I'm 54 and haven't seen that gum since about 1970. Clove, Black Jack and Juicy Fruit were expensive, penny a stick! I truly wish a gum/candy maker would reproduce this wonderful, delightful gum - I would love to introduce my grandchildren to it. Not sure why I have such loyalty to this particular confection but like other bloggers, it had a distinct taste and smooth texture. Fleer Company eventually turned their focus to toys and trading cards but their Dubble Bubble brand remained strong. I loved Chum Gum :-). Do you know if they still make them, and if so, how I could get some? My dad owned a little country store with a big glass case full of penny candy on the bottom shelf and candy bars on the top. That was the "Good Ole Days". I remember the lunch counter inside, plus an arcade style shooting game in back (ten shots for a dime). Your only hope may be to contact Tootsie Roll. I asked some of my friends do they remember the gum and they tell me they have never heard of it. Bubblicious Cherry Cola flavor. I would sit in front of the store chewing away and blowing bubbles while I listened to some top hit song play on their parking lot speaker.Love Me Do by the Beatles comes to mind. I loved it as a kid. I remember absolutely loving the flavor of this gum. I was just talking about this gum yesterday! Worst decision to make on candy maker. 1 stick for me and one to share with a "chum" Chum gum. I always look at Cracker Barrel hoping it found its way back. +$12.55 shipping. The flavor didn't last long, but it was unique! It had a smell all it's own and a powdery coating. some one must have a stash somewhere! I also grew up in chicago with CHUM GUM.It too brings me back to a simpler time. !!! I have used Certs Peppermint breath mints since 1965. But Chum gum is the best tasting gum in the world. This company sold a stick, spearmint-flavored chewing gumnamed Chum Gum! We have red vines, why not Chum Gum Let's ask Mark Summers Host of Unwrapped on the Food network!!!! wish i could find a stick today. 2 for a penny. It very well could have set the stage for that soft, pink bubble gum we all know and love. :Don't dig that kinda crooning', chum :Don't dig that kinda croonin', chum 053 blood clot. WOW!!! 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! And the fact chewing gum in class then became a detention, because of the amount of gum showing up everywhere. The rumors of old fans are that no other gum has been able to compare to this delightful option, although its not for lack of trying. I was beginning to wonder if I was not remembering correctly. I grew up in MA and there was a corner variety right by my elementary school that used to sell Chum Gum. All other stick gum was 5 sticks for a nickel. 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! Do you know where I could find them or do you have the ability to obtain them if they still exist somewhere? Chum Gum was the best. Somebody get the recipe and start making it again ! A regular size bottle was good for 2 cents. It came in a white package with blue lettering and was a pretty pink color. Sometimes I can still smell it. Brock's (not Brach's) candy puffs (very soft, melt in your mouth candy balls) Bonkers Fruit Chews. Its great taste is why I've never forgotten it. Wish someone would bring it back. Oh, I bought my Chum Gum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I really miss the best gum ever made, Sugar Free Bubble Yum Bubble Gum Peppermint. I'm 65. I'm a pharmacy tech and one of the children's antibiotics smells JUST LIKE CHUM GUM when the water is added! Might have been associated with the discontinued candy section. Wazoo bars where can I get them? I am know 47 and haven't seen Chum Gum in at least 30 years. Also coated with powdered sugar. Cinnamon and spearmint, especially. I'm 55, grew up in San Bernardino, California, and I went looking for Chum Gum because it had the best TEXTURE! You have to advertise your product. After the flavor wore off, the sting would last for hours on your tongue. fruit classic certs !!!!!!! Someone else said that thosewere the carefree days when we had no problems and life was easy. LOL And I would be crazy enough to pay a dollar for 2 pieces I really liked it! Name one other bubble gum besides Chum Gum that holds it shape when you took it out of your mouth (by twisting the end). Oh, if they would only bring Chum Gum back! I have looked for it for years. Five sticks in a cardboard box for five cents. I've searched for it everytime I see an All Candy store. I grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa in the 1950's. Thanks for sharing your memories! Me and my sister would collect empty soda bottles becaus you got a penny a piece return on them. Long lasting flavor and makes great bubbles. You're all right. If not treated, gingivitis can advance to periodontitis and eventual tooth loss. Every time I ask somebody if they remember Chum Gum they look at me like I'm crazy. I would betcha that no other beer in Europe or anywhere on planet tasted like that stuff. 