and the "record" was a piece of gum. Perhaps we should find out who the company was that made chum gum and take it from there. By the way Mack, if we're all losers what are you doing wasting your time reading our comments? I believe it has been permanently discontinued, Oh My God!!! Folklore suggests that swallowed gum sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. I truly miss it!!! 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 ). This is great that I am not the only one who remembers this gum it was the best ever!! Several years ago a similar item was made by Starburst in candy corn flavors, much like yours appear to be. Popped it hours. I don't understand how many gum companies there are and no one makes it. Thor was my favorite. I agree with so many of the comments that have been made by othersyou ask people if they remember or have ever heard of this gum and they look at you like you are crazy. Remember how much of the penny candy and gum was unwrapped. Hot summer days buying baseball cards but throwing away their gum because it wasn't as good as Chum Gum. I also have looked for Chum gum for years. 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. best gum ever. When I was 7or8 chum gum was 3 sticks for a penny. High. I love Chum Gum, too! 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! Miss it now and wish someone could come up with that same great flavor!!! Interesting comments on Chum GumThanks for the history Rob Lambert. That was August 7, 1987. It's no secret that bubble gum often doesn't really deliver. I grew up in Memphis, TN. 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. My buddies and I in the 50s would take bottles back to Frenchies corner store watertown ny and buy the gum and then sit on the curb and blow bubbles, i remember getting chum gum when i got a hair cut back in the 50 s--i contacted fleer and they quit making it. Ask away and we will do our best to answer or find someone who can.We try to vet our answers to get you the most acurate answers. Since Chum Gum was only around for a limited time, and that was mostly before the days of internet, its a bit challenging to find a lot of history for the brand. I sure wish they still made it. Im looking for cinnamon certs. Now all we need is the ingredients. When my Mom passed away, my sister and I were recalling the days when we were kids and unbelievable, but we spoke about the Chum Gum and how we'd fight over that dang stuff! LOL And I would be crazy enough to pay a dollar for 2 pieces I really liked it! It was a time when a guy would come with a truck and sell fruits and vegetables and my Mother would run out like all the other ladies and stock up for the week. As a German might say, that was really gte BIER!!! itsmetoo2 16 Feb 2010. I love this site. 9 Natural Chewing Gums That Are Chemical-Free | Well+Good This man started yelling at me for casually asking if/when they would get a reorder of this product. God how I miss that smell and flavor, I swear, if I close my eyes I'm chewing on it now! Let me know if anyone finds any or information on CHUM GUM. I'm 65. Adding to my previous comments: Anyone wanting Chum Gum to reappear should contact the Tootsie Roll Company (tootsieroll.com), which purchased the Fleer company in 2004. there is a man on ebay that sell chum gum for $7.00 a stick.. i used to save my money from my grass cuttin when i was a kid and head in town to Rehoboth and go to Snyders candy store and get my marvel comic books and a brown paper bag full of chum gumthen i was set to go into battle alongside Captain America and soar the outter most regions of the universe with the Silver Surferbring Chum Gum back.PLLLLLeeeaaassssee.? You can still buy the famous SoBe's lizard print drinks in 2022 - HITC What a great time to be a kid! The idea was to create a tasty gum that would blow really great bubbles. The wrapper was royal blue then, with blue gum, individually wrapped in white paper. I no longer have that special moment with them. Used to visit that Topps store with my mother, as a kid. I wish I could find it somewhere. I have looked everywhere including retro candy shops and couldnt find them. Chum gum was the best!!! Bring these back and with proper marketing they will be successful. Made lots of spending cash buying Chum Gum by the case, while in Jr. High, and selling individually 4 for a nickle. //-->, Loading images, if this message doesn't go away you may need to enable javascript in order to see pictures. My fellow chum gum lovers, I too always get strange looks when I speak of this gum. Long lasting flavor and makes great bubbles. Most assuredlythe best tasting gum everreminded me of Yank Bubble Gum. 