Don't think were the only ones out here moaning about the want for more of it! As The Saturday Evening Post lamented, however, the Chiclet disappeared in 2016, leaving, in its words, "only sad imitations of the brand" in its wake. : . Walters Variety Store in Riverside, CA. I've been looking for it for years!! It wasnt sold in a stick like Chum Gum, though. Please correct me if Im wrong, I was little back then, and its what I had imagined it was. Penney's disbanded the chain after 15 years to maintain focus on its high-end merchandise. I wish they would make it again. I'm so happy it wasn't all a dream. I agree it was the best tasting gum ever. I too mentioned how good it was to some friends recently, and they had no idea what I was talking about. !!! I can smell it! in the 60's,, and it is the best damn gum ever! Someone else said that thosewere the carefree days when we had no problems and life was easy. Had to be Chum-Gum. AAhh.the good old days, when gum actually had sugar in it. 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. I'm 53, I remember walking to the corner store at the age of 5 all by myself to buy the best gum ever!!!!!!! Im from Boston and Any time I ask people if they remember chum gum people think Im making it up! So we googled it and there are people who remember the good old days of candy, gum, and pop and growing up without a care in the world. I am so glad that I am not the only one that loved this gum. nealliquidations (5,063) 99.6%. I grew up in Santa Ana, CA in the early 1960's. Snickers Christmas Nutcrackers - Discontinue. 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. It was the best. I don't understand how many gum companies there are and no one makes it. My Chum Gum days go back to the early 60's in Junior High. Why? I'm 54 and haven't seen that gum since about 1970. But the original wafers, there is no comparison to them. You got 3 sticks for a penny. An aphrodisiac?? I have a co-worker that loved this "Chum GUm"and she is always so thought ful to others. first opened in 1969, closing in 1974 (corporate bankruptcy). Any chance they will reintroduce Certs? From 1970, Fleer began selling Chum Devil Gum. From 1963, a newspaper ad for the Racine, Wis., Neisner Bros. variety store (5c to $1.00). They were soft like Starburst and they featured an inner flavor and an outer flavor. fruit classic certs !!!!!!! 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. Interesting comments on Chum GumThanks for the history Rob Lambert. I can't believe I found all of you. 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. The wrapper was royal blue then, with blue gum, individually wrapped in white paper. These mints were more that a breath mint, they were an institution. No one I talk to remembers Chum gum, I loved it. We each got a nickle to spend from the return money. I'm sooo happy to see that others remember Chum Gum, There was a small corner store in North Buffalo called "Heevey's" and they carried the best penny candy around!! They have a lot of the older candy that's hard to find. Does anyone remember how good the candy lipsticks were, the ones they make now are nothing like the ones we could getOh to be young and free again..miss those days. It is described as having a very unique original bubblegum flavor with a smooth but powdery pink gum. 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. Somewhere there is the recipe in someone chest. This company sold a stick, spearmint-flavored chewing gumnamed Chum Gum! I have looked everywhere for Chum Gum for years. In my opinion it was the best gum out there. I grew up in Irving Texas, suburb of Dallas and I still remember the smell of this amazing gum. We also bought these little rolls of candy called BIZ. Chum Gum was made by Fleer. It absolutely was the best bubble gum in the world. Bought them every year. CVS is carrying it. Chum Gum was packaged 3 pieces for a penny. Frozen Milkshake bars. 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. Sometimes the flavor is decent, but you can't blow a bubble if your life depended on it. This brings back sweet memories to me. The gum itself was Hot Pink in color and had the most unique flavor. I lived on Herbert a mile away from school the flavor was delicious and lasting. Not the artificial stuff they call cinnamon now, but actual ground cinnamon. We miss the memories that are brought back with the familiar smell and taste. Every time I ask somebody if they remember Chum Gum they look at me like I'm crazy. Loved the smell, loved the taste. There has never been before or after that is better that Chum Gum. Mint Juleps and Banana Splits were both made by NECCO who, sadly, went out of business. That long-forgotten name popped right out of my cobwebbed memories. Best taste I will never forget. I am looking for a candy from my youth called Pond Scum. Yum. I"m 70 & don't recognize Chum Gun, but I do fondly remember Yank Bubble Gum - sure wish I could find some for old times sake. