In my search for Bonomo Turkish Taffy, I was remembering Chum Gum and decided to Google it to try and find it. For years I have been searching for this stick bubble gum called "Chum Gum". Whenever I mention it to all of my friends it just brings back to good ole days. Please, please, please get them Hollywood candy bars back that say it all. In the 1940s I used to buy penny candy. But Chum gum is the best tasting gum in the world. Tootsie Roll dropped the Fleer name from all former products, such as Dubble Bubble, after the buyout. Fleer was stingy in budgeting for advertising, limited mainly to comic books and little TV play. I'm 51 in Cincinnati and I can't believe so many people remember Chum Gum. The bubble gum was cheap with really great flavor that simply didnt last. I'D BUY ALL HE HAD. I grew up in Neptune beach Fl. One for you. 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. Like everyone here I loved Chum Gum and thought I was the only one who remembered it. Frozen Milkshake bars. Please leave a review or any memories of this snack in the comments below. The closest I have come to this flavor is Wrigleys Extra classic bubble flavor. It is the best bubble gum ever made. We had Chum gum in Silver Spring, Maryland. But the original wafers, there is no comparison to them. Adams flavored gums were plain chewing gum with a burst of sour power. I hope they get so many comments of people wanting them around again and they make the decision to sell them again. Wintergreen Certs have been my favorite for decades. I would so love to have chum gum back1. Do you know if they still make them, and if so, how I could get some? Lets take it back to some of the memories of candy from years past. it was a hot cinnamon flavored gum, I think it was made by the same company. Once in a while I will smell something that reminds me of it. i loved this gum. Id give my eyeteeth for just one more spin with Chum Gum. Bubblicious Cherry Cola flavor. I grew up in south Georgia and used to buy Chum Gum all the time. Finally! The wrapper was royal blue then, with blue gum, individually wrapped in white paper. 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. it appears that there is still a HUGE interest in Chum Gum. And since someone mentioned shampoo - anybody remember the old egg wash shampoos?? So im just thankfull that i got to taste chum gum and i will never forget the taste. Loved chum gum I Remember you would get 2 pieces for a penny!! Lick. Although chewing gum is designed to be chewed and not swallowed, it generally isn't harmful if swallowed. West Virginia at alot of different places! 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! (*The town may have been Steinbach, Ebelsbach which rang a bell for me. I no longer have that special moment with them. :-). I love Chum Gum!! The area where we lived was not fully developed so there were orange groves, strawberry fields, a chicken farm and a dairy farm. Its a shame no candy company has the recipes for the best candy there ever was. Unfortunately, it is no longer available as it was discontinued. Still, I often find myself describing the fragrant pink gum in the beautiful blue wrapper, 2 sticks, one for you and one for a chum, hoping someone could remember. God I miss this gum. Wish it was still made. No one did, until I found you here. For some reason, whenever I eat Double Bubble gum, I remember Chum Gum. WHAT HAPPENED TO CHUM GUM? I don't understand how many gum companies there are and no one makes it. Sadly, they have been discontinued as they were part of the NECCO line that disappeared when the company went bankrupt. IF someone finds it my e-mail whiteki@realtracs.com that is how serious I am at 57 years old. I have enjoyed reading all the stories. theres an emty spot in me. Chum Gum was the best everI am 42 and from Chicago I also have been searching for years, just asked a retro candy store yesterday and said he can't locate either. Tastes a lot like it. Chum Gum was the best. Somebody needs to produce this again. I think I may be the only one who remembers these! Since they make Dubble Bubble, why not make Chum Gum also? It was always part of my 10 cent bag of candy. Used to love them! It absolutely was the best bubble gum in the world. Bargain! Best years of our lives that I will never forget. and what a great smell, and the best bubbles. 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. Chum gum was the best!!! 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! But not on Wednesdays because Bill closed at noon that day. i hated it, the barber apparently didnt know how to do any other trim than a god awful bowl cut. The ad went something like, 'Yikes, stripes, beechnut gum' it came in yellow, green and . That pink color set the stage and bubble gums continue to follow that grand design. Someone needs to get Fleer to either release the formula to a small batch candy maker or do some batches themselves! Fleer originally developed a bubble gum formulation called Blibber-Blubber in 1906. Not the artificial stuff they call cinnamon now, but actual ground cinnamon. Were the two flavors similar? Grew up in the western burbs of chicago.we used to go to the corner store every weekday morning.we would buy two things a new rawlings baseball and all the chum gum we could.In addition to the best taste we would all put 4 or 5 pcs in our mouth,and then spit in our mitts and rub it in.you never dropped a ball,it was like glue.After baseball we would go back to the corner store for ice cold Kayo.Boy are those the greatest memories. when i was younger, my adoptive father would always take me to get my hair cut at this really just awful barbers salon. OMG!! I have used Certs Peppermint breath mints since 1965. The tough chicken skin stays well on the hook. No one I speak to about it seems to remember it. I did find a source at the Erie County Fair in Hamburg NY. That's where I bought most of my Chum Gum. Wish some bright kid could come up with formala for it!Q, For years I have inquired about this gum not remembering the name and I finally found out! I grew up in Maryland and used to buy Chum Gum at the little general store that sold penny candy and gas. I used to go and buy them by the box. Our candy inventory includes old-fashioned gum, penny . Chum Gum was made by Fleer. Let us all write Tootsie Pop and request its return. Please? Discovering that a favorite candy is being discontinued is akin to loosing someone close to you. Hmmm. 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!!! Best gum ever! 