PLEASE!!! Since they make Dubble Bubble, why not make Chum Gum also? The absolute best bubblegum ever! I have enjoyed reading all the stories. I could not believe the comments! I thought I was the only one who remebered Chum gum, Razzles and Bubs Daddy gum in the yardstick packaging. This man started yelling at me for casually asking if/when they would get a reorder of this product. Bummer! That long-forgotten name popped right out of my cobwebbed memories. My Chum Gum memory is from the sixties. The pure flavor of juicy fruit is gone. I grew up in Turtle Creek, Pennslyvania. I remember well the days of my youth going to the Index Five and Dime Store over my grade school lunch hour and purchasing Chum Gum it was the bomb. Wow! Much like Chum Gum, it was pink, powdery, and soft. When my grandaughters lose teeth, we call them chiclets! I used to buy it at either Anne's or Barney's corner candy stores that were on the corners of Herbert Spencer School in Chicago in the late '50's and early '60's. Said they'd never heard of it. We used to smash the frozen ones and eat the little frozen bite size pieces. Used to visit that Topps store with my mother, as a kid. One for you. Adams flavored gums were plain chewing gum with a burst of sour power. I also have food pages for the 80s and 90s. Penney's disbanded the chain after 15 years to maintain focus on its high-end merchandise. As to why, we are not sure. Whistle pops didnt last much longer. FF, sloppy joes were 15 cents. Your Price: $24.00. Anyone out there who remembers this product, or where it might be still available? I too like Chum Gum but not that much. What day would probably charge a dollar for 2 pieces? I wish they still made it I been searching for this gum. I was a kid in Winston-Salem NC and now I'm 54 and I can vividly remember the taste of Chum Gum. The Fleer Factory closed many years agoTo bad for us Chum Gum fans, My wife bought me on sale after easter. 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! Don't think were the only ones out here moaning about the want for more of it! what great memories. (November 2022) A package of Dentyne Classic gum Dentyne Chewing Gum ad on a Model 63 Closed Delivery Wagon by Pope Waverley electrics in 1907 Dentyne ( / dntin /) is a brand of chewing gum available in several countries globally. Name one other bubble gum besides Chum Gum that holds it shape when you took it out of your mouth (by twisting the end). Certs I miss you but I have tons of memories. 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! Chum Gum ROCKS!!!! It was/is the best flavored gum to date. Peridex mouthwash may be useful in treating this. I've searched for it everytime I see an All Candy store. Clove, Black Jack and Juicy Fruit were expensive, penny a stick! My grandchildren get in my car and the first thing they say is Certs. it was a hot cinnamon flavored gum, I think it was made by the same company. I cant help but think of those delicious little mint humbugs that my grandmother always gave me. i used to buy it in houston, texas in the mid-sixties. !WhErE CaN I FiNd iT? I am 58 years old and I live in New Orleans. Rauls corner store on the west side of Chicago was my supplier! In 2005, Fleer Company ended up declaring bankruptcy and they never bounced back as some companies do. Miss it cant find it..Yumm, yumm. 6. 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. Thanks for the memories. I'm 55, grew up in San Bernardino, California, and I went looking for Chum Gum because it had the best TEXTURE! Used to love them! Also missing the cherry hump bars. Good times :). Thank you! As a child in the mid fifties I discovered it at Glazners Market in Carrollton Texas (a Dallas suburb). 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. Xanthan and Guar Gum Are in Everything: Are They Bad for You? My grandmother owned a pizza store that sold penny candy. they were fantastic and the start to my love of sour candies, and theyre gone. I remember 3 sticks for a penny. 25 cents went a long way back in the 60's. Chum gum, lip sticks,bonomo taffy ect.. Great days, they truly were better days I don't care what anyone says. Someone needs to get Fleer to either release the formula to a small batch candy maker or do some batches themselves! I still miss that gum and would pay alot of money to have more. The world's most popular autocomplete game. I live in San Fernando Valley, Calif. Treasure Island stores distinctly had wavy rooftops or front facades. I'd put some baseball cards in my spokesthen I'd "motor on over" to get my fix. French Chew is very similar. empty. 