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT BUT IT CAME IN THE SAME SHAPE PACKAGING AS BEEMAN'S OR BLACKJACK. Please leave a review or any memories of this snack in the comments at the bottom of this page. The best gum ever for blowing bubbles. I can't believe I found others who remember Chum Gum - my absolute favorite back in the 50's and 60's. Thanks so much for the candy you supply and the website. :). Couldn't blow two 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. theres a spot in me from my childhood that i wont taste or relive again. I loved the stuff!! Awesome memories of summertime in the 60's and 70's riding my bike to Aloha Drug Store for Chum Gum! 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! OMG! Really wished they would make it again. 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. I never googled chum gum and just did. Bring these back and with proper marketing they will be successful. Wish I could get the recipe and have it made again. We still have the red licoricered vines. Along with Banana Splits, they were true classics! Please. Unfortunately, the manufacturer discontinued all flavors of Certs. Please help I love them. Your only hope may be to contact Tootsie Roll. Always left with a bag of Chum gum for the cents . I agree- Best Gum Ever! I would betcha that no other beer in Europe or anywhere on planet tasted like that stuff. Please try to get the recipe for the HOLLYWOOD Candy Bars ,as well as Butter-Nut Candy Bars POWER HOUSE Candy Bars Heard that company went out of business. Frank Fleer was very young when he decided to start creating bubble gum. I would walk down to the local store and buy all that I could get. Here's one for you how about Chum Gums little brother "RED DEVIL GUM" as I recall it was sweet and spicy. This was in the 60's in Augusta,GA and only at Carpenter's 50-50 Store. Grew up in what is now called Roscoe Village and had to pass Gus's Sweet Shop every day to and from school. Popped it hours. Not as good as Chum Gum, but still good memories. Chum Gum, best gum ever! JMK, I just posted something about Chum Gum on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. Bummer! When my grandaughters lose teeth, we call them chiclets! What a great time to be a kid! chum gum was the BEST! I grew up in Buffalo New York, and my brother and I would always go to the corner store just for Chum gum. !someone bring it back.wouldn't it be nice to reminisce the good old days?? No comments | | | 0 No comments. It was actually the middle of my work day as a door to door salesman and I was stopping to get gas. They also have a list of discontinued candy and sadly, Chum Gum is one of them. "To prevent decay, To sweeten the breath, To keep teeth white," read the package. Flavors were raw imitations of pop (soda). It was like nothing else Ive ever tasted and was delicious! What a shame. I'm from Denver Colo,and they sold it in a little food store down the street from my high school. google_ad_height = 600; Wish I could offer a better answer and havent seen this product in many years. Now those were the days. I enjoyed Smith Brothers cough drops, licorice very much. I am a bubble gum freak and Chum Gum was my absolute favorite. How rude! document.getElementById("ak_js").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); Your email address will not be published. Used to buy Chum Gum at Werner's corner store in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in the 60's. And like many of you here no one that I know remembers it. I last had it around 1971-72 and purchased it in a little Mom & Pop store off the Fellsway in Medford, MA. It seems everything that it ever really good is discontinued. Surely there's someone out there who could resurrect Chum Gum manufacture and distributionwhy not? Somebody needs to produce this again. I use to do anything to earn money so I could walk to a little store three blocks to buy 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! White powdery coated soft bubble gum that blew bubbles the size of your whole face and ended up stuck there when they burst. Thanks for letting me share. We all stopped at the corner store on the way home from school each day and buy them.YUMMMMMM !! 