do they still make chum gum

Going off in washington dc I got my chum gum from the corner store next to saint theresa's school in anacostia washington dc. 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 also have looked for Chum gum for years. it was the bubblegum of choice in my neighborhood (the harbor section of conneaut, ohio) in the 60's although i have to confess, i seldom if ever shared the second piece with any of my friends. A friend and I in Silver Spring, MD would take my 25 cents allowance (in 1952) and buy about 50 sticks of Chum-Gum and chew all sticks at once to see who could blow the biggest bubbles. Worst decision to make on candy maker. I found an old wrapper while deep cleaning a while back in my store . The colors were red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. If that sounds really familiar to what you know about Dubble Bubble, its because they were extremely similar. best gum ever. Hey, I am 61 and grew up in Oak Cliff (Dallas) Texas and we used to buy Chum Gum at Crawford grocery store which was a little neighborhood store that would resemble a 7-Eleven today and it was owned and run by Ms. Crawford, a really sweet lady. The aroma of perfectly flavored bubble gum tickled your nose, and the white powder coating of real powdered sugar was the perfect finish for the longest lasting flavor of any bubble gum product. Its been around for years. Production of it ended by 1972, though stores had bought bulk, continuing to sell it for years after. Also missing the cherry hump bars. wish i could find a stick today. I grew up in Greeley Colo. WILL CHCECK IT OUT AGAIN. Their familiar logo is on the picture in this link. they took me home in the police car and my mom was pissed!!!!!! French Chew is very similar. One for you. Take a peak at https://www.candyfavorites.com/candy-flavor-memories. Why? I sure wish they still made it. . Wow those were the days! In the 1990s, Skittles came in the form . It was so unique to chew. I am a 60's kid from Indiana.I am happy to find others who recall Chum Gum. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Chum Gum ROCKS!!!! They are no where near the quality of texture and taste that were the Brachs Red Twist. I remember Chum Gum from way back in my elementary school days. It is the FIRST online candy store backed by the OLDEST wholesale candy company in the nation! Look forward to hearing from you and trying these Unicorn flavored corns. 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 There is a site to buy old time candy, but they didn't have it. There was usualy three flavors in one sleeve, sometimes there would be two of the same flavor. THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO FELT THIS WAY ABOUT CHUM GUM. Man, how I'd love to see it back on the market. It brings back memories for me! WHAT HAPPENED TO CHUM GUM? I can still remember the incomparable taste of that gum. I don't remember zebra stripe gum.. It had a good taste, but the flavor was gone quickly. And Sqeeze pops only lasted three years. It was the best bubble gum ever made. History says that Chum Gum was produced from 1950 to exactly 1971. It didnt go over well and needed quite a lot of improvements so this one never actually was marketed. I also could not find anyone who seem to remember it. I'm still friends with some of the people that grew up with me. AND SO DO MY GRANDCHILDREN. Only cough drop I like, only cough drop I will use. But this isn't true. Anybody remember the Zebra Stripe Gum. Simple times! Bring back the Wonka Scrunch bar! Glad to know there are others who remember as well. They had a penny candy counter there and I ALWAYS bought Chum-Gum. finding this site is almost as great as finding a store that still sells chum gum(i wish i could). I have looked for it for years. As so many people mentioned, bring back the good old days. It really was one of the best gums around. I can't believe I found all of you. Somebody get the recipe and start making it again ! I brought it up at work and NO ONE knew what I was talking about!! I also have searched for Chum Gum. I recently purchased some hair products and I kid you not it smelled just like Chum gum. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK! 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. ??? That was my favorite gum, with Chum Gum and Bazooka Joe a close second followed by mini-chiclets, I loved Chum Gum, we used to get recess and we were permitted to go to the little store called Brickers Penny Candy Store.Ah!!! Dubble Bubble was created by Fleer, through an employee who was named Walter Diemer. I grew up in Jacksonville,Florida and to this day can remember the smell and taste of it. Butternut candy bar. Like another fan, I always licked the paper first and then chewed the gum. Afterwards, I thought I'd do an online search of CG. And the fact chewing gum in class then became a detention, because of the amount of gum showing up everywhere. Use to buy it at Bailey's Confectionery on Bunker Hill Road in Ashtabula, Ohio. I was surfing the web hoping to find the gum somewhere. 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. We got our Chum Gum at Bill Meadow's Gulf gas station in Colbert, GA. Would love to see it come back, at least for a trial year or two. No one did, until I found you here. Blood clot, blood clot. Wish I could buy some now. 