Rainbow-colored treats used to last a lot longer. it was a hot cinnamon flavored gum, I think it was made by the same company. This gum came in.a blue and green or pink and green or yellow and green. It takes me back to a time when life was simple. Yes, CHUM GUM two sticks wrapped individually in a royal blue wrapper. I am 53 and remember chum gum when I was in grade school. Wish we could still get Chum Gum its the best. From 1963, a newspaper ad for the Racine, Wis., Neisner Bros. variety store (5c to $1.00). I was and still would be my favorite. Everyone I talk to has a memory of eating certs with their grandparents or a great aunt/uncle. Love Chum GUM! This candy now days cost almost $200 a bar and is not worth the cost. 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! Please make them again. I am so sad today in 2016 of finding out that they were discontinued. Not the artificial stuff they call cinnamon now, but actual ground cinnamon. Along with hot dog weiner gum! The world's most popular autocomplete game. I talk about Chum Gum atleast once a month. Also miss marathon bars.nothing today comes close! Oh my gosh, I just read Kimberly sherwood post,and I thought I just ordered CHUM GUM to the tune on $7 a pack. I am 69 and I also loved Chum gum. Who made itm anyway, Fleer? Flavors were raw imitations of pop (soda). WE'D GO TO CHELMERS IN UTICA,MN A LITTLE STORE JUST TO BUY CHUM GUM!! I would stop at the corner drug store and load up. I AM 61 YEARS OLD AND HAVE NEVER HEARD OF CHUM GUM! 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. Share across the isle in a diverse world and bring us together with CHUM GUM! Loved it, but you have to admit the taste only lasted about a minute if you were lucky, but it was so good!! Chum Gum - made in the 1960s/70s. Did they change it or is my memory bad? it was the best texture and best tasting gum. Wish someone would bring it back. We were just talking at break and out of 6 of us only 2 remember chum gum. The flavor lasted ALL DAY. Bought it at the corner market. I grew up in south Georgia and used to buy Chum Gum all the time. I too loved Chum Gum and have searched to no avail,but find Big League Chew very close if not the same. While Chum Gum was a bright spot in candy history for only a short time, its one worth remembering. I well remember Chum Gum. loved it in the 50's. another favorite of mine is the ATOMIC FIRE BALLS. I've NEVER run across anything similar to that in all my years. I live in Iowa where I would buy it at the neighborhood grocery store. Mighty Gum Immunity $16.00 Mighty Gum's chewing candy contains a ton of natural, germ-fighting extracts, like ashwagandha, elderberry, and reishi mushroom. The tough chicken skin stays well on the hook. I grew up by Maple Lake outside of Bridgeport, West Virginia in the 60's. So freaking sad. 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. Now Im grown and have the cash to buy these products in quantity. We still have the red licoricered vines. Simple times! We still offer the Maple Nut goodies but no other varieties are available. Shop Now Project 7 Spearmint Farms. While looking over newspaper microfilm in Kenosha, Wis., came across an ad by Topps Discount Store from October, 1970 (Halloween candy featured). My brother and I would collect pop bottles in the 50s and early 60s. Here's one for you how about Chum Gums little brother "RED DEVIL GUM" as I recall it was sweet and spicy. Loved the smell, loved the taste. A great taste and a great bubble. AFTER SCHOOL WE ALWAYS STOP AT THIS STORE TO BUY CHUM GUM. Bub's Daddy bubble gum ropes. I grew up in Buffalo New York, and my brother and I would always go to the corner store just for Chum gum. Our old homestead is under H2/0 so sad. Bubble gum flavor. If enough of us asked, perhaps it could happen. Bring nack our childhood memories. Please try to get the recipe for the HOLLYWOOD Candy Bars ,as well as Butter-Nut Candy Bars POWER HOUSE Candy Bars Heard that company went out of business. It is the best bubble gum ever made. Studies show that guar gum may lower blood sugar. Elementary school. BEST GUM EVER. A regular size bottle was good for 2 cents. 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. Like so many really cool products from the past, these most likely are gone for good. I have been trying for YEARS to find some. When I was a child the candy bars were large and worth the money. They have never heard of it. I think if I could buy it now I might be tempted to mortgage my house & spend it all on Chum Gum. $1.62. He was yelling that No! WILL CHCECK IT OUT AGAIN. near my home close to Marquette Michigan when I was four or so. chum gum was the BEST! Oh, to smell those again! Beech-Nut Gum You can't find it officially anymore, unless you want to pay $37.49 for a decades-old pack on eBay. It was coated with powdered sugar, and at two sticks for a penny could not be beat! I've searched for it everytime I see an All Candy store. Can you bring it back ? Im 67 yers old and would purchase a case of Chum Gum if we could find it. 