25 cents went a long way back in the 60's. Wacky WafersBonkers and Milkshake candy bars!! White powdery coated soft bubble gum that blew bubbles the size of your whole face and ended up stuck there when they burst. 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. They were so delicious! I just discovered a new productBlowpop Minis.disk shaped fruit flavored candy(same flavors as original Blowpops) with gum in the center. There is a site to buy old time candy, but they didn't have it. It was made by Fleer. to the park and ballfields east of there. Fleer Company eventually turned their focus to toys and trading cards but their Dubble Bubble brand remained strong. It is the best ever!! :-). It was a sad ending to a fruitful history for the company. Fleer was acquired by Marvel Group in the early 1990's. It was a chocolate bar with air crisped chocolate inside it. The packaging was very similar to Charms Squares which were fruit flavored squares, but no gum in them. Nothing else compares! Not blue. And Sqeeze pops only lasted three years. I brought it up at work and NO ONE knew what I was talking about!! It had a good taste, but the flavor was gone quickly. I loved them. Wrigley recently secured a patent for a biodegradable gum. Yum! No Luck, UMMM I LOVED CHUM GUM I WISH THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK, HEY DO ANY OF YOU REMEMBER "BIG MOUTH" THEY USED TO COME IN A SQUARE FLAVORS WERE GRAPE APPLE AND REGULAR?IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE TO BUY ANY OF THESE LET ME KNOW:), DO YOU KNOW WHEN FLEER STARTED MAKING CHUM GUM IT WAS 1ST MADE BUY CURTIS CANDY CHICAGO A. Ahhhhh, Chum Gum, I loved that stuff and can still taste it in my mind. And it kept coming back into my head so I finally asked my best high school friend about it today and he came up with it immediately. The BEST candy bar on the planet! Thor was my favorite. What I wouldn't give for one stick! I also remember the outer wrapper being dark blue, with two fat sticks of perfectly flavored pink gum wrapped separately in white paper. There were 3 sticks in the pack,an open ended pack, not a sealed pack like other gums. anyone else remember them? I WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER ABOUT THIS GOOD OLD GUM. The neighborhood kids loved that gum. Fleer made the Chum Gum and it is now discontinued. They made it into a round barrel shape and colored it pink. After all, it came from the same brand and had a lot of the same qualities as well. I would love to be able to let my children and grandchild taste this gum. Tootsie Roll bought Fleer 12 years ago, and today makes Dubble Bubble, another old Fleer product. I can still remember the smell and taste of it. I AGREE WITH EVERY ONE I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CHUM FOR MONTHS AND DECIDED TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THE GUMS SITE BUT HAVENT ANY LUCK. Others make so much chum they need big barrels. Please somebody make it again before I leave this world! Thank you! They were the best frozen and fresh. As to why we are not sure but we do address this in one of our web pages dealing with changing products. Elementary school. I grew up in Chicago in the Lincoln Park area and bought it at a store called Nick's. I grew up in SW Michigan in the 60s. I too remember Chum Gum and think back to my younger days. Use to buy it at Bailey's Confectionery on Bunker Hill Road in Ashtabula, Ohio. Yes, CHUM GUM two sticks wrapped individually in a royal blue wrapper. I remember the lunch counter inside, plus an arcade style shooting game in back (ten shots for a dime). Might be a big hit again. Old Clem would ask for "one thin dime" when you bought ten cents worth. Chum Gum was the best. But it was wonderful bubblegum, and so much for the penny! DOES ANYONE KNOW IF AND WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE NOW??? Please, please, please get them Hollywood candy bars back that say it all. The flavor lasted ALL DAY. For years I have been on the lookout for two types of candies from Brachs. It makes my mouth water to think of it!! they can bring back Beemans and Black jack, why not Chum Gum??? They are not spell checked or reviewed for accuracy. You could get a package of 3-5 pieces for 1 cent. I do remember them and, sadly, they havent been around for many years. Stir mixture and put back in for 5-10 seconds intervals until completely melted. thanks to all of you. A regular size bottle was good for 2 cents. So a few weeks or few months later I asked her to check online and see if she could order a case of these directly from Brachs. Blood clot, blood clot. Wow! The stick would break up in pieces with a couple of bites and took some time to combine into one piece. In my search for Bonomo Turkish Taffy, I was remembering Chum Gum and decided to Google it to try and find it. I did find a source at the Erie County Fair in Hamburg NY. the flavor was unique. 