10 Discontinued Bubble Gums You'll Never Chew Again So if we could find a few pop bottles we had us good in candy for several days. Shop Now Project 7 Spearmint Farms. Declining profits, and the threat of steeper property taxes, prompted Neisner to close in December, 1971. Really wished they would make it again. Unfortunately, the manufacturer discontinued all flavors of Certs. A selling Black jack and Beemans said he has a source that sellsChum Gum by the case. I see you are out of both. Thank You. Adams has brought back Clove, Beemans and Black Jack. It's great to hear all these stories. Its tragic!!! The crocadile did the commercial. I would encourage everyone to email the company to try and bring this gum back. Per "oldtimecandy.com, the company that made Chum Gum (they don't confirm who the manufacturer was) discontinued it. I remember the commercial well. Certs I miss you but I have tons of memories. Asked people for YEARS if they remembered Chum Gum, my favorite bubblegum of all time and no one knew what I was talking about. ), absolutely NO ONE I asked knew what I was talking about or remembered it! I would buy it if I could find it. Of the many penny candies we bought, we also bought Chum Gum. After that, I was on my own when it came to buying it. It is described as having a very unique original bubblegum flavor with a smooth but powdery pink gum. I loved chum gum, it was the best gum when I was a kid. I loved chum gum as a kid in D.C. I am 78 years old and would buy a box today if I could find it. On sale, if you bought any ten Fleer penny gum products (Chum Gum included), the eleventh was free. So im just thankfull that i got to taste chum gum and i will never forget the taste. the flavor was unique. Bought Chum Gum at Rapid Mart in phoenix, az in the 50's and 60's. 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. Geez Louise, how I LOVED Chum Gum. The flavor was indescribable, my favorite gum. WOW!!! he would share it with me all the time. Hot summer days buying baseball cards but throwing away their gum because it wasn't as good as Chum Gum. Drumler@yahoo.com. The Old Time Candy Company, a business . By the way Mack, if we're all losers what are you doing wasting your time reading our comments? :). WHERE CAN I BUY IT. Free returns. I quit buying them. I am interested in mint juleps and Christmas hard mix. Directions. Please bring it back. We used to smash the frozen ones and eat the little frozen bite size pieces. And about 10-12 came in a little rectangular pack with a paper wrapper with the name on it. Reminds me of camping. Do you know if they still make them, and if so, how I could get some? theres a spot in me from my childhood that i wont taste or relive again. But I remember it was blue. Used to lick the powder off each piece before I chewed it for hours! It is my all time favorite gum and I've been looking for it for years. It had a smell all it's own and a powdery coating. Your Price: $24.00. It used to come in different colors as well, not only pink but blue and green and I swear once I remember yellow. It would be great if one of the candy companies could duplicate that great flavor. Knowing that the Fleer Company was responsible for Chum Gum, lets dive in there just a tad. I would find it at Mary Long's grocery which was next to my grandma's and grandpa's house in Helmsburg, Indiana. Would love to find some BIZ!! I'm happy that there are others out there that remember! !someone bring it back.wouldn't it be nice to reminisce the good old days?? I don't understand how many gum companies there are and no one makes it. We have red vines, why not Chum Gum Let's ask Mark Summers Host of Unwrapped on the Food network!!!! 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. My wife and I were able to enjoy a couple of packages of Brachs Red Twists shortly after that. Hi, I got married in 2005. 