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. I read a story on the net that the Scrunch was and is Johnny Depps favorite bar too! As a child in the mid fifties I discovered it at Glazners Market in Carrollton Texas (a Dallas suburb). What day would probably charge a dollar for 2 pieces? Peppermint chews. I'd put some baseball cards in my spokesthen I'd "motor on over" to get my fix. Passed it every day walking home from Forest Hills elementary school. Also got a lot of teachers upset. I have talked about it all my life and people look at me like I'm crazy glad to see there are others out there that loved it too!!!!! The BBE, Best Bubble Ever. look on ebay just type Chum Gum and you will see someone is selling 1 stick for $7 plus $2.5 for S/H. Popped it hours. i grew up in grand forks,n.d. I bought it in Alabama in the 50's and oh how I wish they would make it again!!! Sure wish Fleer would produce this again. Fleer should bring it back. The reason it was discontinued was because Fleer turned their focus to Dubble Bubble instead. That's where I bought most of my Chum Gum. Dixie Rector. 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. What a great time to be a kid! (I'm 57 now) Let me know what you think. Oh, I bought my Chum Gum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Is this a temporary thing?. Yes those were the days! , 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! or Best Offer. I bought a tiny metal tin pie and it came with a teenie metal spoon. Everybody write to Fleer and get them to bring back Chum Gum. Chew one and give one to a Chum. I see you are out of both. THE GOOD OLD DAYS. I kid you not. We too wish they would come back! Richardson Brands, however, owns and produces Beechies, the Chiclets-like candy-coated gum Beech-Nut made years ago. Today, gum is sold in a variety of shapes and flavors . Ive depleted the stores in Detroit MI, I wish I could find my favorite marathon bars. This man started yelling at me for casually asking if/when they would get a reorder of this product. It came in a white package with blue lettering and was a pretty pink color. The flavor lasts for a while as well, long after the sugar is gone. I'd get a small vanilla or cherry coke for 7 cents (the best also) from the fountain and boxes of jujubes. Chum Gum is what you had to have in the summer of 1969 just as school let out. Bubblicious Chocolate Mint flavor. I believe many of the candy requests are sold there, my girlfriend enjoys Necco wafers, which they stock in many flavors. I still can get Bottle Caps, Laffy Taffy, Now N Laters, Sprees, Nerds and Sweet Tarts. Do you know what company manufactured them? When she was old enough shed reach in my pocket and ask for one. I thought I was getting ripped off. Rob Lambert, thanks for all the info you have shared about this product. Declining profits, and the threat of steeper property taxes, prompted Neisner to close in December, 1971. Do they still make beemans gum? I am in the same boat. They are no where near the quality of texture and taste that were the Brachs Red Twist. No one I know has heard of it! Please start making milkshake Candys bars again. White powdery coated soft bubble gum that blew bubbles the size of your whole face and ended up stuck there when they burst. I miss them more than any food product. 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?? I would walk down to the local store and buy all that I could get. If you have reached this page, chances are, you searched for a candy that has been discontinued. When I was a kid, my favorite candy bars were Milkshake candy bars and Marathon bars. 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 Marathon candy bar IS still available, it is now called the Curly Wurly, is made by Cadbury and is available on the internet, comes to you from England. In the 1950's/ 60' I used to buy Chum Gum in St. Louis - from a local confectionery (which is what we called small neighborhood stores). Don't tell my mom!) Walter took a recipe that had been founded in 1906 and adjusted it to create this delicious gum. I am 54 and still crave it after all these years. Do they still make bubbaloo gum? I'm happy that there are others out there that remember! It is so funny to hear other people having the same experience or feeling about when they ask other people if they remembered it. Lick. I can not believe all of these comments, I wish I could find this gum it smells and tastes so good. Three sticks for 0.1 cent. You can reminisce about past candies, or click here to shop the thousands of candieswe do have. Sponsored. I have looked high and low but no luck of finding any. Frank Fleer was very young when he decided to start creating bubble gum. Wish I could offer a better answer and havent seen this product in many years. Do u have them ? Have told my children how good it was and was hoping to find out where to get some.BEST gum ever. Bring back. No one I talk to remembers Chum gum, I loved it. It's so comforting to