Could be the case If so, then it would just be nice to know what is was called way back when. I love Chum Gum!! You have to advertise your product. No one did, until I found you here. The world's most popular autocomplete game. And I swear as God is my witness that my first reaction was OMG, this stuff tastes just like CHUM GUM!!! 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. The tough chicken skin stays well on the hook. Hardly the case. They would kill the market and make a lot of us so happy. Frozen Milkshake bars. We couldn't but it at Chalks store we had to go a little further down the street to Hans Variety to get it. Some of my old time favorites are Powerhouse, Big Time, Hollywood, Milkshake and Butternut. There was usualy three flavors in one sleeve, sometimes there would be two of the same flavor. I'm 62 and still remember this was the best gum I could buy. Alas, I have searched the world over for many years, searching and hoping that somewhere I would find Chum Gum. I would stop at the corner drug store and load up. My grandparents owned a small hamburger joint & they sold MILKSHAKE candy bars. Cinnamon and spearmint, especially. Beets. I got it at a small restaurant across from the High School. I love you, my fellow chums!!!! I never googled chum gum and just did. Wish it was still made. Im from Boston and Any time I ask people if they remember chum gum people think Im making it up! I was wondering if anyone out there happens to remember Light Blue Sugar Coated gumballs. I have looked high and low but no luck of finding any. Every time I ask somebody if they remember Chum Gum they look at me like I'm crazy. I think if I could buy it now I might be tempted to mortgage my house & spend it all on Chum Gum. I wish children today could have this wonderful "stuff". loaded up a bag of penny candy like red licorice, hot dog gums, candy lipstick and best of all chum gum !! no one around here remembers it either! I remember the commercial well. Anyone out there who remembers this product, or where it might be still available? I also grew up in chicago with CHUM GUM.It too brings me back to a simpler time. I can\t believe they discontinued these candy bars. I grew up in Buffalo New York, and my brother and I would always go to the corner store just for Chum gum. I remember then from the 60s. At that time the package was royal blue. Somebody bring it backthey have brought everything else back from beechies to violet why not chum gum? I do remember it and it was quite cute. 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! Chiclets Peppermint Gum. Life back then was beautiful. Just reading all these wonderful comment remind me of not only how great chum gum was, but how life was simple and easy. But that doesnt make their history any less important. Sadly, Chiclets were permanently discontinued in 2018 and no mention has been made as to whether they will ever return. The bubbles were incredible. It was so unique to chew. If we ever discuss back on the market the company would be very successful. This was an awesome flavored gum ! I see a few people say these were the best times of their life. Thanks for letting me share. Frank Fleer and member of his family owned the business clear until 1989, more than 100 years after they began. After reading all these stories on Chum Gum, I want some now!!! My grandparents have passed on and I would love to be able to relive memories of cinnamon certs with my grandmother. Bubble Beeper Bubble Gum. I am 61 yrs. It takes me back to a time when life was simple. They had a penny candy counter there and I ALWAYS bought Chum-Gum. I am so glad that I am not the only one that loved this gum. My wife and I were able to enjoy a couple of packages of Brachs Red Twists shortly after that. It was the BEST gum ever. 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. . These mints were more that a breath mint, they were an institution. Some gum connoisseurs might know that Fruit Stripe gum used to be made by Beech-Nut. Wacky Wafers are no longer? Miss Chum Gum Bought at the candy store by Gregory School in Chicago in the mid fifties. Chum Gum was the best! Whenever we talk about the good old days, this Chum Gum always comes up in the conversation. Adams flavored gums were plain chewing gum with a burst of sour power. Everyone I talk to has a memory of eating certs with their grandparents or a great aunt/uncle. I'm 56 and Chum Gum was my favorite down here in Louisiana. CHUM GUM HAD A TASTE ALL IT'S OWN.I GREW UP ON IT. The reason I am writing you is because for the past 16 years Ive been eating Twizzlers or Red Vines and they are awful. I would like to see it on the market again also. I thought people forgot the greatest gum ever! to the park and ballfields east of there. But Chum gum is the best tasting gum in the world. I'm 59 and still remember the wonderful taste of Chum Gum. Retro Candy Vintage Candy Sweet Memories Childhood Memories Nostalgic Candy Penny Candy Chums Old Ads Candy Store We have a novelty candy store in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Blood clot, blood clot. Best gum EVER!!!! I remember absolutely loving the flavor of this gum. And it kept coming back into my head so I finally asked my best high school friend about it today and he came up with it immediately. 