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. Please? I am a 60's kid from Indiana.I am happy to find others who recall Chum Gum. Chew. Dentyne Gum | OldTimeCandy.com Fleer Company eventually turned their focus to toys and trading cards but their Dubble Bubble brand remained strong. Wish some bright kid could come up with formala for it!Q, For years I have inquired about this gum not remembering the name and I finally found out! I also came across Dem Bones, which are no longer in production, as an older Brachs item. Please, please, please bring back that awsome flavor! I never googled chum gum and just did. I used to buy Chum Gum at Mill Creek Country Store in Mill Creek, Georgia, near Dalton- in the mid 70s. Old Clem would ask for "one thin dime" when you bought ten cents worth. My sister and I talked about it often. there is nothing in the world like chum gum. In fact, I realized that I have had chicken bones candy; and while it does include coconut, there is also a peanut butter inclusion. I think there were 3 pieces for a penny. And about 10-12 came in a little rectangular pack with a paper wrapper with the name on it. After the flavor wore off, the sting would last for hours on your tongue. I would also get Kits in banana, chocolate and strawberry. Why did they stop manufacture? The Harmful Side Effects of Guar Gum | livestrong One for you. It didnt go over well and needed quite a lot of improvements so this one never actually was marketed. I remember buying Chum Gum in the middle 50's. Which was totally bizarre and is why I still remember it 16 years later like it happened yesterday. Every time I ask somebody if they remember Chum Gum they look at me like I'm crazy. You're welcome, Dave, and thanks for reading! We really miss it. I miss it!!!! Sadly, these were discontinued many moons ago. At her 2nd birthday party I gave her a present with no name on it, but I had a certs setting on top, she looked at it and came up to me and said thanks for the present. Bubble Yum Rockin' Raspberry flavor. I have been telling my kids about Chum Gum and how I wish I could find it for them to experience. Best gum ever made. We couldn't but it at Chalks store we had to go a little further down the street to Hans Variety to get it. Its great taste is why I've never forgotten it. I remember the two to a wrapper scheme, which is why I thought one should share it with a friend. 52chum. A 5 stick pack was a penny. Remember the gum in those cards? The flavor lasts for a while as well, long after the sugar is gone. Fleer - Wikipedia It was my favorite from the penny candy at Farley's Grocery store. Besides tasting great, the price was great as well. 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 Top Rated Plus. Chum Gum.what a sweet memory. 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. so much different than that plastic crap they call bubble gum now, With flavor that lasts for five minutes if you are lucky. 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. Now the world has sugarless gum, organic gum, all-natural gum, and bubble gum and chewing gum in a full spectrum of flavors and colors. You can still find many of those on the market now. I loved chum gum as a kid in D.C. Yum yum chum gum!!! The following are comments left about Chum Gum from site visitors such as yourself. _390- I used to find it and steal him WONDERFUL Chum Gum!!! Trying to find a company that still sells Maplenut Goodies. We still have the red licoricered vines. My kid, grandkids & great-grandbaby will miss one of the greatest flavors of life without it. I can smell it! I grew up in Greeley Colo. I also grew up in Chicago. I WANT SOME. Miss them, Marathon Bars were a classic and are the MOST requested retro candy that we once offered. Sad. I'm glad to see I still have my memory. Nothing has ever compared to Chum. google_ad_channel = "9301152533"; 1980 was the last time I found Chum Gum. Oh, to smell those again! Thanks, Candy. :Can't be his heart, then. )..wont buy Brachs candy corn this Halloween. Oh, the flavor of that gum. And who can forget that great flavor? Elementary school. Now does anyone remember Chik-O-Stix (sp??). A trip down memory lane can start with a photograph, a story, or a taste of something sweet. I would love to have it back on the shelves. In the 1920s Sorry to see them go. I used to ride my bike about s mile to Campbells Drug store on the corner of Atlantic blvd and ocean blvd. :). We would drag our wagon all over town!!! Wow! 