know there are others who feel the same way. The boxes were sealed, preserving freshness and flavor, so consumers hardly complained. I am a bubble gum freak and Chum Gum was my absolute favorite. Snickers Christmas Nutcrackers - Discontinue. In the mid 80s, my sister and I were driving near Folsom and we made a special trip to that general store just to see if they had any Chum Gum. JMK, I just posted something about Chum Gum on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. Thanks for the memories. Bring it back !!! Knowing that the Fleer Company was responsible for Chum Gum, lets dive in there just a tad. CHUM GUM was the best! I grew up in Jacksonville,Florida and to this day can remember the smell and taste of it. I loved Chum Gum!! Were the two flavors similar? Not as good as Chum Gum, but still good memories. They are not spell checked or reviewed for accuracy. 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. (Sigh), I grew up in upstate NY and LOVED Chum GUm. chum gum was the best gum that i ever chewed.And its so sad that its gone for good. Tell me I didn't just pay $16.75 for two pieces of GUM>>>>. [better source needed] A natural bubble gum flavoring can be produced by . As to why, we are not sure. anyway, just wanted to share. Like another fan, I always licked the paper first and then chewed the gum. Does anyone know what company produced the milkshake bars. Wish it was still made. Adams has brought back Clove, Beemans and Black Jack. In my search for Bonomo Turkish Taffy, I was remembering Chum Gum and decided to Google it to try and find it. Why oh why did they stop making it! There actually was a Chum Gum before Fleer's stick bubble gum! I have never tasted a gum that compared. The area where we lived was not fully developed so there were orange groves, strawberry fields, a chicken farm and a dairy farm. Unfortunately, not, Susie. As a German might say, that was really gte BIER!!! wish i could find a stick today. the police found me at the local creek eating the chum gum. Thank you for your time. Reply Jonah Half February 28, 2019 at 12:35 pm. Could be the case If so, then it would just be nice to know what is was called way back when. Best gum ever made. Chum Gum had its fans (myself included), but other chewing gums made by Wrigley, Adams and Beech Nut proved bigger sellers. //2007-06-05: inthe70s Good bye Chum Gum. The big size was our favorite too but the manufacturer reduced the size a few years ago. . My other favorite is Sun Drops from Trader Joes, candy coated chocolate dipped sunflower seeds. : . Remember the gum in those cards? I love Chum Gum, too! Was a cheap bubble gum in a stick. And I swear as God is my witness that my first reaction was OMG, this stuff tastes just like CHUM GUM!!! We got it at a store near the church it was called the e z buy store. I remember 3 sticks for a penny. it also came 2 sticks in a pack for a penny, it was in a red outer paper wrapper with 2 red sticks of gum in plain white paper sleeves. OMG I cant believe all the others looking for chum gum, I agree the best ever. like others on here, no one i've ever talked to about it remembers it. How am I going to keep him happy now? I am 58 and I recall it very well when I was in grade school. I love it! I'm 53, I remember walking to the corner store at the age of 5 all by myself to buy the best gum ever!!!!!!! I lived on Herbert a mile away from school the flavor was delicious and lasting. Please leave a review or any memories of this snack in the comments at the bottom of this page. We really miss it. You can still order the Long Coconut boys and Squirrel Zippers online. If that sounds really familiar to what you know about Dubble Bubble, its because they were extremely similar. Since they make Dubble Bubble, why not make Chum Gum also? Long lasting flavor and makes great bubbles. I don't understand how many gum companies there are and no one makes it. old, and I remember buying Chum Gum from my Uncle's country store in Partlow, Va. What a shame. Its been around for years. I live in South Dakota and LOVED Chum Gum :) Bought it at Woolworth's here. Certs and my first granddaughter. I bought a pack of 5 sticks once a week and chewed one on each school day. Wish they would bring it back. I wasn't tall enough to stand on the floor and play the machine. It was popular for the entirety of the gum because it was soft and easy to chew but also because it had good flavor. You could smell it if it was in someone's pocket, that's how alluring the scent of it was! 