Best gum ever! But if you really want some, someone is selling five sticks on Ebay. We used to get it in a little ice cream store called Shorty Simms in Abingdon, Il. 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. But they were GOOD! It had a unique and delicious taste. 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. We miss the memories that are brought back with the familiar smell and taste. Naturally, some discontinued candy brings back memories, but getting beyond the obvious Id like to ask why are they discontinued is it sales, is it ingredients? Wish they'd make it, along with Seven Up candy bars today. where can i get this great gumnothing compares. While its no longer here, you can reminisce with Dubble Bubble and appreciate the time it was here and successful. Wish I could get the recipe and have it made again. Everybody write to Fleer and get them to bring back Chum Gum. Chum Gum was a favorite of mine and my siblings! So I brought these Brachs Red Twist and shared them with my wife. At the local record hop at the American Legion I always bought at least one bar and sometimes two. I remember going by Brookside, a Mom & Pop store, daily gong and coming from school. I asked some of my friends do they remember the gum and they tell me they have never heard of it. I would today pay a dollar or two just to taste it again. Do you know what company manufactured them? No comments | | | 0 No comments. All other stick gum was 5 sticks for a nickel. They would kill the market and make a lot of us so happy. I buy them for my mother, they are exactly the same is the marathon, even the same braided shape. CHUM GUM WAS THE BEST GUM IN THE WORLD TO ME,I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO AROUND 47TH STREET,I USE TO SNEAK INTO THE REGAL HIDE UNDER THE CURTAIN AND WATCH THE GREATS PERFORM,WHEN THE SHOW WAS OVER I WOULD GO TO THE CORNER STORE AND GET MY CHUM GUM,BOX OF FRIUT COCKTAILS AND MINT JULIPS,I NEVER KNEW PEOPLE HAD BAD BREATH WHEN THEY WERE CHEWING CHUM GUM,SO SOMEONE PLEASE BRING IT BACK, THE ORIGINAL FLAVOR NO SHORT CUTS PLEASE.THE KIDS TODAY MISSED OUT ON THE GOOD STUFF. I grew up in Turtle Creek, Pennslyvania. Wish I had some right now! 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. 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. Answer From Elizabeth Rajan, M.D. 1980 was the last time I found Chum Gum. And only A PENNY! I'm 65. But that doesnt make their history any less important. Chiclets Fruit Gum. If you got yours there get in touch w/ me torileec at zoom town dot com. Dubble Bubble is still available in some areas. Sure wish Fleer would produce this again. I am so sad today in 2016 of finding out that they were discontinued. Oh my gosh, I just read Kimberly sherwood post,and I thought I just ordered CHUM GUM to the tune on $7 a pack. In the 1940s I used to buy penny candy. I just googled chum gum to see what I could find. Sure wish they would make this gum again!The Best Gum Ever! Time to stand up and her butt went up for a few inches and stopped and she tried again and now four times later she realized her butt in stuck to her seat and hear I'M STUCK and she looks at me and said Joey mommy stuck can you help mommy stand up from her seat so I helped her and she had chum gum all over her butt. Going off in washington dc I got my chum gum from the corner store next to saint theresa's school in anacostia washington dc. Thought I was crazy trying to figure out the name of this gum. I remember Chum Gum, candy lipstick, wax lips and nails and bottles, Chiclets, Turkish Taffy, Fizzies. I have been craving Chum Gum for 50 years. But I remember it was blue. Loved the smell, loved the taste. it appears that there is still a HUGE interest in Chum Gum. If I could just close my eyes and go back . I'd buy fifteen sticks for a nickel from the corner store outside Riley Elementary in Muncie, Indiana. Tastes a lot like it. I am 47 also im from RI and I would love to see Chum Gum back on the shelves. Please let us know if we have missed any and share your special memories with friends who understand. Though Tendermint is no longer produced, Teaberry is still available. It is my all time favorite gum and I've been looking for it for years. :Don't dig that kinda crooning', chum :Don't dig that kinda croonin', chum 053 blood clot. Oh cummon, like you werent thinkin it too. I remember when my mom wear her blue relaxed lee jeans and her candies high heels sandals an awesome look. Elementary school. Not as good as Chum Gum, but still good memories. Time-warping back to October, 1971, found another newspaper ad mentioning Chum Gum, Dubble Bubble and Razzles as suggestions to give trick-or-treaters on Halloween. I brought it up at work and NO ONE knew what I was talking about!! It has brought a big smile to my face reading all these comments S8C. The Chicago company was small. Bill and the station, like the great taste of Chum Gum, are but Precious Memories now. Dubble Bubble was created by Fleer, through an employee who was named Walter Diemer. Perhaps we should find out who the company was that made chum gum and take it from there. I was in my teens the best time of my life. Is there any other bubble gum that even comes close to chum gum? best gum ever. 