Reminds me of camping. !WhErE CaN I FiNd iT? It was the best!!! Glad to know there are others who remember as well. Most assuredlythe best tasting gum everreminded me of Yank Bubble Gum. This was the best gum ever. Wow! A hard candy that becomes soft like taffy upon chewing. The ad went something like, 'Yikes, stripes, beechnut gum' it came in yellow, green and . I loved them. We used to get Marathon bars up at the store at the Dells Camp Resort just outside of Wisconsin Dells. We would split the money we got( .10 to .15 cents) and then hit the penny candy. This was an awesome flavored gum ! I sure wish they still made it. It makes my mouth water to think of it!! What was the gum back in the day that was square shaped and had gel in the middle There were only 6 pieces to a pack And it came in cinnamon . Sure wish Fleer would produce this again. Its a shame no candy company has the recipes for the best candy there ever was. In business from 1930 to 1971. I wish they would bring this gum back because it was truly great. He instead focused solely on Dubble Bubble, much to his success. The Fleer name is now owned by a company known as Upper Deck, who had previously made a huge offer to the company and had been declined. google_alternate_color = "E7F0EB";
Please help I love them. 25 cents went a long way back in the 60's. I WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER ABOUT THIS GOOD OLD GUM. 4. I miss it so much. Wacky Wafers are no longer? 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. History says that Chum Gum was produced from 1950 to exactly 1971. Frank Fleer was very young when he decided to start creating bubble gum. BEST GUM EVER. Or at least tell me where I could buy some other than eBay. This gum has an unbelievable legacy. Why oh why did they stop making it! Chum Gum was my favorite. . AAhh.the good old days, when gum actually had sugar in it. Fleer was based in Philadelphia at the time. I would buy it at Bruce's store across from my high school, everyone who went to GWHS chewed it. Let's start a petition to bring back our beloved Chum Gum. Bring back Sqeeze pops, Gatorgum, and especially Whistle pops. 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. 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'. They made it into a round barrel shape and colored it pink. Am I way off base? Fleer Company eventually turned their focus to toys and trading cards but their Dubble Bubble brand remained strong. They also have a list of discontinued candy and sadly, Chum Gum is one of them. I agree,Chum is the best bubble gum I have ever tasted. I was a child of the 60s & 70s. I grew up in Berwyn, IL and my sister and I lived on Chum Gum! Nothing has ever compared to Chum. I think I actually came across some it just 3-4 years ago here in Houston. Geez Louise, how I LOVED Chum Gum. Im trying to remember the name of a candy from the past. It is such a relief to know that there are others out there that know about this gum, because when I bring it up to people they don't know what I am talking about, it is great to know you guys are out there and fans of chum gum. $19.99. !BRING IT BACK FOR THEM TO TRY!!!!:). Chum gum was my very favorite. Great memories. I loved Chum Gum!! And you all are right if you ask some one about it they think you are crazy. Yum! I can still taste it, but cant describe the flavor, except excellent! Folklore suggests that swallowed gum sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. They still sell it in Tn, Al, and Ga at walmart and most grocery store and gas stations. In the 1940s I used to buy penny candy. The best gum ever for blowing bubbles. And like many of you here no one that I know remembers it. I'm 70, lived in Fisher Illinois and chewed it in 4th grade in 1954 and beyond. This particular confectionary was in north St. Louis near the Walnut Park neighborhood, just west of Interstate-70. I grew up in MA and there was a corner variety right by my elementary school that used to sell Chum Gum. I remember Chum Gum, candy lipstick, wax lips and nails and bottles, Chiclets, Turkish Taffy, Fizzies. 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. There was little demand for Chum Gum after it was dropped. I also loved the little hotdog gum--that was very tasty too. 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). Still, there was a backlash when they were discontinued in 2006, leading to the introduction of the Butterfinger Bites in . It was so yummy. West Virginia at alot of different places! I did a yahoo search on chum gum thats how iI found this page. It was the bested ever!! Packaging is similar to the "original" as is the formula. When I was a child we lived outside of Chicago IL and that's where we would buy the gum. This group of people said that they never heard of it so I told them to goggle it and maybe it would show up. I put all of it in my mouth at once and chew it as I walked home. And only A PENNY! Today, gum is sold in a variety of shapes and flavors . If our proceeds were an odd number, we would buy a one cent Chum Gum with the odd penny because it had two pieces of gum and we could split the penny. It was THE BEST!! The refreshing chewing gum with the savory flavor of ground fish entrails. I remember chum gum from the fifties, Allens grocery,in Ault Colorado, was my source. Of the many penny candies we bought, we also bought Chum Gum. 