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 grew up in Minnesota in the 70's and remember Chum Gum so well. Never could find any. Omg. i can still taste that gum, which had a flavor all it's own, sweet, peppery that still reaches me through the ages With THIS many people on a thread reminiscing about a childhood confection, think how many others are out there? Best gum ever!!!!! In the first, or second paragraph, I said that what I was looking for (and believe that may be discontinued- whatever its name was) may have at one time been called chicken bones. I also used to buy Chum Gum in a St. Louis confectionary (I also mentioned confectionaries in the P-D post). Hey, I am 61 and grew up in Oak Cliff (Dallas) Texas and we used to buy Chum Gum at Crawford grocery store which was a little neighborhood store that would resemble a 7-Eleven today and it was owned and run by Ms. Crawford, a really sweet lady. I don't even chew gum now. Bar none the greatest tasting gum ever. Can not get it. If someone does bring it back, please don't wreck it like they have wrecked Bazooka, YUCK. When she was old enough shed reach in my pocket and ask for one. Along with baseball card gum, also with the powdered sugar, it was the best gum ever. I am so glad that I am not the only one that loved this gum. After the flavor wore off, the sting would last for hours on your tongue. I chewed a 20-pack of Leaf Confectionery bubble gum (sour apple, sour grape, lemon etc) as a bet from my friends. Yep I also grew up on chum gum and until recently haven't found anything close, but check out Ford Gum company and the gum called bologna and hotdog gum is as close as I've found.I got it in Santa Fe New Mexico at Walgreens. Don't remember the price. 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. Do They Still Make Bazooka Bubble Gum? Sugar Stand I love this site. 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. Please bring back the Milkshake candy bars again. I have been all over the world looking for Chum gum. I am from Huntley outside of Chicago. I was beginning to think I dreamed it all up. OMG how I miss Chum Gun, the best gum ever made. In the 1990s, Skittles came in the form . AT THE CORNER STORE WE WOULD BUY IT IN THE 60S. Sixty years old and still wishing that I had a piece of chum gum. Had to be Chum-Gum. I grew up in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area and used to walk or ride my bike to the "Beer Depot" to get candy - and my favorite Chum Gum. I loved the flavor and it smelled so good! I loved it as a kid. Chum gum was my favorite. If you got yours there get in touch w/ me torileec at zoom town dot com. We used to turn in soda bottles so we could buy it. I last had it around 1971-72 and purchased it in a little Mom & Pop store off the Fellsway in Medford, MA. The inner wrappers white and the gum was pink. I chewed it everyday as a kid. Chum Gum is one that many of you might remember. Can still taste it in my mind's mouth! I am 61 years old and grew up in Britton, Oklahoma, a tiny bedroom community 20 min N of Oklahoma City.Chum Gum was a favorite for me - I can till conjure the aroma and flavor of this wonderful gum! I grew up in Baltimore city in a neighborhood where there was a little store on most corners. I agree, chum gum was the best. Everyone said the same things I have thought for years about Chum Gum- I do miss it. Somebody needs to produce this again. Delicious! Your article shows one picture with a blue wrapper. This particular confectionary was in north St. Louis near the Walnut Park neighborhood, just west of Interstate-70. Was fun reading everybody's memories about Chum Gum and simpler, better times. A case of Wacky Wafers given to his TA got him home for our wedding. I have been looking for Chum Gum for years and I haven't had any luck. The history for the stories behind Chum Gum is limited but to our knowledge, the gum was first produced in 1950 by Fleer Company. How am I going to keep him happy now? Chiclets Gum Memories I came from a very poor family. 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'd get a small vanilla or cherry coke for 7 cents (the best also) from the fountain and boxes of jujubes. In my search for Bonomo Turkish Taffy, I was remembering Chum Gum and decided to Google it to try and find it. MY HUSBAND AND I USE TO BUY CHUM GUM IN THE SIXTIES IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA THIS WAS THE BEST GUM I'VE EVER TASTED. My mouth is watering just thinking of those. If you have reached this page, chances are, you searched for a candy that has been discontinued. Who made itm anyway, Fleer? I bought a tiny metal tin pie and it came with a teenie metal spoon. I found a number 45078 but cant find the candy. I am 47 also im from RI and I would love to see Chum Gum back on the shelves. Xylichew 100% Xylitol Chewing Gum - Non GMO, Non Aspartame, Gluten Free, and Sugar Free Gum - Natural Oral Care, Relieves Bad Breath and Dry Mouth - Fruit, 60 Count 60 Count (Pack of 1) 1,028 Save 10% $988 ($0.16/Count)$11.02 Lowest price in 30 days FREE delivery Wed, Jan 25 on $25 of items shipped by Amazon Options: 5 sizes Climate Pledge Friendly I CAN STILL TASTE IT! I love all of you, my wife thinks I'am nuts. 33 years had passed from when Fleer discontinued it (1971) to when Tootsie Roll bought out Fleer (2004). Butternut candy bar. They were oval in shape, had clear wrappers, and were fruit flavored. King size bottles were worth 5 cents!!!! 