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 wish they still made it. Flavor lasted and lasted. I remember Chum Gum from a candy store across the train-tracks (scary!) They were clear squares with bubble gum in the center each individually wrapped in clear cellophane. Does anyone know of anywhere that these retro bars can be found? I bought a pack of "Orbit" "bubblemint" and it brought me back to Jr. finding this site is almost as great as finding a store that still sells chum gum(i wish i could). I remember Chum Gum, candy lipstick, wax lips and nails and bottles, Chiclets, Turkish Taffy, Fizzies. By the way Mack, if we're all losers what are you doing wasting your time reading our comments? The absolute best bubblegum ever! have looked for it for years. Ounce for ounce the best tasting bubble gum on the planet!!! I used to ride my bike about s mile to Campbells Drug store on the corner of Atlantic blvd and ocean blvd. Chum Gum is one that many of you might remember. I have wracked my brain so many times trying to come up with this name. 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! It was popular for the entirety of the gum because it was soft and easy to chew but also because it had good flavor. The only place I ever found Chum Gum. use to buy it in a penny candy store in Jamestown NY, south of Buffalo. Please Bring MY CHUM GUM back. Glad to know I am not the only fan. Chum gum was the best!!! There was nothing like the late 50's to early 60's. Wrigley recently secured a patent for a biodegradable gum. During this time, Fleer was near the end of producing Chum Gum due to lower demand. I remember the gum in pink too but blue was better!!! Stores thought buying it (wholesale) in bulk would generate bigger profits. However, being his 'baby', he bought it for me that first time I saw it. They did make stick bubble gum in the early 1970s. Maybe the makers of Chum Gum put a special ingredient to make us want it, kind of like cigarettes or something! OMG! I wish they wouold make Chum gum again .. and bring back those Old memories My recollection is that Chum Gum was manufactured by the Curtiss Candy Company, the same folks who made Baby Ruths and Butterfingers. Loved chum gum I Remember you would get 2 pieces for a penny!! I want my Chum Gum! I grew up in MA and there was a corner variety right by my elementary school that used to sell Chum Gum. I grew up in Memphis, TN. It was a great gum!! The fatty, greasy skin of chicken is a feast for catfish. Required fields are marked *. Chum Gum was made by Fleer, also makers of Dubble Bubble, from around 1950 until 1971. I'm from Denver Colo,and they sold it in a little food store down the street from my high school. He would keep some in the freezer so you could have your choice of frozen or notthey were so good! Hmmm? My grandparents have passed on and I would love to be able to relive memories of cinnamon certs with my grandmother. Can't believe so many people remembered that great tasting gum. Many people were still able to find the gum for up to 20 years after it had been discontinued. 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!! Almost everyone is sold out of these products and any that would remain would be expired. Sometimes I can still smell it. Also, a similar store in Gettysburg Pa sells these old-time treats. I cant believe they discontinued my favorite Wazoo Bars. We used to get it in a little ice cream store called Shorty Simms in Abingdon, Il. There has never been before or after that is better that Chum Gum. A 5 stick pack was a penny. 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. If I could find it I would purchase all they had in stock and share with everyone! 52chum. You can still find many of those on the market now. They disappeared quite a long time ago. I have used them for more than 30 years. how to make bubble gum http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/30/Make-Your-Own-Bubble-Gum74922.shtml. google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; It was my favorite bubble gum and apparently still is 50 years later! I am 56 years old and have been searching for it for years. Hi, I am looking for Chiclets. One of his first bubble gum creations was Blibber Blubber, which came out in 1906. If we ever discuss back on the market the company would be very successful. I havent had them yet. Fleer eventually shifted his interests to trading cards and eventually sold Dubble Bubble, as well as several other brands. why dont we all ask fleer to remake this wonderful GUM. Can't belive it. Chum gum lovers - You can make it yourself - no need to wait for someone to do it for you. google_ad_width = 120; It was sooooooo good!! I know if they ever started making it again, I would sure buy it! Id give my eyeteeth for just one more spin with Chum Gum. But if you really want some, someone is selling five sticks on Ebay. Beets. I'm 59 now and smoke cigars. Now those were the days. Woke up many saturday mornings for catoon time with my hair stuck to my pillow with this great gum. The Fleer Factory closed many years agoTo bad for us Chum Gum fans, My wife bought me on sale after easter. 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 !!!! My Co-Workers think I'm nuts. It brings back memories for me! They were a brown and white striped hard minty candy on the outside with a softer, chewier finish. 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. 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.

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