Chum gum, lip sticks,bonomo taffy ect.. Great days, they truly were better days I don't care what anyone says. It was coated with powdered sugar, and at two sticks for a penny could not be beat! Beemans is sporadically produced by Cadbury Adams as a nostalgia gum, along with the other historic gums Clove and Black Jack. I recall the sugar coated blue gum! My fellow chum gum lovers, I too always get strange looks when I speak of this gum. in the 60's,, and it is the best damn gum ever! I can still taste it, but cant describe the flavor, except excellent! Walter took a recipe that had been founded in 1906 and adjusted it to create this delicious gum. Oh my gosh, I have dreamed of Chum Gum for years. Brand New. Remember a blue wrapper And the powdery sugar covering each stick. History does not state if Fleer "borrowed" the name, or any legal problems because of it. I'm almost 60 and sure wish I could chew a piece. Have told my children how good it was and was hoping to find out where to get some.BEST gum ever. I'm 65. If not, you should find the recipe and redistribute it! Or at least tell me where I could buy some other than eBay. Why oh why did they stop making it! In time, your gums become swollen and bleed easily. You can make some handy chum blocks doing this. Oh so delicious. That one is still on the market today. We still offer the Maple Nut goodies but no other varieties are available. They really should bring it back!!!! For the longest time, I couldn't remember what it was called and then by chance I was looking for some unique halloween candy and found the name!! Our family owned a mom and pop grocery store in Depauw, IN and Chum Gum was my favorite treat! Somebody mentioned going to the gas station to get the guy to open the machine and give them the bottle caps (back when they had cork) to play one of several games different companies had to win prizes. I too wish that who ever made it would bring it back! I don't think you can get it anymore. The ad went something like, 'Yikes, stripes, beechnut gum' it came in yellow, green and . Several years ago a similar item was made by Starburst in candy corn flavors, much like yours appear to be. i would really like for someone to bring back my favorite childhood gum. I bought a tiny metal tin pie and it came with a teenie metal spoon. 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. It used to come in different colors as well, not only pink but blue and green and I swear once I remember yellow. I am missing one of my all-time favorite candies. My childhood friend and I have been reminiscing about Chum Gum for 40 years now--truly the BEST gum EVER! 6. Chum gum was always 2 sticks to a pack & it goes back to at least the mid 50s. loaded up a bag of penny candy like red licorice, hot dog gums, candy lipstick and best of all chum gum !! Miss my Chum Gum, though. The reason I am writing you is because for the past 16 years Ive been eating Twizzlers or Red Vines and they are awful. She moved to Scotland recently and is missing teeth like crazy, so I wanted to send her some replacement chicklets but cant find them anywhere?? I miss you, Chum Gum. I'm glad to see other people actually remember this gum.It WAS the best tasting aroundseemed to get it "trick or treating" and YES it was the BEST flavor 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. Do u have them ? I wish they still made it. i was 3 yrs old and i remember stealing candy from the 7-11 and some of it was chum gum.. the clerk call the police, not becuase i was stealing but becuase i was at the store alone. I wish I could find it somewhere. I have been telling my kids about Chum Gum and how I wish I could find it for them to experience. No one I speak to about it seems to remember it. This candy now days cost almost $200 a bar and is not worth the cost. That long-forgotten name popped right out of my cobwebbed memories. :-). Oh my gosh, I just read Kimberly sherwood post,and I thought I just ordered CHUM GUM to the tune on $7 a pack. It had it's own taste-nothing like it. Like as in yesterday! Required fields are marked *. Why? Oh, if they would only bring Chum Gum back! While Chum Gum was a bright spot in candy history for only a short time, its one worth remembering. It is never easy to let go, but we hope that by sharing your memories on our blog, you can memorialize that sweet treat with the respect it deserves. I enjoyed Smith Brothers cough drops, licorice very much. fruit classic certs !!!!!!! We got Chum Gum from the guy in the ice cream truck. Which was totally bizarre and is why I still remember it 16 years later like it happened yesterday. Certs I miss you but I have tons of memories. I used to buy it in Burbank, Illinois, where I grew up. . He was yelling that No! (*The town may have been Steinbach, Ebelsbach which rang a bell for me. We got to keep the change and bought--Chum Gum. I'm 59 and still remember the wonderful taste of Chum Gum. google_color_text = "000000"; It was popular for the entirety of the gum because it was soft and easy to chew but also because it