But not on Wednesdays because Bill closed at noon that day. I was a child of the 60s & 70s. Are squirrel nut still produced? I grew up by Maple Lake outside of Bridgeport, West Virginia in the 60's. Fifty cents would get me a whole bag. How I wish.someone would bring it back before Iam gone. Garlic and Chicken Skin. Someone needs to get Fleer to either release the formula to a small batch candy maker or do some batches themselves! Then you pop it, stick it back in your mouth and start another bubble. Loved Chum Gum, lived on High School Road Indianapolis 1964-1969,most people I asked about it have never heard of it, good to know I wasn't dreaming..it was the best..those were the days. In one . My fellow chum gum lovers, I too always get strange looks when I speak of this gum. We would put two pieces in at one time. I LOVED Chum Gum!! Look forward to hearing from you and trying these Unicorn flavored corns. They may have been a Charms product, the company who makes Blowpops.. I have been craving Chum Gum for 50 years. In my opinion it was the best gum out there. I have looked everywhere for Chum Gum for years. Remember a blue wrapper And the powdery sugar covering each stick. Us and other G.I.s in or out of the field. near my home close to Marquette Michigan when I was four or so. So glad so many people loved it as I did, brings back childhood memories. Popped it hours. Loved it, but you have to admit the taste only lasted about a minute if you were lucky, but it was so good!! Its called the Curly wurly. I also remember Chum Gum. Bring back the Wonka Scrunch bar! PLEASE!!! The aroma of perfectly flavored bubble gum tickled your nose, and the white powder coating of real powdered sugar was the perfect finish for the longest lasting flavor of any bubble gum product. Bought it at the corner market. Bring back. Chum Gum was the best gum. And whatever happened to Welches Fudge bars? 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. It used to come in different colors as well, not only pink but blue and green and I swear once I remember yellow. Please announce it to the world so we all can get some. Said they'd never heard of it. I grew up in Greeley Colo. Anyway, I have also been looking for it for years with no luckChum gum was the best! Worst decision to make on candy maker. It was the very best bubble gum, and it smelled so good in my purse. It was like nothing else Ive ever tasted and was delicious! I think it would be a big hit (with potty-based humour at an all-time high with kids). I grew up in Minnesota in the 70's and remember Chum Gum so well. Beech-Nut Gum You can't find it officially anymore, unless you want to pay $37.49 for a decades-old pack on eBay. The entire beetroot is edible including the leaves which contain loads of vitamin A, calcium, iron and potassium. 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. I got it at a small restaurant across from the High School. Best Wishes, Albert Baroody. It is owned by Mondelz International. What a great time to be a kid! Oh, the flavor of that gum. Milky Ways dont even come close. But they were GOOD! Please let us know if we have missed any and share your special memories with friends who understand. If you got yours there get in touch w/ me torileec at zoom town dot com. The funny thing about that is that one day, if we are still here, we will talk about these days as the "good old days". Everyone I've ever mentioned it to has never heard of it. I want my Chum Gum! theres a spot in me from my childhood that i wont taste or relive again. 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. Great memories. i loved this gum. The stick would break up in pieces with a couple of bites and took some time to combine into one piece. Chum Gum was made by Fleer, also makers of Dubble Bubble, from around 1950 until 1971. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Eventually, Chum Gum sales dwindled enough that Fleer simply stopped production. Hi Noon candy bars were my favorite candy back in the mid fifties. 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? 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'm guessing it went under during World War 2 (sugar rationing), and Fleer simply tagged the stick bubble gum as such, legally. Not sure why I have such loyalty to this particular confection but like other bloggers, it had a distinct taste and smooth texture. Chum gum was always 2 sticks to a pack & it goes back to at least the mid 50s. Is there anywhere that still have some? or Best Offer. I think I actually came across some it just 3-4 years ago here in Houston. I can almost conjure up the taste if I try really hard. Still, I often find myself describing the fragrant pink gum in the beautiful blue wrapper, 2 sticks, one for you and one for a chum, hoping someone could remember. It really was one of the best gums around. Fleer Please Bring It Back!! Chum Gum, Razzles and Dubble Bubble mentioned. Why oh why did they stop making it! was 3 sticks for a penny at first, went to 2 sticks, then 1 stick, and finally disappeared altogether. 