It had it's own taste-nothing like it. I have thought about that stuff off and on but, like most of you said, nobody else remembered it and I had almost convinced myself I had made it up. I loved them. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK! it had that cold feeling when you first started chewing it. Fleer introduced the recipe to the world as Dubble Bubble (and yes, we carry that, too). Reply Jonah Half February 28, 2019 at 12:35 pm. Miss it cant find it..Yumm, yumm. I bought it in the 60s in New Lebanon, Ohio. I wish someone could find more info., bring it back. Some gum connoisseurs might know that Fruit Stripe gum used to be made by Beech-Nut. I talk about Chum Gum atleast once a month. I miss the brown jelly bean Brachs used to make. Take a peak at https://www.candyfavorites.com/candy-flavor-memories. 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? AFTER SCHOOL WE ALWAYS STOP AT THIS STORE TO BUY CHUM GUM. I got it in a gas station in a little town in Ohio in the 60's and early 70's. I was just thinking about Chum Gum. French Chew is very similar. I LIVE IN WASHINGTON DC BROUGHT A PACK FROM A MARKET FEW YEARS AGO. I have craved this gum for yearsand it finally hit me! I have looked for it for years. 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. Yes I am old!!!! . Almost cried because they dont make Branchs dem bones anymore. In the early to mid 1960's we would visit our cousins in Cinti OH & there was a Mom & Pop corner grocery that sold penny candy. 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. 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?? about the only way i ever got it was on Halloween. The refreshing chewing gum with the savory flavor of ground fish entrails. Both of these types of candies came in a bag holding multiple candies. I do remember it and it was quite cute. I always look at Cracker Barrel hoping it found its way back. Peridex mouthwash may be useful in treating this. //2007-06-05: inthe70s Chum Gum - made in the 1960s/70s. Anyone remember sputnik gum? Fleer owned the market on bubble gum sports trading cards at the time. What happened to Nestles Chocalite candy bar? Bet I could have a large market for it. I was going to Lake Jr high school back in the day and I always bought it everyday after school. All of these candies, and so much more, can be found on CandyFavorites.com too! It would be great if one of the candy companies could duplicate that great flavor. Theres never been a candy bar like the 10:30 before or since. 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. My siblings don't even remember it! I can still taste it, but cant describe the flavor, except excellent! God I loved this gum, jusr was talking to my sister about it the other day! In fact, I realized that I have had chicken bones candy; and while it does include coconut, there is also a peanut butter inclusion. Somebody bring it backthey have brought everything else back from beechies to violet why not chum gum? i would rush home to see if i had gotten some cuz it was my fav flavor gum ever! I've searched for it everytime I see an All Candy store. Tell me I didn't just pay $16.75 for two pieces of GUM>>>>. I am so sad today in 2016 of finding out that they were discontinued. I grew up in East Point Georgia All of us teens sat in the balcony of the East Point christian church We started passing the chum gum around. There is a site to buy old time candy, but they didn't have it. I remember getting my allowance and running down the street to the gas station and buying Chum Gum, then going home and hiding it under my bed so I would'nt have to share. People used to say Who has Chum Gum? Thriftys in Lynwood, Ca. I'D BUY ALL HE HAD. CVS is carrying it. In the interim, why not share your memories of a favorite NECCO product. I cant believe they stopped making CERTS Breath Mints. Back when we could ride our bikes off the street to the Quik Market when we were 10 and get 2 sticks of Chum Gum for 2 cents. anyone else remember them? So many different types of gum came out in those years that it was challenging to compete against them. Not blue. Christmas Candy Coal - Gummy Coal. The other candy I have looked for were watermelon flavored, oval shaped, were light pink in color, and came in a clear wrapper with a white checkered pattern at the edges. But Chum gum is the best tasting gum in the world. The only place I ever found Chum Gum. I also thought no one else knew about it, I hope it comes back. Wacky Wafers are not on your list. Go check it out and comment back on here I would love to know what you thought, but its not for drinking lol. This was the best gum ever - a piece for yourself and a piece for your Chum. For the longest time I could buy it at a shop in my hometown of Kenosha , WI. It brings back memories for me! 