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 neighborhood kids loved that gum. Miss it. I am glad everyone at this site remember it. If we found an empty soda bottle, we would redeem it at Wright's market in Dansville, Ny for the 2 cents and buy some Chum Gum. http://cgi.ebay.com/CHUM-GUM-5-PIECES-VINTAGE-BUBBLE-GUM-FLEER-CHUM-GUM_W0QQitemZ300198065907QQcategoryZ35645QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWINQ3aPOST0Q3aRECOQ3aBIDQQcmdZViewItem. I agree it was the best tasting gum ever. I bought a pack of "Orbit" "bubblemint" and it brought me back to Jr. Sadly, these were discontinued many . So glad I found this blog. WOW!!! Since they make Dubble Bubble, why not make Chum Gum also? As kids we loved it. Bummer! Remember the cinnamon toothpicks? No one remembers these. The candy bars they make now are so small and do not taste as good. I remember the two to a wrapper scheme, which is why I thought one should share it with a friend. The bubbles were incredible. !WhErE CaN I FiNd iT? I would love to be able to let my children and grandchild taste this gum. It brings back so many great memories. Not only did this have the most fabulous flavor, but it had such a wonderfully smooth texture - not all gritty and sugary like regular bubblegum. Then head home. Stay United Chum Gum Lovers! Great tasting molasses and chocolate candies were included in candy corn mix now boring, only sugar,no DISTINCTIVE flavor. Used to visit that Topps store with my mother, as a kid. I so loved this gum.Best everon the market. I was going to Lake Jr high school back in the day and I always bought it everyday after school. I feel like my sanity has been restored! Chum Gum was my favorite. i used to buy it in houston, texas in the mid-sixties. I wish they still made it I been searching for this gum. Ahhhhh, the good ol' days! I miss gator gum so much. I learned about it from my brother in the late 60's. Guar gum and other types of gums are types of "gluten replacers," says Frontiers in Nutrition helping to retain the qualities of bread and similar products while eliminating gluten from the ingredients. Really the last Gas station in Bloomington, IN on South Walnut before you get to Highway 37/69. The same Beech-Nut company famous for its natural baby foods used to make minty chewing gum for adults, as per CNN. So, no luck there either What I am in search of is probably something that is no longer in production, anywhere, by anybody. My sister and I talked about it often. Chewed it daily growing up in Youngstown, OH during the 60's. Us and other G.I.s in or out of the field. that is what me go to this link is it tasted so much like it. I agree, chum gum was the best. I have asked a lot of people in that era and they never heard of it. I would sure like a piece right now. I love you, my fellow chums!!!! Brothers and I used to go to the store for our grandfather to buy him a pack of Camels and some Browns Mule chewing tobacco. loaded up a bag of penny candy like red licorice, hot dog gums, candy lipstick and best of all chum gum !! I have told sooo many people about it and they all think I'm crazy. Chewed it in Dallas in the late '50s and in Odessa through most of the '60s. Sad. Make it again, Fleer! I remember ChumGumit had a sweet and unique flavor. It's the only treat that really stands out in my memories of childhood, except maybe Sugar Daddy's. My wife and I were able to enjoy a couple of packages of Brachs Red Twists shortly after that. AFTER SCHOOL WE ALWAYS STOP AT THIS STORE TO BUY CHUM GUM. I grew up in Irving Texas, suburb of Dallas and I still remember the smell of this amazing gum. It was so yummy. old, and I remember buying Chum Gum from my Uncle's country store in Partlow, Va. So nice that I am not imagining how good Chum Gum was and would order a box of it right now if I could find it. I used to lick the white off and then put the gum in my mouth. flavor and texture was completely amazing. In business from 1930 to 1971. I prefer the bigger size! I too remember chum gum, I am 61 years old and can still taste it in my mind. to the park and ballfields east of there. I have been looking for Chum Gum for years and I haven't had any luck. I'm 70, lived in Fisher Illinois and chewed it in 4th grade in 1954 and beyond. Best ever gum. During this time, Fleer was near the end of producing Chum Gum due to lower demand. I loved Chum Gum!! I have craved this gum for yearsand it finally hit me! Asked people for YEARS if they remembered Chum Gum, my favorite bubblegum of all time and no one knew what I was talking about. (The Good Old Days) As a child I was very frugal with my money. Wish someone would bring it back. Pam: The original maker of Chum Gum was Fleer. And where are Neccos??? Sure wish Fleer would produce this again. For years I thought I had perhaps only "imagined" Chum Gum ( a stick for you, and one for a chum! I chewed it everyday as a kid. I also bought it when I was a teenager in the 60's and have looked for it through the years but never could find it! Its called the Curly wurly. JMK, I just posted something about Chum Gum on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. I have looked everywhere including retro candy shops and couldnt find them. Wow! Who made Chum Gum? Wish someone would make it again. I wish someone could find more info., bring it back. Wow! No gum compares to the taste or texture. Garlic and Chicken Skin. This was in the 60's in Augusta,GA and only at Carpenter's 50-50 Store. From 1963, a newspaper ad for the Racine, Wis., Neisner Bros. variety store (5c to $1.00). Fifty cents would get me a whole bag. How I wish.someone would bring it back before Iam gone. However, we know a lot about bubble gum as a whole. 