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 keep looking for chum gum too!sadly its no longer made.i also grew up in chicago in the 70's and bought it every time i went to the candy store.i remember "borrowing a whole dollar out of my moms purse and getting a small brown bag full of candy.chum gum was always my favorite. Also missing the cherry hump bars. I agree with Dee, #8 from 1-14-15. I miss the gum, or maybe everything about being a child in that time. We got our Chum Gum at Bill Meadow's Gulf gas station in Colbert, GA. fruit classic certs !!!!!!! I have thought of Chum gum several times and just now decided to google is.. Fleer made Dubble Bubble into the 2000's but sold to Tootsie who now makes it. 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. We also ate Bonamo Taffy. You're welcome, Dave, and thanks for reading! in order to get me int othe chair, he would coax me with either an Altoid or a Cert Spearmint. Thor was my favorite. 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. Bubble Yum Rockin' Raspberry flavor. I wish Tootsie Roll administrators could see the number of people searching for this gum. I am 58 years old and I live in New Orleans. I have been trying for YEARS to find some. Blood clot, blood clot. I also grew up in Chicago. We have a novelty candy store in New Hope, Pennsylvania. I wish they still made it. I thought I was getting ripped off. We got Chum Gum from the guy in the ice cream truck. But I'd rather chew Chum Gum. I since have moved east and am always searching for "California Candy"! Can not get it. I am from Huntley outside of Chicago. Chum gum ruled. What's funny is that my dad, who had it as a kid, HATED it; even the smell of it bothered him. Great tasting molasses and chocolate candies were included in candy corn mix now boring, only sugar,no DISTINCTIVE flavor. I was under 10 years old at the time (I am 50 now) and I fell in love with it! My Co-Workers think I'm nuts. I remember 3 sticks for a penny. Neisner was a New York based chain of variety stores, and the Racine store was downtown at 424 Main St. I think it came in clear plastic candy wrapper. I also remember the outer wrapper being dark blue, with two fat sticks of perfectly flavored pink gum wrapped separately in white paper. I remember ChumGumit had a sweet and unique flavor. I remember the commercial well. That was my go to at the local market and I always saved the green apple for last! The best gum ever for blowing bubbles. Whistle pops didnt last much longer. Its a shame no candy company has the recipes for the best candy there ever was. Do they still make bubbaloo gum? Remember the gum in those cards? My brother use to comment about it. I've often ask people if they remember Chum Gum and no one knows what I'm talking about. i would rush home to see if i had gotten some cuz it was my fav flavor gum ever! Rob Lambert, thanks for all the info you have shared about this product. At the local record hop at the American Legion I always bought at least one bar and sometimes two. You got 3 sticks for a penny. For 5 cents I could get a candy bar and 2 packages of Chum Gum. That's where I bought most of my Chum Gum. 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. I mentioned Chum Gum, and people thought I was crazy. I'm 59 and still remember the wonderful taste of Chum Gum. Going off in washington dc I got my chum gum from the corner store next to saint theresa's school in anacostia washington dc. Yum! Here's a wild one! We got it at a store near the church it was called the e z buy store. //-->, Loading images, if this message doesn't go away you may need to enable javascript in order to see pictures. I grew up in Oak Ridge Tn (just outside knoxville) and i never found it at any local stores more than a couple of times. I remember chum gum like it was yesterday. 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. Rainbow-colored treats used to last a lot longer. History says that Chum Gum was produced from 1950 to exactly 1971. It was a sad ending to a fruitful history for the company. We have red vines, why not Chum Gum Let's ask Mark Summers Host of Unwrapped on the Food network!!!! Someone's got to get this gum produced again. This is GREAT!!! Beemans is sporadically produced by Cadbury Adams as a nostalgia gum, along with the other historic gums Clove and Black Jack. I have enjoyed reading all the stories. I want more. Do you know where I could find them or do you have the ability to obtain them if they still exist somewhere? Hot summer days buying baseball cards but throwing away their gum because it wasn't as good as Chum Gum. Yum, the smell and powdery coating, the texture and great bubbles. $9.99. Wish they'd bring it back. A group of us kids used to run across the interstate (Shhh! I also have searched for Chum Gum. The company was founded in 1938 and has been churning out bubble gum ever since. :-). It seems everything that it ever really good is discontinued. That is, when we weren't playing stepball, riding bikes or trading baseball cards. i used to buy it in houston, texas in the mid-sixties. 