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. I've often ask people if they remember Chum Gum and no one knows what I'm talking about. My kid, grandkids & great-grandbaby will miss one of the greatest flavors of life without it. I grew up in Kansas city, Kansas and bought Chum Gum at Newits market in the penny candy section. But they were GOOD! I miss those candy crackers. Wish I could buy some now. My mouth is watering just thinking of those. I am from Texas and I used to buy it from a little Mom and Pop Grocery store that was across the street from my house! Somebody get the recipe and start making it again ! It was made by Fleer. What a shame. The candy they make now sucks. God I miss this gum. (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. Get up in My tree house and eat it all. Its a shame no candy company has the recipes for the best candy there ever was. Running to the corner store just south of Chicago in Midlothian Il. Wish they would bring it back. How am I going to keep him happy now? Like another fan, I always licked the paper first and then chewed the gum. Somewhere there is the recipe in someone chest. i grew up chewing chum gum and can like many other tell someone about it and they look at me like i am crazy. Though Tendermint is no longer produced, Teaberry is still available. Ahhhhh, the good ol' days! I know if they ever started making it again, I would sure buy it! IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE INFO. No one I talk to remembers Chum gum, I loved it. There was nothing like the late 50's to early 60's. Fleer should bring it back. Really the last Gas station in Bloomington, IN on South Walnut before you get to Highway 37/69. Did they change it or is my memory bad? IT. Tootsie Roll bought Fleer 12 years ago, and today makes Dubble Bubble, another old Fleer product. loaded up a bag of penny candy like red licorice, hot dog gums, candy lipstick and best of all chum gum !! I loved the stuff!! We used to smash the frozen ones and eat the little frozen bite size pieces. 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. JMK, I just posted something about Chum Gum on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. I just googled chum gum to see what I could find. At the time, I was about 3 or 4 years old. The gambler in me made me go for it but it never paid off. Certs I miss you but I have tons of memories. Nothing compares to the flavor of Chum Gum! 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. near my home close to Marquette Michigan when I was four or so. Treasure Island stores distinctly had wavy rooftops or front facades. I have looked high and low but no luck of finding any. 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. Chum Gum was great. Chum Gum came out as early as the 1950s from what we can tell and was available until sometime in the 90s. History does not state if Fleer "borrowed" the name, or any legal problems because of it. I remember sitting with my grandfather and he always had a pack of it. have looked for it for years. I used to buy Chum Gum in St. Mary's, Pa at Johnson's Market, next to the Market Basket grocery store. I keep searching for alternatives, but they all fall short. Also coated with powdered sugar. Juicy Fruit was my other favorite, bought some the other day and NOPE, the flavor was a miss. From 1963, a newspaper ad for the Racine, Wis., Neisner Bros. variety store (5c to $1.00). . And Sqeeze pops only lasted three years. Folklore suggests that swallowed gum sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. Gourmet childhood food. You could never eat just one stick.It had and awesome flavor. Yes, CHUM GUM two sticks wrapped individually in a royal blue wrapper. I'm guessing it went under during World War 2 (sugar rationing), and Fleer simply tagged the stick bubble gum as such, legally. WE'D GO TO CHELMERS IN UTICA,MN A LITTLE STORE JUST TO BUY CHUM GUM!! Clove, Black Jack and Juicy Fruit were expensive, penny a stick! and I loved the flavor of Chum Gum. Sadly, Maple Nut Goodies were discontinued by the manufacturer along with so many other delightful Brachs product. I can still remember the smell and taste of it. But she never had the best gum in the whole world. I grew up by Maple Lake outside of Bridgeport, West Virginia in the 60's. Who made itm anyway, Fleer? I loved it as a kid. My other favorite is Sun Drops from Trader Joes, candy coated chocolate dipped sunflower seeds. Free returns. LOVE ME SOME CHUM GUM-FOREVER. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF AND WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE NOW??? Bring back the Wonka Scrunch bar! Maybe the makers of Chum Gum put a special ingredient to make us want it, kind of like cigarettes or something! he would share it with me all the time. So im just thankfull that i got to taste chum gum and i will never forget the taste. i would really like for someone to bring back my favorite childhood gum. The Old Time Candy Company, a business . . The only one I remember was billy joel's Glass Houses lp. Unfortunately, they were as messy as they were moreish, thanks to the low melting point of the chocolate. Best years of our lives that I will never forget. Sixty years old and still wishing that I had a piece of chum gum. I would love to be able to let my children and grandchild taste this gum. Life back then was beautiful. Yum! i think they were about 2x2 square. Long lasting flavor and makes great bubbles. I don't remember zebra stripe gum.. I'm a baby boomer!N. It was/is the best flavored gum to date. Wacky Wafers are no longer? Anyone know the closest candy still being made? Wish I had some right now! Chum gum was my favorite. I WISH THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK.I HAVE NEVER TASTED ANOTHER GUM THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THAT GREAT TASTE. Tasted great, too! CHUM GUM was the best! Wow! $19.99. In fact, Bazooka Candy Brands, a division of The Topps Company, Inc., still produces Bazooka Gum to this day. :). I think it would be a big hit (with potty-based humour at an all-time high with kids). AND SO DO MY GRANDCHILDREN. Shop Now Project 7 Spearmint Farms. Best ever gum. You got 3 sticks for a penny. That was the "Good Ole Days". Wish they'd bring it back. The pure flavor of juicy fruit is gone. 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. the flavor was unique. 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 agree with yo all! I love Chum Gum. They were so delicious! Today, gum is sold in a variety of shapes and flavors . No one I know has heard of it! Oh, to smell those again! I remember the taste and smell so well. Today, it's the Kenosha Job Center. finding this site is almost as great as finding a store that still sells chum gum(i wish i could). I wish they still made it. I am from lakewood California and always bought it from the liquor store accross the street from our hoiuse.I have looked for it in everystore i go into no one had it or knows what it is so sad. God! It came in sticks (5 per pack, if I remember correctly ) and the pack color corresponded with the flavor. A great taste and a great bubble. 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. So wish the Marathon candy bar was still around, one of my faves!, Its still around. I do remember a beechnut gum that was striped. I am 56 and have grandkids. I wish Tootsie Roll administrators could see the number of people searching for this gum. I have used them for more than 30 years. I wasn't tall enough to stand on the floor and play the machine. chum gum was the BEST! google_color_text = "000000"; Am I way off base? We got our Chum Gum at Bill Meadow's Gulf gas station in Colbert, GA. But Chum Gum was the best. Always left with a bag of Chum gum for the cents . Omg.nothing compares.I am 50 and remember Chum Gum was the best ever.I remember sneaking into my mother's purse and taking it.Brings back lots of fond memories. 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 really miss this nostalgic gum. No one that I know remembers this gum..can't figure that out! Unfortunately, they stopped producing it in 1971 so it hasnt been available for a lot of years now. Then head home. Cause it taste good and it freshen up your breath. it was the best texture and best tasting gum. I thought I was getting ripped off. 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. I also came across Dem Bones, which are no longer in production, as an older Brachs item. I still remember the anticipation as I opened the wrapper, the powder, the amazing smell and taste. I grew up in Indio, Ca and remember buying Chum gum in the 60's. As someone said, the flavor didn't last long but the gum had so much elasticity and blew the best bubbles ever. It's oldtimecandy.com. And also does any one remember the sputnik gum - round blue gumball with sugar coating? Sad. Some of the memories about this gum say things like it brings me back to the days when life was good or in my opinion Chum Gum was the best gum ever made. I sure wish they still had it today (I'm 60 now), Used to get Chum Gum at a utopia for kids candy store called appropriately 'Paradise' in Groton CT. used to put used gum in the fridge so I could start over again in the morning.:). I found, on Ebay (sorry, folks, no Fleer Chum Gum for sale), an old advertisement page, from a Chicago newspaper, for a candy/novelty company from 1938. It has brought a big smile to my face reading all these comments S8C. 