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 was beginning to wonder if I was not remembering correctly. So glad so many people loved it as I did, brings back childhood memories. :Don't dig that kinda crooning', chum :Don't dig that kinda croonin', chum 053 blood clot. I am so glad I found this website. My brother and I would collect pop bottles in the 50s and early 60s. It came in a white package with blue lettering and was a pretty pink color. Anyone know the closest candy still being made? Great memories. Why? 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. 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. There is a site to buy old time candy, but they didn't have it. Unlike the howling mess we call the 21st Century. Not to mention the thousands of dollars lost , this is a detriment to your company so my advice would be to the people what we want & bring them back ASAP !!!! Sore gums may indicate gingivitis or peridontitis, which need to be examined by a dentist. It was coated with powdered sugar, and at two sticks for a penny could not be beat! Wish I could still get it!! Woke up many saturday mornings for catoon time with my hair stuck to my pillow with this great gum. I agree with Dee, #8 from 1-14-15. What I wouldn't give for one stick! You could get bagfuls of all types of candy (remember the candy necklaces??) 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. I too like Chum Gum but not that much. I am know 47 and haven't seen Chum Gum in at least 30 years. I am from lakewood California and always bought it from the liquor store accross the street from our hoiuse.I have looked for it in everystore i go into no one had it or knows what it is so sad. God! They have a lot of the older candy that's hard to find. 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 can still almost taste it. Dubble Bubble is still available in some areas. Then I'd spit it out in Mrs. McCaffery's bushes next door, so I wouldn't get a different kind of chewing from Mom as I walked through the front door. Fleer made the Chum Gum and it is now discontinued. WOW!!! I prefer the bigger size! My brother would buy it by the case and hide it. This gum came in.a blue and green or pink and green or yellow and green. I can almost taste it. This man started yelling at me for casually asking if/when they would get a reorder of this product. If you got yours there get in touch w/ me torileec at zoom town dot com. Fifty cents would get me a whole bag. How I wish.someone would bring it back before Iam gone. I'm 57 and loved Chum Gum, Dots, Wax tubes filled with syrup, Black Cows, baseball cards, candy cigarettes, paper straws filled with Kool-Aid type power and many more great candies. How does Google autocomplete this search? The Marathon candy bar IS still available, it is now called the Curly Wurly, is made by Cadbury and is available on the internet, comes to you from England. Looking for Chum Gum for a friend of mine who will be celebrating a special BD in August and wants to find it. I used to get it at only one grocery store in Las Vegas, NM. Simple times! I loved it. Like another fan, I always licked the paper first and then chewed the gum. How do we find the manufacturer and talk them into making it again. As a child in the mid fifties I discovered it at Glazners Market in Carrollton Texas (a Dallas suburb). In fact, they have expanded the product range from just Bazooka Original. Have you ever heard of these. Make it again, Fleer! I am 51 and have been craving this gum, chum gum the best ever made, 2 sticks for a penny and nothing else compares. Chiclets - Tiny Bubble Gum We have a new gum called Mini Mini Chicles that is very similar. I would today pay a dollar or two just to taste it again. Can you bring it back ? It very well could have set the stage for that soft, pink bubble gum we all know and love. 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. Thank you for your time. Who made itm anyway, Fleer? Dubble Bubble was created by Fleer, through an employee who was named Walter Diemer. I miss it!!!! THANK YOU, just purchased 4 sticks from ebay! google_ad_channel = "9301152533"; I think it came in clear plastic candy wrapper. Sunflower seeds, banana popsickles and Chum Gum. Trying to find a company that still sells Maplenut Goodies. I tried Jr Caramels but they are not the same they are too soft and gooey and Milk Duds are too hard LOL, can we get the marathon bars back? Chum Gum was my very favorite gum. People think I am making up the name. I grew up in Wilmington NC & remember buying CG @ 3 sticks for a penny. It was pink and I loved that two came in the wrapper. 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. I remember the blue and white package, the delicious smell of the gum, the way it would melt in your mouth (and try hard not to swallow it-but often did), powdery coating. 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. In 2005, Fleer Company ended up declaring bankruptcy and they never bounced back as some companies do. No one makes it today and no plans are to bring it back. It had the best aroma, flavor and texture of any gum ever. 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!! I'm glad to see I still have my memory. Thank you! After reading all these stories on Chum Gum, I want some now!!! 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. I also remember Chum Gum. I have so many sweet memories of the penny candy counter where we could piss off the old lady that woryed there by tapping our quarters on the glass counter top. If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. He would keep some in the freezer so you could have your choice of frozen or notthey were so good! I wish they would bring this gum back because it was truly great. The world's most popular autocomplete game. The wintergreen flavor is mellow, not too much like some sort of analgesic balm or Pepto Bismol. I got to get it every weekend at the skating rink in Cleveland they charged 2 sticks for a 5cents. When I was a kid, my favorite candy bars were Milkshake candy bars and Marathon bars. They would kill the market and make a lot of us so happy. Esters used in synthetic bubblegum flavoring may include methyl salicylate, ethyl butyrate, benzyl acetate, amyl acetate or cinnamic aldehyde. They were classic chewing gum and are missed! Our family owned a mom and pop grocery store in Depauw, IN and Chum Gum was my favorite treat! I am 54 and still crave it after all these years. I also googled it and I found all of these postings.