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 !!!! In fact, when I started dating, I would make my date (whoever it was) bring me a bag of Chum Gum bubble gum when he picked me up. I loved this gum. I was only seven back then, but anytime the subject turns to candy when we were kids, Chum Gums were the first youd hear from me! 9 Natural Chewing Gums That Are Chemical-Free | Well+Good For some reason, whenever I eat Double Bubble gum, I remember Chum Gum. Wazoo bars where can I get them? Is this something that is still available to get? 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. 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. Chum Gum was my very favorite gum. Yes, I remember those candy lipsticks, they were creamy, not like today's. My siblings don't even remember it! When they broke -- you could easily take the gum off your face, and chew it again for another bubble. We had Chum Gum in Dallas Texas in the 60's. I recently purchased some hair products and I kid you not it smelled just like Chum gum. I grew up in Chicago in the 1950's and chum gum was and still is the BEST tasting gum I've ever tried. I would also get Kits in banana, chocolate and strawberry. They were real memories. I LOVED Chum Gum!! Im from Boston and Any time I ask people if they remember chum gum people think Im making it up! I also remember the outer wrapper being dark blue, with two fat sticks of perfectly flavored pink gum wrapped separately in white paper. I use to go to the candy store and with 25 cents I could buy a bag of penny candy and be so happy. Oh, well. I loved the blue gum all, the grape and the sour apple. Loved it, but you have to admit the taste only lasted about a minute if you were lucky, but it was so good!! Though Tendermint is no longer produced, Teaberry is still available. The brand stopped producing Pure Rush energy drinks, South Beach Sunset, 14 Karot but continued . I am so glad I found this website. Is there anywhere that still have some? (3 stick package) Can anybody remember the names of the 3 cent candy bars? And yes, just like someone before me said, right next to the hot dog gum. Yes, I know that gum, my kids love it. I wish they still made it. THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHUM GUM ---YUM!!! Do they still make Beechnut gum? Christmas Candy Coal - Gummy Coal. I discovered Chum Gum in a small bait & tackle store, of all places, when I went fishing with my dad. As such, eating gluten-free products in some cases, products that may contain gums . Most assuredlythe best tasting gum everreminded me of Yank Bubble Gum. Loved chum gum I Remember you would get 2 pieces for a penny!! $9.99. Directions. Great memories. You got 3 sticks for a penny. It came in a 5-stick pack that was white with the words Chum Gum in Navy Blue with some red highlights on the pack. I see racks in some stores that are bribing back old time candies, but never Chum Gum. What a great time to be a kid! I still remember the red two stick gum. I have been craving Chum Gum for 50 years. I am 51 and have been craving this gum, chum gum the best ever made, 2 sticks for a penny and nothing else compares. They were a white mint with a green jelly center. Professor Dumbledore loved the muggle sweets! However, there are several flavors that continue to come out and can be purchased in 2022 as well. The flavor lasts for a while as well, long after the sugar is gone. I am the bubblegum queen and I used to tell my dates they had to bring me a bag of bubblegum when they came to pick me up for a date. Glad to know there are others who remember as well. He was yelling that No! The bubble gum was cheap with really great flavor that simply didnt last. I did not know what the two piece penny gum was called. I think I may be the only one who remembers these! Production of it ended by 1972, though stores had bought bulk, continuing to sell it for years after. . 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. Fleer made it. You can still find Dubble Bubble on the market today but you dont find Chum Gum. Both of these types of candies came in a bag holding multiple candies. I really miss it!!! Dubble Bubble is still available in some areas. i grew up in grand forks,n.d. it appears that there is still a HUGE interest in Chum Gum. I really miss this nostalgic gum. Nicole, I feel your pain! So many of you remember Chum 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 grew up on a street in the LA area in the 60s and 70s. It had a unique and delicious taste. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Please? I loved the stuff!! I know if they ever started making it again, I would sure buy it! Would love to see this come back on the market! flavor and texture was completely amazing. 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. White powdery coated soft bubble gum that blew bubbles the size of your whole face and ended up stuck there when they burst. That pink color set the stage and bubble gums continue to follow that grand design. Make Fish Chum - America Go Fishing I remember Chum Gum from a candy store across the train-tracks (scary!) I well remember Chum Gum. I did a yahoo search on chum gum thats how iI found this page. I take it out sometimes and think back .In the 50s it was 3sticks for .01. Have never chewed a better bubble gum since. With the popularity of dark chocolate I would think that the Hollywood Candy Bar would have a huge following now Cant some company get the recipe and please bring it back. Youd get two sticks, for a penny mind you, and the flavor literally lasted through an entire day of baseball, hula hoops and other fun kid stuff. 