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. i keep looking for chum gum too!sadly its no longer made.i also grew up in chicago in the 70's and bought it every time i went to the candy store.i remember "borrowing a whole dollar out of my moms purse and getting a small brown bag full of candy.chum gum was always my favorite. I wish I could find it somewhere. Where can I get some aspergum? - Drugs.com that and Milk Duds (the old ones without that crappy shiny finish) I used to as a kid get them at the little green store in Appleton Wi.i went to that store foe 10 yrs and didnt know it by its real name,but it was little and green, I GRE UP IN CHICAGO WITH CHUM GUM AND THOSE HOT DOG GUMS AND WONDERFUL BLOMMERS CHOCOLATE. Miss it. Yes those were the days! I would cut coupons and take them to the local independent grocery store who would pay you face value that was printed on them, up to a dollar per day, then I'd go to the 5 & dime and buy a dollar worth of candy. The one thing that amazes me as i read all the comments, and they are great memories, is how widespread the distribution of Chum Gum was back then. thanks to all of you. I used to get in in Columbus, OH at the Tremont 5&10. I've NEVER run across anything similar to that in all my years. google_ad_width = 120; Certs and my first granddaughter. Please leave a review or any memories of this snack in the comments below. Of course Chum gum was my favorite. I've searched for it everytime I see an All Candy store. Eventually, Chum Gum sales dwindled enough that Fleer simply stopped production. We were in heaven when we found those. If we ever discuss back on the market the company would be very successful. IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE INFO. Who made itm anyway, Fleer? I also used to buy Chum Gum in a St. Louis confectionary (I also mentioned confectionaries in the P-D post). Yes, CHUM GUM two sticks wrapped individually in a royal blue wrapper. Yes, yes, yes! Lets take it back to some of the memories of candy from years past. When I was a young girl in the sixties and early seventies there was a hard candy (much like the jolly ranchers of today) called twists. Chiclets - Tiny Bubble Gum We have a new gum called Mini Mini Chicles that is very similar. I live in Iowa where I would buy it at the neighborhood grocery store. I keep looking but have had no luck. i grew up in grand forks,n.d. I'd put some baseball cards in my spokesthen I'd "motor on over" to get my fix. There are a few random ones available on ebay, but thats it. Interesting comments on Chum GumThanks for the history Rob Lambert. 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. A Brief History of Chewing Gum - Candy Favorites I bought it in Alabama in the 50's and oh how I wish they would make it again!!! It has comforted you in times of need, or helped celebrate a special occasion. None of my peers heard of it so I thought I was crazy. Google Feud - Answers - do they still make I remember ChumGumit had a sweet and unique flavor. Whenever we talk about the good old days, this Chum Gum always comes up in the conversation. Armilda. Most of the time it was all chum gum for me. Anyone have any ideas of anything that would? I loved Chum Gum!! The taste was phenomenol,sure wish they would make it again, it was the best. Chum Gum - made in the 1960s/70s. Flavors were raw imitations of pop (soda). i would rush home to see if i had gotten some cuz it was my fav flavor gum ever! Sure miss the 50's and the way things were. Chum Gum was a favorite of my whole family. and what a great smell, and the best bubbles. I am 61 yrs. Bummer! Wish I could offer a better answer and havent seen this product in many years. Chum Gum was owned and produced by Fleer Company from 1950 to 1971. when i was younger, my adoptive father would always take me to get my hair cut at this really just awful barbers salon. Miss it now and wish someone could come up with that same great flavor!!! They had a penny candy counter there and I ALWAYS bought Chum-Gum. I thought people forgot the greatest gum ever! Chew on This: The History of Gum - HISTORY Not only was it the best deal and best tasting, I loved the smell so much I would buy it and keep it in my room as a kid!! This man started yelling at me for casually asking if/when they would get a reorder of this product. My grandparents have passed on and I would love to be able to relive memories of cinnamon certs with my grandmother. Chiclets Fruit Gum. CandyFavorites sells the Long Coconut Boys, Squirrel Nut Zippers and I think the original Mary Jane Candy. What I wouldn't give for one stick! If anyone finds it. I am 63 (10/21/45) and have never forgotten my all time favorite chewing gum. I am in the same boat. My brother and I lived in Riggs Park, Washington DC in the 1950s, and remember buying Chum Gum on a mobile grocery bus. Wow.what a treat to find so many other Chum Gum fans. After all, it came from the same brand and had a lot of the same qualities as well. My brother and I would collect pop bottles in the 50s and early 60s. I loved them. If not treated, gingivitis can advance to periodontitis and eventual tooth loss. 