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. I truly miss the Caramel Chocolate covered Pom Poms of so long ago. Takes me back to my childhood every time ( I am 57). Sadly, Chiclets were permanently discontinued in 2018 and no mention has been made as to whether they will ever return. Declining profits, and the threat of steeper property taxes, prompted Neisner to close in December, 1971. I wish it would make a comeback. I only remember one of them selling Chum gum and that was on Millington Lane, right next to St Benedicts school. Did they change it or is my memory bad? Tootsie Roll bought Fleer 12 years ago, and today makes Dubble Bubble, another old Fleer product. It had it's own taste-nothing like it. $19.95. No one that I know remembers this gum..can't figure that out! An aphrodisiac?? We were just talking at break and out of 6 of us only 2 remember chum gum. I was beginning to think I dreamed it all up. Used to be able to get it at ONE and only one ice cream place in Virginia. She liked them so much that was spent that evening driving to different gas stations to find this product and after a few hours of driving around found two more packages at a Hucks in Orleans, Indiana. After reading all these stories on Chum Gum, I want some now!!! He would keep some in the freezer so you could have your choice of frozen or notthey were so good! Certs and my first granddaughter. 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 . God I loved this gum, jusr was talking to my sister about it the other day! I grew up in SW Michigan in the 60s. !I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT TASTES LIKE BUT I STILL REMEMBER THE TASTE OF THE GRAPE GUM THEY USED TO MAKE. Do u have them ? Someone has to bring back Chum Gum!! 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. Great memories. A Brief History of Chewing Gum - Candy Favorites Im from Boston and Any time I ask people if they remember chum gum people think Im making it up! Chum Gum was my very favorite gum. Bill. near my home close to Marquette Michigan when I was four or so. 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. Beech-Nut Gum You can't find it officially anymore, unless you want to pay $37.49 for a decades-old pack on eBay. I buy them for my mother, they are exactly the same is the marathon, even the same braided shape. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT BUT IT CAME IN THE SAME SHAPE PACKAGING AS BEEMAN'S OR BLACKJACK. If a macaron and a rice krispies treat had a nougat filled and white chocolate enrobed baby with a colorful pink and purple white chocolate drizzle that would be pretty darn close! While this gum could be blown into bubbles, in other respects it was vastly inferior to regular chewing gum, and Blibber-Blubber was never marketed to the public. 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. I am 51 and have been craving this gum, chum gum the best ever made, 2 sticks for a penny and nothing else compares. The pie itself was pink, I think. As The Saturday Evening Post lamented, however, the Chiclet disappeared in 2016, leaving, in its words, "only sad imitations of the brand" in its wake. . i use to walk to my corner store and buy the individual sticks for a penny a piece. Is Guar Gum Healthy or Unhealthy? The Surprising Truth Is Chum Gum even made any longer? I'm 66. What a great ideawhy don't we [all] start a revolution and surely some company out there will duplicate the stuff and make us all happy. Ahh good to see so many that remember this one of a kind gum. I have used Certs Peppermint breath mints since 1965. They made it into a round barrel shape and colored it pink. Wish I could still get it. Make it again, Fleer! they can bring back Beemans and Black jack, why not Chum Gum??? PLEASE. Somewhere there is the recipe in someone chest. I just discovered a new productBlowpop Minis.disk shaped fruit flavored candy(same flavors as original Blowpops) with gum in the center. I grew up on a street in the LA area in the 60s and 70s. "To prevent decay, To sweeten the breath, To keep teeth white," read the package. There is a site to buy old time candy, but they didn't have it. When it comes to stocking one of the largest selections of wholesale retro and nostalgic candy, Blair Candy knows the favorites you miss or the treats you can't wait to discover. I loved this gum. no one around here remembers it either! Wacky Wafers are no longer? Chum Gum was my favorite. My sisters and brother don't remember it but I sure do! I'm using my nickname as a kid because Chum Gum takes me back to my childhood! I know in some cases companies take over other companies and maybe the new companys equipment is not geared towards making a candy. I wish someone could find more info., bring it