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. why dont we all ask fleer to remake this wonderful GUM. Can't belive it. Lets take it back to some of the memories of candy from years past. Best gum EVER!!!! It was the best. This was in the 60's in Augusta,GA and only at Carpenter's 50-50 Store. Sunflower seeds, banana popsickles and Chum Gum. Trying to find a company that still sells Maplenut Goodies. Life was simple and sweet. I want my Chum Gum! 52chum. Fleer was acquired by Marvel Group in the early 1990's. Who made itm anyway, Fleer? 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. Miss it now and wish someone could come up with that same great flavor!!! I am looking for those childhood Raspberry Dollars !!! It was actually the middle of my work day as a door to door salesman and I was stopping to get gas. White powdery coated soft bubble gum that blew bubbles the size of your whole face and ended up stuck there when they burst. Somebody needs to produce this again. Flavors were raw imitations of pop (soda). I am 63 (10/21/45) and have never forgotten my all time favorite chewing gum. It was popular for the entirety of the gum because it was soft and easy to chew but also because it had good flavor. I wish they still made it. Yum! Wish they would bring it back, along when life was simple and carefree. Chum Gum was my very favorite gum. I have wracked my brain so many times trying to come up with this name. i used to buy it in houston, texas in the mid-sixties. I cant believe they discontinued my favorite Wazoo Bars. Chum Gum, Razzles and Dubble Bubble mentioned. Yeah man, I used to go to North Ward School on 4th Street and we'd go to Tussey's Drug Store. Some of my old time favorites are Powerhouse, Big Time, Hollywood, Milkshake and Butternut. Oh yes, good Lord, I thought I had lost my mind or was having hallucinations and here there's a whole club of people with the Chum Gum jones, just like me! For years I have been searching for this stick bubble gum called Chum Gum. I am 53 and remember chum gum when I was in grade school. 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. Butternut candy bar. Now all we need is the ingredients. I would today pay a dollar or two just to taste it again. I talk about Chum Gum atleast once a month. 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. CHUM GUM HAD A TASTE ALL IT'S OWN.I GREW UP ON IT. Perhaps we should find out who the company was that made chum gum and take it from there. Chum Gum came out as early as the 1950s from what we can tell and was available until sometime in the 90s. They were clear squares with bubble gum in the center each individually wrapped in clear cellophane. 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. I grew up in Dothan, Al. OMG if a kid had that gum now maybe they would have the energy to get off their butt and go play in the woods!!! 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. Like another fan, I always licked the paper first and then chewed the gum. Unfortunately, not, Susie. It was the New, Improved Hawk Missile, of greedy, pork-barrel-proficiency peddlers Raytheon Corp. That damned systems mobile radar units were so dependent on (apparently) cheaply made electronics that they were constantly failing when taken to the field and bounced around two-tracks and farmers fields. Yes, yes, yes! We could get into the old State Theater for 10 RC Cola bottle caps and watch the kiddie matinees, so all week long it was the "big hunt" at the gas stations to ask the employee's there to open the soda machines and let us have the bottle caps. No one I talk to remembers Chum gum, I loved it. It was made by Fleer. I have used Certs Peppermint breath mints since 1965. However, we know a lot about bubble gum as a whole. Chum Gum was a favorite of my whole family. Chocolate Babies; Chocolite; Chum Gum; Clark Bars - discontinued when NECCO went out of business in 2018, but they are now available in a new format called Clark Cups. Fleer Please Bring It Back!! 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. Could be the case If so, then it would just be nice to know what is was called way back when. That one is still on the market today. WHERE CAN I BUY IT. Anybody remember the Zebra Stripe Gum. Also, a similar store in Gettysburg Pa sells these old-time treats. It was my favorite. Whenever I mention it to all of my friends it just brings back to good ole days. Miss Chum Gum Bought at the candy store by Gregory School in Chicago in the mid fifties. My other favorite is Sun Drops from Trader Joes, candy coated chocolate dipped sunflower seeds. they took me home in the police car and my mom was pissed!!!!!! I'm 51 in Cincinnati and I can't believe so many people remember Chum Gum. We have a novelty candy store in New Hope, Pennsylvania. I am 47 also im from RI and I would love to see Chum Gum back on the shelves. King size bottles were worth 5 cents!!!! Please leave a review or any memories of this snack in the comments below. "Wrigleys" might have come close. My Co-Workers think I'm nuts. Tootsie Roll dropped the Fleer name from all former products, such as Dubble Bubble, after the buyout. I'm 50 and from St. Louis. I grew up in Batavia, NY (60's-70's) and there was a corner candy store on Ross St. where we would return bottles for the deposit and buy Chum Gum, the tastiest gum ever. We used to have bubble-blowing contests and Chum Gum was the gum of choice for this. Would love to find some BIZ!! Already been to Walmart, Target, and several grocery chains, no one has them. Someone needs to get Fleer to either release the formula to a small batch candy maker or do some batches themselves! I'll bet if you could find a stick, chew it, you would turn into an eight year old, like a twlight zone episode.
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