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. Chum Gum was the best. ANSWER 0 peterpam ANSWERS: . google_ad_format = "120x600_as"; Wintergreen Certs have been my favorite for decades. While looking over newspaper microfilm in Kenosha, Wis., came across an ad by Topps Discount Store from October, 1970 (Halloween candy featured). Some gum connoisseurs might know that Fruit Stripe gum used to be made by Beech-Nut. Fleer was based in Philadelphia at the time. Do they still make bubbaloo gum? You bite off each end and use if as a straw. 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. My wife and I were able to enjoy a couple of packages of Brachs Red Twists shortly after that. I grew up in Kansas city, Kansas and bought Chum Gum at Newits market in the penny candy section. altoids Tangerine sours. I don't even chew gum now. Sadly, these were discontinued many moons ago. Miss my Chum Gum, though. When a specially marked charmspop wrapper could get you a free one. the police found me at the local creek eating the chum gum. I've asked a co-worker who is from New York, did she remember chum gum and she looked at me like I lost my mind. Does anyone remember when Planters Peanuts (the 5 cent package) offered the enticement "You could find a nickle , dime or quarter in this package"? why dont we all ask fleer to remake this wonderful GUM. Can't belive it. During this time, Fleer was near the end of producing Chum Gum due to lower demand. Thanks for the memories. It can't hurt to try! Get up in My tree house and eat it all. Hopefully the maker will produce again. I have been serching forever. Years of searching, this was the only printed Chum Gum reference I could find. google_color_text = "000000"; I am a 60's kid from Indiana.I am happy to find others who recall Chum Gum. For years I have been searching for this stick bubble gum called Chum Gum. Wish I could still get it!! I learned about it from my brother in the late 60's. I absolutely loved those Life Savers swirled lollipops from probably the 90s, they were so amazing and I would love to see them return! I emailed you guys back when I did my initial research and never heard. Whistle pops didnt last much longer. Now I would pay 2 sticks for a buck if I could find it. That's where I bought most of my Chum Gum. Then my dad told me a man probably empties his pocket change into a huge vat of peanuts. I am so happy I found this page. IN TRAVEL I TRIED TO FIND THIS GUM IT IS SO SAD THE COMPANY STOPPED MAKING IT. Yum, the smell and powdery coating, the texture and great bubbles. LOL!!! jas. I wish they still made it--I would certainly buy it all the time. When they stop selling them I bought every BOX I could get my hands on. I got my chum gum at my friends grandmothers store, that had every peen candy that was ever made. But I remember it was blue. It very well could have set the stage for that soft, pink bubble gum we all know and love. They still sell it in Tn, Al, and Ga at walmart and most grocery store and gas stations. I'm a baby boomer!N. I have used them for more than 30 years. We have got to find this gum, It had the best flavor I have ever had in a gum. I'm 65. I've never forgotten how wonderful the taste was. A Principal would be hung out to dry if he let children walk to the store while at school. I was a child of the 60s & 70s. I believe it has been permanently discontinued, Oh My God!!! It is the FIRST online candy store backed by the OLDEST wholesale candy company in the nation! We got it at a store near the church it was called the e z buy store. (*The town may have been Steinbach, Ebelsbach which rang a bell for me. The gum is no longer made in the United States but rather in Morocco. Please, please, bring back the fruit CERTS Id love to have them back or any company start making them. The Sunday Milwaukee (WI) Journal had a supplemental ad section for Treasure Island, a discount chain store operating as a lower-budget retailer under the JC Penney umbrella. I bought a tiny metal tin pie and it came with a teenie metal spoon. Certs I miss you but I have tons of memories. Chum Gum was owned and produced by Fleer Company from 1950 to 1971. God I loved this gum, jusr was talking to