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! Not only was it the best deal and best tasting, I loved the smell so much I would buy it and keep it in my room as a kid!! 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. google_ad_channel = "9301152533"; Chewed it in Dallas in the late '50s and in Odessa through most of the '60s. I thought I was the only one who remebered Chum gum, Razzles and Bubs Daddy gum in the yardstick packaging. Didn't it start out with 3 or 4 sticks to a pack, then it was reduced to 2? ??? Wish we could still get Chum Gum its the best. That being said, you can find a lot of other great old candies and gum there, but look out for the price. You can reminisce about past candies, or click here to shop the thousands of candieswe do have. We were in heaven when we found those. Also miss marathon bars.nothing today comes close! first opened in 1969, closing in 1974 (corporate bankruptcy). I did not know what the two piece penny gum was called. Chum Gum was the bestused to get it at the store on the corner of Irving and Damen where Lincoln intersects in Chicago. No one did, until I found you here. Said they'd never heard of it. I bought a tiny metal tin pie and it came with a teenie metal spoon. Does anyone know of anywhere that these retro bars can be found? Which was totally bizarre and is why I still remember it 16 years later like it happened yesterday. As such, eating gluten-free products in some cases, products that may contain gums . I grew up in Neptune beach Fl. It is the best bubble gum ever made. I remember going by Brookside, a Mom & Pop store, daily gong and coming from school. I remember going to Ferrell's Rexall on High Point Terrace area. 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. One other candy I have not seen mentioned here was a MILK SHAKE CANDY BAR. Back in the 30s and 40s when I was a boy Chum gum was a terrible chew. I love Chum 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. 1. Here's one for you how about Chum Gums little brother "RED DEVIL GUM" as I recall it was sweet and spicy. Just the smell through the wrapper would make my mouth water. How rude! Wow! I found this particular page 'cause I was looking for references to gum that was made into little record albums. FF, sloppy joes were 15 cents. Loved it, but you have to admit the taste only lasted about a minute if you were lucky, but it was so good!! I was in my teens the best time of my life. We got it at a store near the church it was called the e z buy store. Chum Gum was a favorite of mine and my siblings! The world's most popular autocomplete game. I grew up in West Tenn. and the Priccipal would let us walk to the store while we were waiting for the high school bus to come pick us up, (at the elementry school). Hi, I am looking for Chiclets. The wrapper was royal blue then, with blue gum, individually wrapped in white paper. This company sold a stick, spearmint-flavored chewing gumnamed Chum Gum! (The Good Old Days) As a child I was very frugal with my money. I use to have it in my car and it made my car smell so good. Do they still make beemans gum? I would betcha that no other beer in Europe or anywhere on planet tasted like that stuff. Here's a wild one! This was in the late 50's. Besides tasting great, the price was great as well. google_ad_format = "120x600_as"; In 2005, Fleer Company ended up declaring bankruptcy and they never bounced back as some companies do. So glad I found this blog. Where did those days go. Mr. Canning called his new gum Dentyne which is a combination of the words "dental" and "hygiene." Dentyne Gum Memories I well remember Chum Gum. It was the bested ever!! It's great to hear all these stories. Oh cummon, like you werent thinkin it too. Life was simple and sweet. I grew up in Wilmington NC & remember buying CG @ 3 sticks for a penny. I would find it at Mary Long's grocery which was next to my grandma's and grandpa's house in Helmsburg, Indiana. If there is anyone that reads this that knows the manufacturer's address or is it still being made please post a comment with the info! WHAT HAPPENED TO CHUM GUM? Bubbaloo Liquid-filled Bubble Gum. Everyone I've ever mentioned it to has never heard of it. Then my dad told me a man probably empties his pocket change into a huge vat of peanuts. I think if I could buy it now I might be tempted to mortgage my house & spend it all on Chum Gum. flavor and texture was completely amazing. They lost sight of a historical favorite and it eventually was no longer popular or desired on the market. 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. I so loved this gum.Best everon the market. There are a few random ones available on ebay, but thats it. Is there anywhere that still have some? Do you think we could start a fan club????
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