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. Miss it. Pond Scum was one of our favorite products and one of the coolest novelties that we sold. WE'D GO TO CHELMERS IN UTICA,MN A LITTLE STORE JUST TO BUY CHUM GUM!! My brother would buy it by the case and hide it. I loved it. Years of searching, this was the only printed Chum Gum reference I could find. We had Chum Gum in Dallas Texas in the 60's. Wish someone would make it again. Wish they would bring it back, along when life was simple and carefree. The old ad piece may still be availablebelieve it was around $15. In 1928, a Fleer employee named Walter Diemer finally devised a successful formula for the first commercial bubble gum, dubbed Dubble Bubble. I WANT SOME. I thought I was the only one that had this gum and for a while I began to think it was all in my head. I'm glad to see I still have my memory. I still can get Bottle Caps, Laffy Taffy, Now N Laters, Sprees, Nerds and Sweet Tarts. They no longer make them. 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. Our old homestead is under H2/0 so sad. 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'. Chum Gum was great. I'd buy fifteen sticks for a nickel from the corner store outside Riley Elementary in Muncie, Indiana. Bring these back and with proper marketing they will be successful. It was a marvelous combination of whimsy and cuteness and sold really well. I wasn't tall enough to stand on the floor and play the machine. I am looking for those childhood Raspberry Dollars !!! I have a co-worker that loved this "Chum GUm"and she is always so thought ful to others. I am 61 yrs. I loved the Chum Gum and the name! Have never chewed a better bubble gum since. Bought them every year. Yum, the smell and powdery coating, the texture and great bubbles. I remember Chum Gum, candy lipstick, wax lips and nails and bottles, Chiclets, Turkish Taffy, Fizzies. 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. In time, your gums become swollen and bleed easily. anyone else remember them? While there is a bubble gum "flavor" - which various artificial flavorings including esters are mixed to obtain - it varies from one company to another. So I brought these Brachs Red Twist and shared them with my wife. I'm 59 and still remember the wonderful taste of Chum Gum. Love Chum GUM! I used to get it at only one grocery store in Las Vegas, NM. Clorets - discontinued in 2016; Conversation Hearts made by NECCO; Cow Tales - Caramel . I am 60 and like to think the best times are still here, just being alive and healthy. Hopefully the maker will produce again. anyway, just wanted to share. That is, when we weren't playing stepball, riding bikes or trading baseball cards. What's funny is that my dad, who had it as a kid, HATED it; even the smell of it bothered him. 25 cents went a long way back in the 60's. We used to buy two types of gum: Chum Gum and Devil Gum - I think it was made by the same company and was HOT cinnamon flavor. Let us all write Tootsie Pop and request its return. Chiclets were originally made with chicle, a natural gum found in several tropical American trees. Bar none the greatest tasting gum ever. Chewed it daily growing up in Youngstown, OH during the 60's. Even my old class mates didn't remember it. Best gum ever made. altoids Tangerine sours. I recently purchased some hair products and I kid you not it smelled just like Chum gum. Chiclets History Adams developed Chiclets over a century ago and it quickly became known as the candy coated gum. His company originally began in 1885 and unfortunately, it went bankrupt in 2005. theres an emty spot in me. One stick was blue and one stick was pink. It makes my mouth water to think of it!! 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!!!!! Thank you for letting my co-workers know I didn't make this up. I really miss 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. I'm 38yrs.old and only found it in Woolworth stores in the Chicago area.I can still taste that juicy soft flavor in my BUDS.Hope a manufactor can bring our good old CHUM GUM back!!!!!! I grew up in Chicago in the 1950's and chum gum was and still is the BEST tasting gum I've ever tried. A great piece of candy indeed! Chum gum was my very favorite. loved it in the 50's. I grew up in Memphis, TN. Im 54yrs old, and still want ChumGumlol. I sure wish they still made it. It had a good taste, but the flavor was gone quickly. Production of it ended by 1972, though stores had bought bulk, continuing to sell it for years after. I think there were 3 pieces for a penny. Chiclets hasn't changed much over the decades and its iconic mini box of 2 Chiclets is still a Halloween fan favorite. It had the best aroma, flavor and texture of any gum ever. I loved chum gum, it was the best gum when I was a kid. Chum Gum had its fans (myself included), but other chewing gums made by Wrigley, Adams and Beech Nut proved bigger sellers. I dont think any of these products were marketed as well as they could have been. In addition to that, we also love the Brachs cinnamon tree nougats for the same reason. I'm a baby boomer!N. I remember going to Ferrell's Rexall on High Point Terrace area. I quit buying them. So glad I am not the only one whose friends look at me like I'm crazy when I mention it! Youve shared lots of very special memories that will always be cherished. I just discovered a new productBlowpop Minis.disk shaped fruit flavored candy(same flavors as original Blowpops) with gum in the center. It didnt go over well and needed quite a lot of improvements so this one never actually was marketed. Bring nack our childhood memories. it appears that there is still a HUGE interest in Chum Gum. The store (8500 Sheridan Rd.) I put all of it in my mouth at once and chew it as I walked home. Chum Gum was my favorite. Does anyone know what company produced the milkshake bars.
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