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 got it in a gas station in a little town in Ohio in the 60's and early 70's. Dubble Bubble was created by Fleer, through an employee who was named Walter Diemer. My fellow chum gum lovers, I too always get strange looks when I speak of this gum. You're all right. I am 58 and I recall it very well when I was in grade school. ), absolutely NO ONE I asked knew what I was talking about or remembered it! where can i get this great gumnothing compares. I'm 43 YeArS OlDi hAvEn'T SeEn cHuM GuM/oR TaStEd iT SiNcE I WaS lIkE,sIx yEaR's oLd!! We also ate Bonamo Taffy. some one must have a stash somewhere! I remember chum gum from the fifties, Allens grocery,in Ault Colorado, was my source. Looking for Chum Gum for a friend of mine who will be celebrating a special BD in August and wants to find it. WHAT HAPPENED TO CHUM GUM? Discontinued Candy Therapy Blog Thanks, Candy. 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. Walked to the drug store and got 2 pieces for a penny and had the best flavor out there. It was the BEST gum ever!! Greatest gum ever! Thank you Rob Lambert for the info. I'm using my nickname as a kid because Chum Gum takes me back to my childhood! I felt like i was in the twilight zone or something. I was lacking money as a child so I only got to enjoy these products a handful of times. I bought a pack of "Orbit" "bubblemint" and it brought me back to Jr. It used to come in different colors as well, not only pink but blue and green and I swear once I remember yellow. I used to find it and steal him WONDERFUL Chum Gum!!! If I'm not mistaken there was three pieces in a sleeve. I have looked for it for years. Walter took a recipe that had been founded in 1906 and adjusted it to create this delicious gum. When I was a child the candy bars were large and worth the money. I tried Jr Caramels but they are not the same they are too soft and gooey and Milk Duds are too hard LOL, can we get the marathon bars back? There was a small corner market (Rosita & 5th) that sold many of the "treats" I fondly remember like Scooter Pies, licorice by the foot, pixie sticks, Kits and my all time favorite Chum Gum. 10 Discontinued Bubble Gums You'll Never Chew Again Just the smell through the wrapper would make my mouth water. For the most part, these came in either 2 sticks or 5 sticks to a pack. Its a shame no candy company has the recipes for the best candy there ever was. LOL!!! Bubble Gum & Chewing Gum | Old Time Candy I do remember a beechnut gum that was striped. I wish they still made it. Anyone remember Violets? History does not state if Fleer "borrowed" the name, or any legal problems because of it. )..wont buy Brachs candy corn this Halloween. Anybody remember the Zebra Stripe Gum. Do they still make it? AAhh I'm 65. Orange County, CA in 1960's-early 70's. I grew up in Memphis, TN. We were just talking at break and out of 6 of us only 2 remember chum gum. I am 53 and remember chum gum when I was in grade school. no one around here remembers it either! Bet I could have a large market for it. It wasnt sold in a stick like Chum Gum, though. I loved the gum and wish whoever made it would bring it back. 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 blew my first bubble with a stick of Chum Gum. But Chum Gum was the best. google_ad_format = "120x600_as"; But Chum gum is the best tasting gum in the world. Dentyne - Wikipedia Chum gum has a flavor I will never for get and as most of you have said it bring back the good old days when being a child was care free and good times. Like so many really cool products from the past, these most likely are gone for good. Theres never been a candy bar like the 10:30 before or since. Today, Bubbaloo is sold in more than 25 countries and in three different continents across the world. Does anyone remember how good the candy lipsticks were, the ones they make now are nothing like the ones we could getOh to be young and free again..miss those days. Surely there's someone out there who could resurrect Chum Gum manufacture and distributionwhy not? Chewed it in Dallas in the late '50s and in Odessa through most of the '60s. Chum Gum was my favorite. Sounds like a common experience for many here. 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. A great taste and a great bubble. google_color_url = "1F2B9E"; Ithought I was the only person that miss this gum I lived in Palo Alto,California and use to buy it at the corner store Garden Supermarket, Boy that was the best bubble gum ever. All other stick gum was 5 sticks for a nickel. Is this a temporary thing?. I grew up in El Dorado, Arkansas and remember chewing Chum Gum!

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