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. In fact, they have expanded the product range from just Bazooka Original. Why did they have to stop making something so good? You could get bagfuls of all types of candy (remember the candy necklaces??) We used to get Marathon bars up at the store at the Dells Camp Resort just outside of Wisconsin Dells. My grandchildren get in my car and the first thing they say is Certs. Everyone said the same things I have thought for years about Chum Gum- I do miss it. As a Marine and later Army Officer I travelled the world but always keeping an eye out. Oh, and I'm also from the great windy city of Chicago! I am 58 years old and I live in New Orleans. Why? One kid at school asked me if I was rich since I always had a bag of candy. What a shame. We have got to find this gum, It had the best flavor I have ever had in a gum. Treasure Island lasted from 1962 to 1977. (StEvEn iN BoStOn). I last had it around 1971-72 and purchased it in a little Mom & Pop store off the Fellsway in Medford, MA. However, we know a lot about bubble gum as a whole. Even my old class mates didn't remember it. Every company is out of stock of mint juleps. Nicole, I feel your pain! A group of us kids used to run across the interstate (Shhh! After that, I was on my own when it came to buying it. Well I looked that name up, shortly after writing to you, Quickly discovered that Chicken Bones* are still in production (somewhere), and doesnt fit the lengthy description I gave for the product Im in search of, at all !! Unfortunately, despite all these memories and many other people with reminiscent feelings just like these, Chum Gum is no longer on the market. I chewed a 20-pack of Leaf Confectionery bubble gum (sour apple, sour grape, lemon etc) as a bet from my friends. My fellow chum gum lovers, I too always get strange looks when I speak of this gum. I really miss this nostalgic gum. google_color_text = "000000"; Here's a wild one! (The Comrades reeeealy didnt like us for tearing up there countryside. 11. In time, your gums become swollen and bleed easily. But not on Wednesdays because Bill closed at noon that day. Life was simple and sweet. And I couldnt blame them!!!) OMG just remembered we don't have any woods all the developer's got rid of them. I am from Huntley outside of Chicago. God I loved this gum, jusr was talking to my sister about it the other day! Who made itm anyway, Fleer? Well. It was silky smooth and it was the best gum for blowing huge bubbles. As so many people mentioned, bring back the good old days. I learned about it from my brother in the late 60's. Would love to see this come back on the market! Grew up in what is now called Roscoe Village and had to pass Gus's Sweet Shop every day to and from school. I can still remember the smell and taste of it. I too wish that who ever made it would bring it back! Dubble Bubble is still available in some areas. You can still find many of those on the market now. have looked for it for years. Two for a penny and with a dime i would fill my mouth with 20 sticks and chew until I couldn't move my jaw any more. Candy-coated gum from Frank H. Fleer & Co. (and later the American Chicle Company), called Chiclets, can be found in advertisements from The Saturday Evening Post going back to 1906. This gum came in.a blue and green or pink and green or yellow and green. They were soft like Starburst and they featured an inner flavor and an outer flavor. for .25 oh the good old days!! I am very sorry that you have chosen to discontinue them. The gum is rather simple and mild. I well remember Chum Gum. I don't even chew gum now. Along with baseball card gum, also with the powdered sugar, it was the best gum ever. I asked some of my friends do they remember the gum and they tell me they have never heard of it. Didn't it start out with 3 or 4 sticks to a pack, then it was reduced to 2? I also thought no one else knew about it, I hope it comes back. Almost everyone is sold out of these products and any that would remain would be expired. If you have reached this page, chances are, you searched for a candy that has been discontinued. 