back. The bubbles were incredible. Hopefully, someone will purchase the rights to these iconic treats. Wish they'd make it, along with Seven Up candy bars today. Do they still make them? And who remembers Adams Sour gum - at one time I think they had pineapple flavor. Chum Gum was the best. The best gum ever for blowing bubbles. It makes my mouth water to think of it!! Thank you! Sadly, Maple Nut Goodies were discontinued by the manufacturer along with so many other delightful Brachs product. I LOVED Chum Gum!! No one I talk to remembers Chum gum, I loved it. This candy now days cost almost $200 a bar and is not worth the cost. Can still taste it in my mind's mouth! The absolute best bubblegum ever! In fact, you might be able to say that Dubble Bubble was a spinoff of Chum Gum. Oh my gosh, I have dreamed of Chum Gum for years. During this time, Fleer was near the end of producing Chum Gum due to lower demand. Let us all write Tootsie Pop and request its return. I miss Bonkers. My Co-Workers think I'm nuts. It was/is the best flavored gum to date. Thank you! I'm 59 and still remember the wonderful taste of Chum Gum. I'm 57 yrs old and remember this well. I hope they get so many comments of people wanting them around again and they make the decision to sell them again. It was a great gum!! I bought a tiny metal tin pie and it came with a teenie metal spoon. They have never heard of it. Per "oldtimecandy.com, the company that made Chum Gum (they don't confirm who the manufacturer was) discontinued it. I loved the blue gum all, the grape and the sour apple. Also missing the cherry hump bars. google_ad_height = 600; Treasure Island lasted from 1962 to 1977. Some gum connoisseurs might know that Fruit Stripe gum used to be made by Beech-Nut. Many stores had Chum Gum available well into the mid 1970s, years after manufacturing ended. I'm a pharmacy tech and one of the children's antibiotics smells JUST LIKE CHUM GUM when the water is added! Almost cried because they dont make Branchs dem bones anymore. Anyone have any ideas of anything that would? I'm guessing it went under during World War 2 (sugar rationing), and Fleer simply tagged the stick bubble gum as such, legally. Also coated with powdered sugar. We used to get it in a little ice cream store called Shorty Simms in Abingdon, Il. I wish Tootsie Roll administrators could see the number of people searching for this gum. Nothing else compares! I have since ceased chewing gum because of TMJ, but would risk biting the inside of my mouth again and again for some Chum Gum. It is the best ever!! Bring back Sqeeze pops, Gatorgum, and especially Whistle pops. Wrigley recently secured a patent for a biodegradable gum. Mint Juleps and Banana Splits were both made by NECCO who, sadly, went out of business. Wish the company would bring it back!!! I absolutely loved those Life Savers swirled lollipops from probably the 90s, they were so amazing and I would love to see them return! !BRING IT BACK FOR THEM TO TRY!!!!:). 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. The stick would break up in pieces with a couple of bites and took some time to combine into one piece. Bubble Beeper Bubble Gum. I grew up in Indio, Ca and remember buying Chum gum in the 60's. Woke up many saturday mornings for catoon time with my hair stuck to my pillow with this great gum. I grew up in Minnesota in the 70's and remember Chum Gum so well. But there are a lot of other choices on that website that will bring back memories, at today's prices. Reminds me of camping. Oh, if they would only bring Chum Gum back! Tootsie Roll dropped the Fleer name from all former products, such as Dubble Bubble, after the buyout. Your email address will not be published. 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. Loved the flavor and the big bubbles! They would love it. Here's one for you how about Chum Gums little brother "RED DEVIL GUM" as I recall it was sweet and spicy. And since someone mentioned shampoo - anybody remember the old egg wash shampoos?? lol. Thank you! OMG! It's great to hear all these stories. Snack History maintains its neutrality. 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!! I found this gum's wrapper today, when cleaning a home here in Seattle. Guar gum and other types of gums are types of "gluten replacers," says Frontiers in Nutrition helping to retain the qualities of bread and similar products while eliminating gluten from the ingredients. Of course Chum gum was my favorite. 