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. I bought Chum Gum back in the sixties too. One stick was blue and one stick was pink. From 1970, Fleer began selling Chum Devil Gum. Oh my gosh, I have dreamed of Chum Gum for years. If you have reached this page, chances are, you searched for a candy that has been discontinued. I grew up in Chicago in the Lincoln Park area and bought it at a store called Nick's. !someone bring it back.wouldn't it be nice to reminisce the good old days?? Besides tasting great, the price was great as well. Chiclets hasn't changed much over the decades and its iconic mini box of 2 Chiclets is still a Halloween fan favorite. Is Chum Gum even made any longer? My childhood friend and I have been reminiscing about Chum Gum for 40 years now--truly the BEST gum EVER! Orange County, CA in 1960's-early 70's. Do they still make them? I am 45 and wish i had some right now. 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. OMG just remembered we don't have any woods all the developer's got rid of them. We still offer the Maple Nut goodies but no other varieties are available. Two for a penny. Grew up in the western burbs of chicago.we used to go to the corner store every weekday morning.we would buy two things a new rawlings baseball and all the chum gum we could.In addition to the best taste we would all put 4 or 5 pcs in our mouth,and then spit in our mitts and rub it in.you never dropped a ball,it was like glue.After baseball we would go back to the corner store for ice cold Kayo.Boy are those the greatest memories. Have you ever heard of these. The ad went something like, 'Yikes, stripes, beechnut gum' it came in yellow, green and . We miss the memories that are brought back with the familiar smell and taste. Yes, I remember those candy lipsticks, they were creamy, not like today's. I'm sure if I even smelled a stick I'd have involuntary visions of a bygone world populated by finned automobiles with sweeping lines and the calls of a street vendor yelling "Hot Tamales" -- as he pushed his cart down our street on a summer's evening -- ringing in my ears. And about 10-12 came in a little rectangular pack with a paper wrapper with the name on it. I should be able to find them today. And the fact chewing gum in class then became a detention, because of the amount of gum showing up everywhere. I discovered them recently only to find out, you ran out of them. How do we find the manufacturer and talk them into making it again. Sadly, these were discontinued many . So, it was very odd to me that after I had not had any Brachs Red Twists for several years had even forgot about them that I was at a Speedway Gas Station on the South Side of Bloomington, Indiana. Unfortunately, it is no longer available as it was discontinued. Never could find any. Fleer was stingy in budgeting for advertising, limited mainly to comic books and little TV play. What a shame. 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. Hmmm? I was just telling someone that as a child in the earley 60's I would walk to a store in Garret Park, Maryland (2 miles away)to buy chum gum. The colors were red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. WOW!!! The candy bars they make now are so small and do not taste as good. When they broke -- you could easily take the gum off your face, and chew it again for another bubble. 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 am from Lockport, IL and I, too, couldn't make anyone believe that I remembered Chum Gum! Then head home. Yes, I know that gum, my kids love it. I asked some of my friends do they remember the gum and they tell me they have never heard of it. Or at least tell me where I could buy some other than eBay. I'm 54 and haven't seen that gum since about 1970. I fell in love with Chum Gum since 6th grade in '62.I agree with everyone's comments, but besides the great flavor, Chum Gum produced the best bubbles! 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 ). Ive reminisced about Chum Gum since 1958. Your article shows one picture with a blue wrapper. Bet I could have a large market for it. 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. Both of these types of candies came in a bag holding multiple candies. The gum is made by Fleer and if you want the EXACT taste you remember, they are packing it inside of the Movie cards from the Spirit movie being released December 19th 2008. Please bring back the Milkshake candy bars again. There was little demand for Chum Gum after it was dropped. If we ever discuss back on the market the company would be very successful. 