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. Now those were the days. some one must have a stash somewhere! I am 58 and I recall it very well when I was in grade school. Yes, CHUM GUM two sticks wrapped individually in a royal blue wrapper. Lets take it back to some of the memories of candy from years past. My childhood friend and I have been reminiscing about Chum Gum for 40 years now--truly the BEST gum EVER! , 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! Required fields are marked *. But, yes, Chum Gum was great. I've never forgotten how wonderful the taste was. So many different types of gum came out in those years that it was challenging to compete against them. In one . I lived in Stanton, Calif. We use to go to the corner store with a quarter and by a bag full of different candies to watch Astro Boy and Zolar. In business from 1930 to 1971. Bubble Yum Rockin' Raspberry flavor. You can make some handy chum blocks doing this. I remember the taste and smell so well. why dont we all ask fleer to remake this wonderful GUM. Can't belive it. I am so glad so many other people remember that gum. Does anyone remember them? Maybe the makers of Chum Gum put a special ingredient to make us want it, kind of like cigarettes or something! Chum gum was my very favorite. WHERE CAN I BUY IT. 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 have looked everywhere for Chum Gum for years. Production of it ended by 1972, though stores had bought bulk, continuing to sell it for years after. Can not get it. OK Soda (History, Marketing & Commercials), Yorkie Bar (History, Flavors & Commercials), Click here for a full A-Z list of Snacks and Candy, VINTAGE CANDY CO. 1970s RETRO CANDY GIFT BOX - 70s Nostalgia Candies - Flashback SEVENTIES Fun Gag Gift Basket - PERFECT '70s Candies For Adults, College Students, Men or Women, Kids, Teens. When they stop selling them I bought every BOX I could get my hands on. I wish it would come back. Still, there was a backlash when they were discontinued in 2006, leading to the introduction of the Butterfinger Bites in . My Chum Gum days go back to the early 60's in Junior High. I kid you not. However, in 1928, they used that idea to create Dubble Bubble, which is where the true fame and sensation of Fleers bubble gum works began. I still remember the red two stick gum. google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; And we didn't worry about having sugar-free gum back then! They may have been a Charms product, the company who makes Blowpops.. Chum Gum came out as early as the 1950s from what we can tell and was available until sometime in the 90s. The flavor didn't last long, but it was unique! Glad to hear there are others of you who remember with me. The closest I have come to this flavor is Wrigleys Extra classic bubble flavor. I ask everyone my age if they remembered this gum and no one does. I still can get Bottle Caps, Laffy Taffy, Now N Laters, Sprees, Nerds and Sweet Tarts. Wish I could get the recipe and have it made again. Altoids more than most. Today, it's the Kenosha Job Center. And who can forget that great flavor? Thank you! You could get a package of 3-5 pieces for 1 cent. In fact, Bazooka Candy Brands, a division of The Topps Company, Inc., still produces Bazooka Gum to this day. I was engaged and my fianc was in the Air Force. Chum Gum was packaged 3 pieces for a penny. Oh, the flavor of that gum. !Not planning to eat them just wanted to have those wonderful memories in my own hand. Other people remember "Chum Gum" and the "Happy Hollisters" books. I sure wish some company would find the original recipe and make more!!! I used to buy it at either Anne's or Barney's corner candy stores that were on the corners of Herbert Spencer School in Chicago in the late '50's and early '60's. One for me. finding this site is almost as great as finding a store that still sells chum gum(i wish i could). It has brought a big smile to my face reading all these comments S8C. I was just talking about this gum yesterday! I googled chum gum hoping to find it on the market again, but instead I found a fan club that I can feel very comfortable being a member in! Chum Gum Alum. PLESE BRING THIS GUM BACK. Said they'd never heard of it. 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. they took me home in the police car and my mom was pissed!!!!!! I grew up in Memphis and I use to love to go to visit my cousins so I could go to the corner store and buy Chum Gum. No one makes it today and no plans are to bring it back. Meh.. Im 60 and that was my favorite Gum.The original pack was blue with white writing.I remember that they did package it with the white wrapper. I read a story on the net that the Scrunch was and is Johnny Depps favorite bar too! Bought it from woolworths in the penny candy section. You made my day :-). It was a great gum!! In the 1990s, Skittles came in the form . It was the BEST gum ever!! Nothing else compares! [better source needed] A natural bubble gum flavoring can be produced by . We used to get it in a little ice cream store called Shorty Simms in Abingdon, Il. If I could just close my eyes and go back . I found this gum's wrapper today, when cleaning a home here in Seattle. Many stores had Chum Gum available well into the mid 1970s, years after manufacturing ended.