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. Fleer where are you, we need this back in our lives. I have looked and looked and looked again. Where can I get some aspergum? - Drugs.com Chum Gum Wrapper | Sweet memories, Nostalgic candy, Gum - Pinterest My best friend and neighbor, Brian, and I, after sharing some moneymaking enterprise, would split the proceeds and go to the corner store (Woodlawn Foods in Seattle) and buy penny candy. I want my Chum Gum! Altoids more than most. Chocolate Babies; Chocolite; Chum Gum; Clark Bars - discontinued when NECCO went out of business in 2018, but they are now available in a new format called Clark Cups. Wow! But the original wafers, there is no comparison to them. Lets take it back to some of the memories of candy from years past. Not as good as Chum Gum, but still good memories. I grew up in FL, and I remember climbing up on the kitchen counter and standing on my tip toes to reach the shelf in the upper cabinet where my mother kept a box of Chum Gum! ___ But I bother to write because at 19 in 1975 I was stationed in Deutschland in Bamberg, Bavaria in a Hawk Missile Unit. Put gum base, citric acid, corn syrup and glycerin a bowl and microwave for 45 seconds. Please announce it to the world so we all can get some. jas. I just googled chum gum to see what I could find. This particular confectionary was in north St. Louis near the Walnut Park neighborhood, just west of Interstate-70. No one did, until I found you here. There are a few random ones available on ebay, but thats it. 2 for a penny. I am from Lockport, IL and I, too, couldn't make anyone believe that I remembered Chum Gum! I remember Chum Gum from way back in my elementary school days. They would kill the market and make a lot of us so happy. Yes, I know that gum, my kids love it. I too have yearnd for Chum Gum. Do they still make Freshen Up gum? - AnswersAll I would today pay a dollar or two just to taste it again. 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. Cardboard like a real record. Best wishes to all Chum Gum fans. Juicy Fruit was my other favorite, bought some the other day and NOPE, the flavor was a miss. Have you ever heard of these. But she never had the best gum in the whole world. Wow! WE'D GO TO CHELMERS IN UTICA,MN A LITTLE STORE JUST TO BUY CHUM GUM!! im not a member of this site, i dont really have a sweet tooth or anything, but sour candies have gotten me through a lot. I'd get a small vanilla or cherry coke for 7 cents (the best also) from the fountain and boxes of jujubes. Unfortunately, it is no longer available as it was discontinued. i was 3 yrs old and i remember stealing candy from the 7-11 and some of it was chum gum.. the clerk call the police, not becuase i was stealing but becuase i was at the store alone. Chum Gum was my favorite. I chewed it everyday as a kid. Life was simple and sweet. I'm 53, I remember walking to the corner store at the age of 5 all by myself to buy the best gum ever!!!!!!! So many candies of yesteryear have disappeared and it is doconcerting. I grew up in Washington, DC and would buy this most delicious gum at the corner stores on my way home from school in the late 60s and early 70s. Name one other bubble gum besides Chum Gum that holds it shape when you took it out of your mouth (by twisting the end). One thing we did find to be interesting was the fact that people were still finding Chum Gum for sale almost 20 years after it was officially discontinued. I lived on Herbert a mile away from school the flavor was delicious and lasting. I grew up in Hyattsville md in the 60's and Chum gum was the BEST !! Hopefully the maker will produce again. CHUM GUM ---YUM!!! I do remember a beechnut gum that was striped. I'm 43 YeArS OlDi hAvEn'T SeEn cHuM GuM/oR TaStEd iT SiNcE I WaS lIkE,sIx yEaR's oLd!! (I'm 57 now) Let me know what you think. Oh how I wish they would bring it back! For the most part, these came in either 2 sticks or 5 sticks to a pack. I can still almost taste it. Glad to hear there are others of you who remember with me. We miss the memories that are brought back with the familiar smell and taste. Chum gum was my very favorite. I remember Chum Gum from a candy store across the train-tracks (scary!) The old ad piece may still be availablebelieve it was around $15. For years I have been searching for this stick bubble gum called "Chum Gum". She moved to Scotland recently and is missing teeth like crazy, so I wanted to send her some replacement chicklets but cant find them anywhere?? Three sticks for 0.1 cent. I would sure like a piece right now. google_color_url = "1F2B9E"; Woolworth's on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, GA. It had the best aroma, flavor and texture of any gum ever.
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do they still make chum gum