I wish children today could have this wonderful "stuff". Cinnamon and spearmint, especially. It was the best bubble gum ever made. Ounce for ounce the best tasting bubble gum on the planet!!! In the mid 80s, my sister and I were driving near Folsom and we made a special trip to that general store just to see if they had any Chum Gum. It was so much fun going to Freedom Park to the playground then walk up to Wad's to get the Chum Gum and a real cherry Coke at the fountain. It was coated with powdered sugar, and at two sticks for a penny could not be beat! WOW!!! We would put two pieces in at one time. MY SIS AND I MISS IT. So it's pricy but it's out there. I grew up in Dothan, Al. Fleer Please Bring It Back!! Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. All of these candies, and so much more, can be found on CandyFavorites.com too! I remember the two to a wrapper scheme, which is why I thought one should share it with a friend. I loved chum gum, it was the best gum when I was a kid. If not treated, gingivitis can advance to periodontitis and eventual tooth loss. I grew up in El Dorado, Arkansas and remember chewing Chum Gum! Ive reminisced about Chum Gum since 1958. I used to buy Chum Gum in a little town in north Georgia. Was a cheap bubble gum in a stick. I remember when I would go to the Candybar Candy Store in Elmhurst, IL in the 70's to spend my $1 allowance on Chum Gum and cinnamon toothpicks. I WISH THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK.I HAVE NEVER TASTED ANOTHER GUM THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THAT GREAT TASTE. I last had it around 1971-72 and purchased it in a little Mom & Pop store off the Fellsway in Medford, MA. That's where I bought most of my Chum Gum. PLESE BRING THIS GUM BACK. 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. The old ad piece may still be availablebelieve it was around $15. It was a sad ending to a fruitful history for the company. 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 am 58 years old and I live in New Orleans. Submit a link to more information about Chum Gum. I'm 53 and used to get Chum Gum at a place called the Huddle in Utica NY, along with a comic book. I loved it as a kid. As a Marine and later Army Officer I travelled the world but always keeping an eye out. I've NEVER run across anything similar to that in all my years. This was in the late 50's. 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). They were clear squares with bubble gum in the center each individually wrapped in clear cellophane. Wow.what a treat to find so many other Chum Gum fans. 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. was 3 sticks for a penny at first, went to 2 sticks, then 1 stick, and finally disappeared altogether. I got to get it every weekend at the skating rink in Cleveland they charged 2 sticks for a 5cents. 2 for a penny. Thank You. Do you know what company manufactured them? They made it into a round barrel shape and colored it pink. Hopefully the maker will produce again. I bought it in Alabama in the 50's and oh how I wish they would make it again!!! I found an old wrapper while deep cleaning a while back in my store . It came in sticks (5 per pack, if I remember correctly ) and the pack color corresponded with the flavor. 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 am 69 and I also loved Chum gum. Gourmet childhood food. From 1963, a newspaper ad for the Racine, Wis., Neisner Bros. variety store (5c to $1.00). I am know 47 and haven't seen Chum Gum in at least 30 years. You could buy 0.5 cents worth and have 15 pieces. There is NOTHING on the market like it , what a hit they would be !! I used to get in in Columbus, OH at the Tremont 5&10. Please bring it back. Whistle pops didnt last much longer. That being said, it was made by the same company that created Dubble Bubble, Bazooka, and several other similar gums. Now does anyone remember Chik-O-Stix (sp??). Oh, I bought my Chum Gum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. use to buy it in a penny candy store in Jamestown NY, south of Buffalo. It used to come in different colors as well, not only pink but blue and green and I swear once I remember yellow. The Best Ever. 25 cents went a long way back in the 60's. Our candy inventory includes old-fashioned gum, penny . The BEST penny candy counter ever. We still have the red licoricered vines. 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. Going off in washington dc I got my chum gum from the corner store next to saint theresa's school in anacostia washington dc. CHUM GUM HAD A TASTE ALL IT'S OWN.I GREW UP ON IT. Whenever we talk about the good old days, this Chum Gum always comes up in the conversation. I grew up in Chicago in the 1950's and chum gum was and still is the BEST tasting gum I've ever tried. I knew them as "sour grapes" in clear individual packaging with maybe a yellow print on it. Anyone have any ideas of anything that would? and I loved the flavor of Chum Gum. Asked people for YEARS if they remembered Chum Gum, my favorite bubblegum of all time and no one knew what I was talking about. And Sqeeze pops only lasted three years. Do u have them ? Everyone I've ever mentioned