had good flavor. Clorets - discontinued in 2016; Conversation Hearts made by NECCO; Cow Tales - Caramel . My brother and I would collect pop bottles in the 50s and early 60s. I too remember Chum Gum and just like some of you when I mention it to people they look at me like I'm crazy. Now those were the days. Bought them every year. Orange County, CA in 1960's-early 70's. As to why, we are not sure. So glad so many people loved it as I did, brings back childhood memories. The flavor lasts for a while as well, long after the sugar is gone. Chum Gum Alum. I live in Iowa where I would buy it at the neighborhood grocery store. , The reason why this is no longer on the market is that the FDA found it was causing even more gum erosion than pain it was felt to be relieving! Many stores had Chum Gum available well into the mid 1970s, years after manufacturing ended. I prefer the bigger size! I have used them for more than 30 years. near my home close to Marquette Michigan when I was four or so. I also grew up in chicago with CHUM GUM.It too brings me back to a simpler time. Oh, I bought my Chum Gum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was the best!Bring it back! Of course Chum gum was my favorite. How rude! A case of Wacky Wafers given to his TA got him home for our wedding. Fleer made it. I also have lusted for that special flavor for many years. Chewed it in Dallas in the late '50s and in Odessa through most of the '60s. WILL CHCECK IT OUT AGAIN. The only place I ever found Chum Gum. This bait works best to catch smaller channel cats and eating-size catfish because there is not enough blood to attract larger fish. I loved the blue gum all, the grape and the sour apple. Its hard to love when you know that if you love they may be discontinued. Gosh, thats a candy from the past. 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! They were classic chewing gum and are missed! And like many of you here no one that I know remembers it. Me and my sister would collect empty soda bottles becaus you got a penny a piece return on them. I loved the gum and wish whoever made it would bring it back. It brings back memories for me! The following are links about Chum Gum you may find interesting. THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember leaving Calverton Junior High in Baltimore, MD Whitmore & Riggs Ave with my left over pennies and purchased my gum from the corner store located Mosher Street, to walk home with chewing and blowing bubbles. 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! I'm 62 and still remember this was the best gum I could buy. : . Best wishes to all Chum Gum lovers! Miss it now and wish someone could come up with that same great flavor!!! It takes me back to a time when life was simple. There are still wrappers that you can find online though, if the nostalgia is something that appeals to you. 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. Bring it back !!! Bargain! Wish someone would make it again. I also remember the outer wrapper being dark blue, with two fat sticks of perfectly flavored pink gum wrapped separately in white paper. I remember chum gum from the fifties, Allens grocery,in Ault Colorado, was my source. We couldn't but it at Chalks store we had to go a little further down the street to Hans Variety to get it. Certs and my first granddaughter. I am so glad that I am not the only one that loved this gum. 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. It very well could have set the stage for that soft, pink bubble gum we all know and love. OMG how I miss Chum Gun, the best gum ever made. I'm 70, lived in Fisher Illinois and chewed it in 4th grade in 1954 and beyond. 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. We used to turn in soda bottles so we could buy it. By the way, there was a reference to taffy and I believe you were talking about B-O-N-O-M-O, Bonomo Turkish Taffy! One of his first bubble gum creations was Blibber Blubber, which came out in 1906. Don't tell my mom!) I also came across Dem Bones, which are no longer in production, as an older Brachs item. pink and full of that distinguishing flavor and powder sugar. I got it in a gas station in a little town in Ohio in the 60's and early 70's. google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; Helen's Party Shop on the corner of St. Louis Ave & Hillman St carried it. I cant live without them. Would love to see it come back, at least for a trial year or two. Youve shared lots of very special memories that will always be cherished. PLESE BRING THIS GUM BACK. I can still remember the smell and taste of it. They still sell it in Tn, Al, and Ga at walmart and most grocery store and gas stations. Cardboard like a real record. CandyFavorites sells the Long Coconut Boys, Squirrel Nut Zippers and I think the original Mary Jane Candy. i would rush home to see if i had gotten some cuz it was my fav flavor gum ever! Fleer was based in Philadelphia at the time. Hi, I am in Florence SC, and would Ike to find some of these new Unicorn Candy Corn in fruit flavors.