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. 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! Most assuredlythe best tasting gum everreminded me of Yank Bubble Gum. 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. 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! Along with many others I too would interested being contacted if it is available again. No one I talk to remembers Chum gum, I loved it. :Can't be his heart, then. Popped it hours. Chum Gum was a favorite of mine and my siblings! Might be a big hit again. Best gum ever made. Iremember this awesome gum I saved up my allowence and bought a whole box with they still made it no gum comes even close to the taste of gum. 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. 6. Still, there was a backlash when they were discontinued in 2006, leading to the introduction of the Butterfinger Bites in . 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. OMG! Hands down, it was the best tasting gum ever. Everyone I talk to has a memory of eating certs with their grandparents or a great aunt/uncle. Maybe that is why we don't have chum gum the base is made from tree's OMG. Please. Its tragic!!! (The Comrades reeeealy didnt like us for tearing up there countryside. This man started yelling at me for casually asking if/when they would get a reorder of this product. I bought grape and Black Jack gum and Sen Sens. The best gum ever for blowing bubbles. I got it in a gas station in a little town in Ohio in the 60's and early 70's. The pie itself was pink, I think. If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. That was the "Good Ole Days". I'm amazed at how many people actually know about it. I am 47 also im from RI and I would love to see Chum Gum back on the shelves. Oh so delicious. IF someone finds it my e-mail whiteki@realtracs.com that is how serious I am at 57 years old. I have looked and looked and looked again. I remember the gum in pink too but blue was better!!! My mom would walk with us to the neighborhood candy store and we would purchase it along with turtles, bazooka joe bubble gum, Wish they would get the recipe and reintroduce it! My husbands favorite candy was the blue mint coolers. Everybody write to Fleer and get them to bring back Chum Gum. Nothing compares to the flavor of Chum Gum! 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. I would encourage everyone to email the company to try and bring this gum back. My grandparents owned a small hamburger joint & they sold MILKSHAKE candy bars. And about 10-12 came in a little rectangular pack with a paper wrapper with the name on it. Me and my sister would collect empty soda bottles becaus you got a penny a piece return on them. I miss Bonkers. I'm 59 and still remember the wonderful taste of Chum Gum. Bubbaloo Liquid-filled Bubble Gum. The other candy I have looked for were watermelon flavored, oval shaped, were light pink in color, and came in a clear wrapper with a white checkered pattern at the edges. I have looked high and low but no luck of finding any. Detroit, MI during the 60's at a place called Clem's Candy Store on Fenkell Avenue. And who can forget that great flavor? Wish we could still get Chum Gum its the best. It was always part of my 10 cent bag of candy. Since that time, theyve also even created a host of other flavors to add, although the original will always be the top choice among fans. Eventually, Chum Gum sales dwindled enough that Fleer simply stopped production. And since someone mentioned shampoo - anybody remember the old egg wash shampoos?? The BEST candy bar on the planet! Also coated with powdered sugar. My sisters and I used to go to Johnnys market .. (kind of like a 7- 11)and buy it 2 sticks for a penny I LOVE the taste of that gum as well as a gum that was GrapeGum In a purple colored wrapper with yellow print on it I also remember Black jack ..Clove and Beemans ..Yummyyyyyy ! Maybe it's a blood clot. google_color_bg = "E7F0EB"; Tootsie Roll dropped the Fleer name from all former products, such as Dubble Bubble, after the buyout. I love it! I grew up in Hyattsville md in the 60's and Chum gum was the BEST !! They were so delicious! After reading all these stories on Chum Gum, I want some now!!! Fleer introduced the recipe to the world as Dubble Bubble (and yes, we carry that, too). Omg.nothing compares.I am 50 and remember Chum Gum was the best ever.I remember sneaking into my mother's purse and taking it.Brings back lots of fond memories. Wrapper has a devil's head printed and "Red Hot Chewing or Bubble Gum" printed on wrapper. Building served as a mall, with theater, in the 1980s. WE ARE NOW RETIRED AND I CROSSED THE WHOLE U.S. Free returns. Frank Fleer and member of his family owned the business clear until 1989, more than 100 years after they began. I'm using my nickname as a kid because Chum Gum takes me back to my childhood! I