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. This preceded Fleer's product by 13 years. Used to love them! The pie itself was pink, I think. They have a lot of the older candy that's hard to find. It was my favorite bubble gum and apparently still is 50 years later! I lived in Cheverly, Maryland 64-74, we would collect soda bottles to cash in and buy candy at 7-11. In fact, they have expanded the product range from just Bazooka Original. I cant believe they discontinued my favorite Wazoo Bars. It was the best!!! Submit a link to more information about Chum Gum. I REALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE MISSED OUT! It was always part of my 10 cent bag of candy. I remember Chum gum and got some in the mid 70s in Folsom at an old town general store,on a family vacation. From 1963, a newspaper ad for the Racine, Wis., Neisner Bros. variety store (5c to $1.00). Please, please, please bring back that awsome flavor! Long lasting flavor and makes great bubbles. I guess I am showing my age(61 on 9/19/1947.) ??? It is the FIRST online candy store backed by the OLDEST wholesale candy company in the nation! Sponsored. I am 50 and remkember it oh so well, we had a penny candy store right on the corner of my street in South Buffalo, A couple of weeks ago, a vague memory of the 2-stick for-the-penny gum with the powdery stuff on it entered my 52 yr old brain. I wish I could find it somewhere. Wow.what a treat to find so many other Chum Gum fans. Your only hope may be to contact Tootsie Roll. Wonderful flavor and texture . Frank Fleer was very young when he decided to start creating bubble gum. Running to the corner store just south of Chicago in Midlothian Il. They just don't know how good it was. It absolutely was the best bubble gum in the world. I bought Chum Gum back in the sixties too. I cant help but think of those delicious little mint humbugs that my grandmother always gave me. What a releif to hear from y'all. Unlike the howling mess we call the 21st Century. I had chum gum all the time. I sure wish they still made it. You have to advertise your product. :-). I'm 53, I remember walking to the corner store at the age of 5 all by myself to buy the best gum ever!!!!!!! In the 1990s, Skittles came in the form . Several years ago a similar item was made by Starburst in candy corn flavors, much like yours appear to be. It seems like that happens everytime they sell something so good. And we didn't worry about having sugar-free gum back then! Do they still make them? I wish they would make it again. I am 62 years old and would buy chum gum in a drug store in Argo, Illinois. 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 don't think you can get it anymore. You can still find many of those on the market now. Chum Gum was my favorite. Somewhere there is the recipe in someone chest. Thanks for sharing your memories! I also have food pages for the 80s and 90s. We would get a couple of pennies and walk about a half mile to buy some. 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. I read a story on the net that the Scrunch was and is Johnny Depps favorite bar too! Yes those were the days! I WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER ABOUT THIS GOOD OLD GUM. It used to come in different colors as well, not only pink but blue and green and I swear once I remember yellow. I still miss that gum and would pay alot of money to have more. At CandyFavorites.com, we feel your pain and would like to assist in your candy therapy. I discovered them recently only to find out, you ran out of them. OMG!! Are clorets still available? Somebody mentioned going to the gas station to get the guy to open the machine and give them the bottle caps (back when they had cork) to play one of several games different companies had to win prizes. We got it at a store near the church it was called the e z buy store. I used to buy Chum Gum in a little town in north Georgia. 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. Wish I could buy some now. I had a collection of about 15 though. I grew up in Neptune beach Fl. And who can forget that great flavor? 