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. CHUM GUM was the best! I also googled it and I found all of these postings. In addition to that, we also love the Brachs cinnamon tree nougats for the same reason. I miss you, Chum Gum. and no one i know remembers this gum. It was my favorite from the penny candy at Farley's Grocery store. 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. Xanthan and Guar Gum Are in Everything: Are They Bad for You? I have thought about that stuff off and on but, like most of you said, nobody else remembered it and I had almost convinced myself I had made it up. The history for the stories behind Chum Gum is limited but to our knowledge, the gum was first produced in 1950 by Fleer Company. I guess I am showing my age(61 on 9/19/1947.) :Don't dig that kinda crooning', chum :Don't dig that kinda croonin', chum 053 blood clot. So glad so many people loved it as I did, brings back childhood memories. I have looked for it for years. In 1928, a Fleer employee named Walter Diemer finally devised a successful formula for the first commercial bubble gum, dubbed Dubble Bubble. White powdery coated soft bubble gum that blew bubbles the size of your whole face and ended up stuck there when they burst. Thor was my favorite. For the most part, these came in either 2 sticks or 5 sticks to a pack. they took me home in the police car and my mom was pissed!!!!!! I can smell it! I see a few people say these were the best times of their life. They also have a list of discontinued candy and sadly, Chum Gum is one of them. have looked for it for years. Tears filled her eyes as she was just beside herself when we gave it to her. I grew up in Wisconsin and we bought it all the time in the penny candy section of our neighborhood meat market. google it and see if you can find it! 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. Best ever - oh, to go back again! You could smell it if it was in someone's pocket, that's how alluring the scent of it was! Other people remember "Chum Gum" and the "Happy Hollisters" books. Chum gum was always 2 sticks to a pack & it goes back to at least the mid 50s. King size bottles were worth 5 cents!!!! Theres never been a candy bar like the 10:30 before or since. We really miss it. I cannot believe there are more chum gum lovers out there. I also came across Dem Bones, which are no longer in production, as an older Brachs item. Thank you! The wintergreen flavor is mellow, not too much like some sort of analgesic balm or Pepto Bismol. What a great ideawhy don't we [all] start a revolution and surely some company out there will duplicate the stuff and make us all happy. I just went to my 45 year class reunion in Mobile, AL and they had a center piece on each table with retro candy like the cigaretts, wax coke bottles, windmill cookies but no Chum Gum. There has never been before or after that is better that Chum Gum. People think I am making up the name. Bring back Sqeeze pops, Gatorgum, and especially Whistle pops. They were soft like Starburst and they featured an inner flavor and an outer flavor. I know in some cases companies take over other companies and maybe the new companys equipment is not geared towards making a candy. Yes, I remember those candy lipsticks, they were creamy, not like today's. Delicious! google_color_text = "000000"; Old Clem would ask for "one thin dime" when you bought ten cents worth. Here it came 3 pieces for a penny and whatever amount of money I had went for Chum Gum and Strawbery KitsI sooo wish we coul get someone to research and start making this gum once more. When I was a child the candy bars were large and worth the money. As someone said, the flavor didn't last long but the gum had so much elasticity and blew the best bubbles ever. Best gum ever made. google_ad_height = 600; So many of you remember Chum Gum. I was a kid in Winston-Salem NC and now I'm 54 and I can vividly remember the taste of Chum Gum. Somebody get the recipe and start making it again ! We would put two pieces in at one time. As for Christmas Hard Candy Mix, we are currently sold out but expect to see them next year! PLESE BRING THIS GUM BACK. Don't tell my mom!) Best gum EVER!!!! Best gum ever! This gum is remembered as being one of the best bubble-blowing gums ever. I retired as a pastor. A hard candy that becomes soft like taffy upon chewing. I have since ceased chewing gum because of TMJ, but would risk biting the inside of my mouth again and again for some Chum Gum. I can remember going to the corner store that was across from my school.I would go there after school and buy this gum,those were best days of my life Tina. Greatest gum ever! But it was wonderful bubblegum, and so much for the penny! NOBODY remembers that gum except my grandmother who would buy it for my grandfather. 