grew up in Wisconsin and we bought it all the time in the penny candy section of our neighborhood meat market. I wish they still made it. Beets have 2.8 grams of protein per cup or .5 grams per ounce. Have you ever heard of these. I loved it. the flavor was unique. Several years ago a similar item was made by Starburst in candy corn flavors, much like yours appear to be. I remember Chum gum and got some in the mid 70s in Folsom at an old town general store,on a family vacation. The boxes were sealed, preserving freshness and flavor, so consumers hardly complained. I see racks in some stores that are bribing back old time candies, but never Chum Gum. Go check it out and comment back on here I would love to know what you thought, but its not for drinking lol. This candy now days cost almost $200 a bar and is not worth the cost. I grew up on a street in the LA area in the 60s and 70s. 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. In one . Every time we went I got him a case of something and mailed it to him. We also used Dippity Doo on our hair and Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific! I am a bubble gum freak and Chum Gum was my absolute favorite. It's oldtimecandy.com. This is great that I am not the only one who remembers this gum it was the best ever!! Chum gum was my very favorite. It was pink and I loved that two came in the wrapper. I appreciate Cracker Barrel for selling Clove & Teaberry but they are missing the best gum of all time, i can't believe i miss a GUM so much! Wrigley recently secured a patent for a biodegradable gum. PLESE BRING THIS GUM BACK. ___ But I bother to write because at 19 in 1975 I was stationed in Deutschland in Bamberg, Bavaria in a Hawk Missile Unit. I did not know what the two piece penny gum was called. Have told my children how good it was and was hoping to find out where to get some.BEST gum ever. Wish it would be back in the market. I would bring it to school in the sixties I am 57 now and that gum was damn good! I am 53 and remember chum gum when I was in grade school. Unlike the howling mess we call the 21st Century. One kid at school asked me if I was rich since I always had a bag of candy. Youd get two sticks, for a penny mind you, and the flavor literally lasted through an entire day of baseball, hula hoops and other fun kid stuff. I remember chum gum like it was yesterday. For some reason, whenever I eat Double Bubble gum, I remember Chum Gum. Interesting comments on Chum GumThanks for the history Rob Lambert. You could never eat just one stick.It had and awesome flavor. 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. Ad mentions that all favorite Fleer bubble gum products (as a buying suggestion) were available. Bazooka Bubble Gum is still being made! Loved it!!!1. I cant believe they discontinued my favorite Wazoo Bars. It's a relief to know it really did exist! Chum Gum was my favorite. I too wish that who ever made it would bring it back! But there are a lot of other choices on that website that will bring back memories, at today's prices. So freaking sad. Bring back. BRING BACK DEM BONES. Chum gum has a flavor I will never for get and as most of you have said it bring back the good old days when being a child was care free and good times. Thank you for your time. Wish it was still made. Perhaps we should find out who the company was that made chum gum and take it from there. So many different types of gum came out in those years that it was challenging to compete against them. $1.62. Bought it from woolworths in the penny candy section. I would put the chewed chum gum on my headboard for the next day, it did lose its flavor but I could wake up and blow bubbles till I would get together with the friends go to Melchens candy store and purchse more. It did have a distinctive flavor and appearance.I'm from Chicago and I still look for it when I go into an old time candy store just hoping I can get a few cases of this gum that I have been bragging about for decades. Loved Chum Gum, lived on High School Road Indianapolis 1964-1969,most people I asked about it have never heard of it, good to know I wasn't dreaming..it was the best..those were the days. I am also a chum gum lover. I WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER ABOUT THIS GOOD OLD GUM. Beets. I think I may be the only one who remembers these! Which was totally bizarre and is why I still remember it 16 years later like it happened yesterday. And the square cinnamon suckers? LOL!!! I really miss this nostalgic gum. google it and see if you can find it! The flavor lasted ALL DAY. 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. They were classic chewing gum and are missed! Some gum connoisseurs might know that Fruit Stripe gum used to be made by Beech-Nut. Old Clem would ask for "one thin dime" when you bought ten cents worth. Here's a wild one! I loved it as a kid. I am from Huntley outside of Chicago. first opened in 1969, closing in 1974 (corporate bankruptcy). My sister and I would get Milkshake candy bars at Hoyt Pool near Milwaukee, and sometimes we would get them frozen and wow, were they amazing. Glad to see I'm not the only one that love it! Put gum base, citric acid, corn syrup and glycerin a bowl and microwave for 45 seconds.

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