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. The following are comments left about Chum Gum from site visitors such as yourself. It had a smell all it's own and a powdery coating. It's no secret that bubble gum often doesn't really deliver. Fleer was acquired by Marvel Group in the early 1990's. Fleer made it. So glad so many people loved it as I did, brings back childhood memories. The crocadile did the commercial. $19.99. Nothing else compares! 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. Im trying to remember the name of a candy from the past. Also got a lot of teachers upset. I see a few people say these were the best times of their life. I agree,Chum is the best bubble gum I have ever tasted. Tasted great, too! However, we know a lot about bubble gum as a whole. BRING BACK DEM BONES. Awesome memories of summertime in the 60's and 70's riding my bike to Aloha Drug Store for Chum Gum! I loved the flavor and it smelled so good! That pink color set the stage and bubble gums continue to follow that grand design. I am also a chum gum lover. Remember how much of the penny candy and gum was unwrapped. I'm 58 and can remember getting it when I was little. It was coated with powdered sugar, and at two sticks for a penny could not be beat! 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. They were the best frozen and fresh. They company had Wacky Wafer candy bags with little bunnies, eggs, and Easter basket shaped Wafers. I bought it at many places in Harford County, Maryland. I bought all they had in stock. Like everyone here I loved Chum Gum and thought I was the only one who remembered it. I thought people forgot the greatest gum ever! The world's most popular autocomplete game. 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.:). It takes me back to a time when life was simple. 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. Did they change it or is my memory bad? Please somebody make it again before I leave this world! I would stop at the corner drug store and load up. I grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa in the 1950's. No one makes it today and no plans are to bring it back. 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. A regular size bottle was good for 2 cents. If we ever discuss back on the market the company would be very successful. They lost sight of a historical favorite and it eventually was no longer popular or desired on the market. They really should bring it back!!!! google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; I chewed a 20-pack of Leaf Confectionery bubble gum (sour apple, sour grape, lemon etc) as a bet from my friends. It was pink and I loved that two came in the wrapper. Wish they'd bring it back. it tasted so good. At 55 i still remember going to Connie's by Wilson Junior High School in Philly to get my supply of this delicious gum and other great candies. Wintergreen Certs have been my favorite for decades. Sadly, these were discontinued many moons ago. It is the best bubble gum ever made. I used to buy it in my home town of Pine Ridge SD! 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 loved this gum. It was my favorite. The memory will fade. Trying to find a company that still sells Maplenut Goodies. I too loved Chum Gum and have searched to no avail,but find Big League Chew very close if not the same. It had it's own taste-nothing like it. I believe it has been permanently discontinued, Oh My God!!! jas. I am interested in mint juleps and Christmas hard mix. Waaaaah! I have been looking for chum gum to get for my brother. I'm 59 and still remember the wonderful taste of Chum Gum. , Loading images, if this message doesn't go away you may need to enable javascript in order to see pictures. This bait works best to catch smaller channel cats and eating-size catfish because there is not enough blood to attract larger fish. Its hard to love when you know that if you love they may be discontinued. We both wshed we could find it you think the owner of Fleer products would read this site! 2 for a penny. Nothing compares to the flavor of Chum Gum! THANK YOU, just purchased 4 sticks from ebay! I used to buy chum gum 2 sticks for a penny and would save up a nickel in pennies to get more at a time, I lived in the hills of West Virginia and walked to the old gas station/grocery store on Saturday afternoon after westerns and cartoons were over on tv. I think I actually came across some it just 3-4 years ago here in Houston. As for Christmas Hard Candy Mix, we are currently sold out but expect to see them next year!

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