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. I agree with yo all! Sponsored. Chum Gum was great. Finally! It was always part of my 10 cent bag of candy. While looking over newspaper microfilm in Kenosha, Wis., came across an ad by Topps Discount Store from October, 1970 (Halloween candy featured). Wacky Wafers are not on your list. I am so happy I found this page. One of my grandaughters has taken on the nickname of chiclet. I also grew up in the 60's. Glad to know there are others who remember as well. I found a box on Ebay from the 50s, but could not imagine eating something that old.lol. Sure miss the 50's and the way things were. The bubble gum was cheap with really great flavor that simply didnt last. My boyfriend's parents owned a small grocery store and I swear I dated him for the gum! I enjoyed reading folk's fond memories of this gumhopefully the recipe will be revived and on the shelves again! 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. My Chum Gum days go back to the early 60's in Junior High. A selling Black jack and Beemans said he has a source that sellsChum Gum by the case. Passed it every day walking home from Forest Hills elementary school. 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. (I'm 57 now) Let me know what you think. My mouth's still watering, but that item's for external use only, a small tin of Heath & Henry cuticle cream, which was on sale as discontinued. We saved our paper route money and walked down to the fruit stand that had a section of all penny candy; waxed lips, squirrel nuts, maryjanes and the all time favorite Chum gum. I have been looking for chum gum to get for my brother. I wonder what it would take for the bubble gum world powers to crank out some more of that wonderful tasting stuff? Awesome memories of summertime in the 60's and 70's riding my bike to Aloha Drug Store for Chum Gum! And Sqeeze pops only lasted three years. They company had Wacky Wafer candy bags with little bunnies, eggs, and Easter basket shaped Wafers. I bought grape and Black Jack gum and Sen Sens. That was August 7, 1987. They were so delicious! This company sold a stick, spearmint-flavored chewing gumnamed Chum Gum! WE HAD CHUM GUM IN SC, TOO. http://cgi.ebay.com/CHUM-GUM-5-PIECES-VINTAGE-BUBBLE-GUM-FLEER-CHUM-GUM_W0QQitemZ300198065907QQcategoryZ35645QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWINQ3aPOST0Q3aRECOQ3aBIDQQcmdZViewItem. I could not believe the comments! Wish I could still get it!! It came in a white package with blue lettering and was a pretty pink color. The bubbles were incredible. But progress is progress. It is such a relief to know that there are others out there that know about this gum, because when I bring it up to people they don't know what I am talking about, it is great to know you guys are out there and fans of chum gum. Most of the time it was all chum gum for me. Chum gum was my very favorite. and I loved the flavor of Chum Gum. Im from Boston and Any time I ask people if they remember chum gum people think Im making it up! Gosh, thats a candy from the past. It was popular for the entirety of the gum because it was soft and easy to chew but also because it had good flavor. Vintage Wrigley Chewing Gum Pack Full New Extra Bubble Gum 20 Packs 5 Piece. Yes those were the days! Is this something that is still available to get? 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. As so many people mentioned, bring back the good old days. The history for the stories behind Chum Gum is limited but to our knowledge, the gum was first produced in 1950 by Fleer Company. They have never heard of it. I'm 65. I'm 54 and over the years have looked for Chum Gum. Drop gum mixture on top of sugar and knead together. I have craved this gum for yearsand it finally hit me! Brachs discontinued so many of their classic candies over the years but many of the classics still remain and hopefully will remain for quite some time. and no one i know remembers this gum. I loved the blue gum all, the grape and the sour apple. 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'. No one I talk to remembers Chum gum, I loved it. General Question about discontinued candy. I remember chum gum from the fifties, Allens grocery,in Ault Colorado, was my source. Most of them you can find in oldtimecandy.com which is referenced on this page. Chew. It was simply the best gum ever some one should bring this gum back. Walked to the drug store and got 2 pieces for a penny and had the best flavor out there. "To prevent decay, To sweeten the breath, To keep teeth white," read the package. If not, you should find the recipe and redistribute it! No one makes it today and no plans are to bring it back. I wish they still made it. Peppermint chews. Now Im grown and have the cash to buy these products in quantity. One for you. I am 53 and remember chum gum when I was in grade school. I last had it around 1971-72 and purchased it in a little Mom & Pop store off the Fellsway in Medford, MA. Thanks for sharing your memories! Yesterday after my daughter's birthday dinner at Cracker Barrel, I happened upon that oh-so-delicious smell of Chum Gum in their store.
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