only one grocery store in Las Vegas, NM. I grew up in Denver , Colorado and remember chum gum and ask people when the subject of gum comes upNO ONE remembers it at all here . I have thought of Chum gum several times and just now decided to google is..
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