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 !! Even my old class mates didn't remember it. Chum gum was my favorite. Thanks for sharing your memories! A case of Wacky Wafers given to his TA got him home for our wedding. I am 50 and remkember it oh so well, we had a penny candy store right on the corner of my street in South Buffalo, A couple of weeks ago, a vague memory of the 2-stick for-the-penny gum with the powdery stuff on it entered my 52 yr old brain. In the 50's and into the 60's Chum Gum did come 3 pieces for a penny. Anybody remember the Zebra Stripe Gum. Do they still make it? AAhh . I had a collection of about 15 though. 9 Natural Chewing Gums That Are Chemical-Free | Well+Good Bring nack our childhood memories. In 1899, a New York City druggist named Franklin V. Canning created a chewing gum which he promoted as an aid to oral hygiene. altoids Tangerine sours. The world's most popular autocomplete game. I would today pay a dollar or two just to taste it again. My mother packed chocolates, like Lucile Ball, in the factory in Kendall Square Cambridge Mass. That was the "Good Ole Days". If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. I remember going by Brookside, a Mom & Pop store, daily gong and coming from school. I wish they would bring this gum back because it was truly great. Dubble Bubble was created by Fleer, through an employee who was named Walter Diemer. It was coated with powdered sugar, and at two sticks for a penny could not be beat! This was in the 60's in Augusta,GA and only at Carpenter's 50-50 Store. It was my favorite bubble gum and apparently still is 50 years later! It was the bested ever!! So sad. When it comes to stocking one of the largest selections of wholesale retro and nostalgic candy, Blair Candy knows the favorites you miss or the treats you can't wait to discover. Production of it ended by 1972, though stores had bought bulk, continuing to sell it for years after. Best wishes to all Chum Gum fans. Unlike the howling mess we call the 21st Century. Wish it was still made. I am 60 and like to think the best times are still here, just being alive and healthy. If I could just close my eyes and go back . I,m 67 and can still taste it. and I loved the flavor of Chum Gum. I recently purchased some hair products and I kid you not it smelled just like Chum gum. 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. Miss it cant find it..Yumm, yumm. That wasn't the case with Black Cat Bubble Gum. We have got to find this gum, It had the best flavor I have ever had in a gum. Any chance they will reintroduce Certs? i hated it, the barber apparently didnt know how to do any other trim than a god awful bowl cut. I miss them more than any food product. I am from Huntley outside of Chicago. Afterwards, I thought I'd do an online search of CG. Bubbaloo Liquid-filled Bubble Gum. Bub's Daddy bubble gum ropes. Packaging is similar to the "original" as is the formula. Thriftys in Lynwood, Ca. Maybe one day! For years I have been on the lookout for two types of candies from Brachs. they were fantastic and the start to my love of sour candies, and theyre gone. If I could find it I would purchase all they had in stock and share with everyone! In the early to mid 1960's we would visit our cousins in Cinti OH & there was a Mom & Pop corner grocery that sold penny candy. I wish children today could have this wonderful "stuff". Nothing today even compares to it. flavor and texture was completely amazing. 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. i can still taste that gum, which had a flavor all it's own, sweet, peppery that still reaches me through the ages With THIS many people on a thread reminiscing about a childhood confection, think how many others are out there? I live in South Dakota and LOVED Chum Gum :) Bought it at Woolworth's here. Great memories. Do they still make it? While this gum could be blown into bubbles, in other respects it was vastly inferior to regular chewing gum, and Blibber-Blubber was never marketed to the public. Glad to know there are others who remember as well. for .25 oh the good old days!! 