it to has never heard of it. It seems like that happens everytime they sell something so good. In fact, I realized that I have had chicken bones candy; and while it does include coconut, there is also a peanut butter inclusion. I grew up in Hyattsville md in the 60's and Chum gum was the BEST !! I would like to see it on the market again also. I cant believe they stopped making CERTS Breath Mints. (The Comrades reeeealy didnt like us for tearing up there countryside. As someone said, the flavor didn't last long but the gum had so much elasticity and blew the best bubbles ever. That pink color set the stage and bubble gums continue to follow that grand design. Decade 1980s 1920s 1970s pre 1920 1940s 1960s 1990s 1930s 1950s Flavor Fruit Flavors Peppermint Blue Raspberry Cotton Candy Licorice Spearmint Watermelon //2007-06-05: inthe70s
I don't even chew gum now. The entire beetroot is edible including the leaves which contain loads of vitamin A, calcium, iron and potassium. But Chum Gum was the best. Please let us know if we have missed any and share your special memories with friends who understand. 52chum. Its hard to love when you know that if you love they may be discontinued. I live in South Dakota and LOVED Chum Gum :) Bought it at Woolworth's here. If that sounds really familiar to what you know about Dubble Bubble, its because they were extremely similar. Production of it ended by 1972, though stores had bought bulk, continuing to sell it for years after. 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. I keep searching for alternatives, but they all fall short. I only remember one of them selling Chum gum and that was on Millington Lane, right next to St Benedicts school. google_color_border = "E7F0EB";
I can\t believe they discontinued these candy bars. Fleer?Are you listening ? Chum Gum.what a sweet memory. If anyone finds where to get this, please let us all know. If you do find any, its certainly just memorabilia and probably not in any condition to be chewed now after having been discontinued 50 years ago. Ask away and we will do our best to answer or find someone who can.We try to vet our answers to get you the most acurate answers. Hands down, it was the best tasting gum ever. Since our company was founded in 1927, many of your favorite sweets have come and gone through our doors and we have provided a list of them here. 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. Beets. i would rush home to see if i had gotten some cuz it was my fav flavor gum ever! The flavor was indescribable, my favorite gum. I so loved this gum.Best everon the market. Yum! Nothing has ever compared to Chum. Which was totally bizarre and is why I still remember it 16 years later like it happened yesterday. I still remember the anticipation as I opened the wrapper, the powder, the amazing smell and taste. The real reason I'm writing is to respond to Sharlene from 4/24 who seemed to be struggling with the name of her favorite grape gum. I, too, am from Chicago, loved Chum Gum, and have friends who mostly have never heard of it. I cant live without them. It is owned by Mondelz International. They have a lot of the older candy that's hard to find. Worst decision to make on candy maker. I remember chum gum from the fifties, Allens grocery,in Ault Colorado, was my source. It's a relief to know it really did exist! How rude! I am interested in mint juleps and Christmas hard mix. I used to go and buy them by the box. In 1928, a Fleer employee named Walter Diemer finally devised a successful formula for the first commercial bubble gum, dubbed Dubble Bubble. I bought all they had in stock. Chiclets Peppermint Gum. Freeze the chum then pop it out of the container and put it in a zip lock bag for store. Mint Juleps were made by NECCO who went out of business in 2019 even though they were one of the oldest candy manufacturers! The colors were red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. Tootsie Roll has displayed no interest in reviving Chum Gum. Chum Gum was a favorite of my whole family. Chum Gum ROCKS!!!! That one is still on the market today. 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. Please announce it to the world so we all can get some. I WANT MY WINTERGREEN CERTS BACK. It's great to hear all these stories. I grew up in south Georgia and used to buy Chum Gum all the time. Never been anything close to how good it was. I did find a source at the Erie County Fair in Hamburg NY. I grew up in Washington, DC and would buy this most delicious gum at the corner stores on my way home from school in the late 60s and early 70s. I used to lick the white off and then put the gum in my mouth. Two sticks for a penny. We used to have bubble-blowing contests and Chum Gum was the gum of choice for this. In the 1960's, if I found a penny or two, I would run to the Dog Gone Grocery Store on South Merritt Island, FL., Then I'd eat both pieces before all my sisters found out. Tell me I didn't just pay $16.75 for two pieces of GUM>>>>. You could get bagfuls of all types of candy (remember the candy necklaces??) Treasure Island stores distinctly had wavy rooftops or front facades. 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.