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. Most of them you can find in oldtimecandy.com which is referenced on this page. Wrigley recently secured a patent for a biodegradable gum. old, and I remember buying Chum Gum from my Uncle's country store in Partlow, Va. Comment. It must have been true cinnamon. This, along with stiff competition, meant a slow demise (and desire) for Chum Gum as the 1960s passed, quietly disappearing by the end of 1971. ___ But I bother to write because at 19 in 1975 I was stationed in Deutschland in Bamberg, Bavaria in a Hawk Missile Unit. I am 58 and I recall it very well when I was in grade school. One stick was blue and one stick was pink. Circa 1953. I am so glad so many other people remember that gum. Ad mentions that all favorite Fleer bubble gum products (as a buying suggestion) were available. I'm glad to see I still have my memory. You could get bagfuls of all types of candy (remember the candy necklaces??) I loved it. Me and my sister would collect empty soda bottles becaus you got a penny a piece return on them. If not, you should find the recipe and redistribute it! Folklore suggests that swallowed gum sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. what great memories. Why? Chiclets Peppermint Gum. They may have been a Charms product, the company who makes Blowpops.. I'm 57 yrs old and remember this well. Fleer should bring it back. It is the best ever!! It had a good taste, but the flavor was gone quickly. Several years ago a similar item was made by Starburst in candy corn flavors, much like yours appear to be. I found this particular page 'cause I was looking for references to gum that was made into little record albums. I wasn't tall enough to stand on the floor and play the machine. I buy them for my mother, they are exactly the same is the marathon, even the same braided shape. I'm 53 years old and every time I chew bubble gum (rarely), I remember the great flavor of the first few chews of Chum Gum. Great tasting molasses and chocolate candies were included in candy corn mix now boring, only sugar,no DISTINCTIVE flavor. That long-forgotten name popped right out of my cobwebbed memories. I was engaged and my fianc was in the Air Force. And Sqeeze pops only lasted three years. 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 also have searched for 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 think they were called Kentucky Mints, and I believe they were made by Brachs. So sad that it can no longer be found. Hopefully, someone will purchase the rights to these iconic treats. It was a time when a guy would come with a truck and sell fruits and vegetables and my Mother would run out like all the other ladies and stock up for the week. I'm 54 and haven't seen that gum since about 1970. . 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. Where can I find Chum bubble gum or do they still make it? Years of searching, this was the only printed Chum Gum reference I could find. The longer that plaque and tartar remain on your teeth, the more they irritate the gingiva, the part of your gum around the base of your teeth, causing inflammation. It was THE BEST!! However, being his 'baby', he bought it for me that first time I saw it. they can bring back Beemans and Black jack, why not Chum Gum??? They are not spell checked or reviewed for accuracy. Fleer was based in Philadelphia at the time. I used certs to help me quit smoking, I always carried a roll of speartment in my shirt pocket. Somebody bring it backthey have brought everything else back from beechies to violet why not chum gum? If I could just go back. It is Bio Silk Fruit Cocktail reconstructing shampoo. It was actually the middle of my work day as a door to door salesman and I was stopping to get gas. In the 1940s I used to buy penny candy. Ahhhhh, the good ol' days! I also could not find anyone who seem to remember it. I feel like my sanity has been restored! I grew up in Denver , Colorado and remember chum gum and ask people when the subject of gum comes upNO ONE remembers it at all here . Do They Still Make Bazooka Bubble Gum? Sugar Stand Do they still make beemans gum? Somebody needs to produce this again. Please somebody make it again before I leave this world! It seems like that happens everytime they sell something so good. Have told my children how good it was and was hoping to find out where to get some.BEST gum ever. 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. Please. I can still remember the smell and taste of it. No gum compares to the taste or texture. anyone else remember them? Hmmm. I also have food pages for the 80s and 90s.