my sister about it the other day! I think there were 3 pieces for a penny. I remember when my mom wear her blue relaxed lee jeans and her candies high heels sandals an awesome look. Well she spoke about this gum and how much she loved it so I just had to go on E-Bay and get a stick for her. google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; Wacky Wafers are no longer? I no longer have that special moment with them. I'd buy fifteen sticks for a nickel from the corner store outside Riley Elementary in Muncie, Indiana. I found this particular page 'cause I was looking for references to gum that was made into little record albums. I was surfing the web hoping to find the gum somewhere. Bazooka Bubble Gum is still being made! I'm 54 and over the years have looked for Chum Gum. She did that and explained that they had been discontinued. Somebody bring it backthey have brought everything else back from beechies to violet why not chum gum? it was the best texture and best tasting gum. My brother and I lived in Riggs Park, Washington DC in the 1950s, and remember buying Chum Gum on a mobile grocery bus. Used to be able to get it at ONE and only one ice cream place in Virginia. Answer From Elizabeth Rajan, M.D. Anyone out there who remembers this product, or where it might be still available? Best ever gum. Great memories. Chiclets History Adams developed Chiclets over a century ago and it quickly became known as the candy coated gum. But they were GOOD! Time-warping back to October, 1971, found another newspaper ad mentioning Chum Gum, Dubble Bubble and Razzles as suggestions to give trick-or-treaters on Halloween. Armilda. ??? Chewed it daily growing up in Youngstown, OH during the 60's. I grew up in Jacksonville,Florida and to this day can remember the smell and taste of it. It was so yummy. I grew up in Turtle Creek, Pennslyvania. I considered, and then did write to you, earlier this evening, about a older butterscotch & coconut based candy that Im still looking for, using a different type of tell us what you want form , different than this one, on this your website. At the local record hop at the American Legion I always bought at least one bar and sometimes two. I agree with Dee, #8 from 1-14-15. Anyone know the closest candy still being made? My mother packed chocolates, like Lucile Ball, in the factory in Kendall Square Cambridge Mass. I hope they get so many comments of people wanting them around again and they make the decision to sell them again. You made my day :-). WE HAD CHUM GUM IN SC, TOO. Much like Chum Gum, it was pink, powdery, and soft. I was looking for the Marathon Bar. Thanks for sharing your memories! 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! Am I way off base? The best GUM ever made. This is because it's a type of soluble fiber, which can slow the absorption of sugar and lead to a reduction in blood sugar levels ( 7 ). While there is a bubble gum "flavor" - which various artificial flavorings including esters are mixed to obtain - it varies from one company to another. Wish we could still get Chum Gum its the best. I would give anything to have a "chew" once again! I am from Huntley outside of Chicago. A 5 stick pack was a penny. My experience was in the 50's and 60's, though. 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. 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. I'm using my nickname as a kid because Chum Gum takes me back to my childhood! I don't remember zebra stripe gum.. Id give my eyeteeth for just one more spin with Chum Gum. I have used Certs Peppermint breath mints since 1965. And the fact chewing gum in class then became a detention, because of the amount of gum showing up everywhere. I have told sooo many people about it and they all think I'm crazy. i used to buy it in houston, texas in the mid-sixties. 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 thought I was the only one who remebered Chum gum, Razzles and Bubs Daddy gum in the yardstick packaging. IT. Nothing compares to the flavor of Chum Gum! Our candy inventory includes old-fashioned gum, penny . Great tasting molasses and chocolate candies were included in candy corn mix now boring, only sugar,no DISTINCTIVE flavor. , 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! A furniture store replaced it in 1972. I should be able to find them today. it had that cold feeling when you first started chewing it. I was just thinking about Chum Gum. I don't think it was a bubble gum, and the flavor didn't last all that long, but I bought it often when I was young. No one I know remembers it. Chum Gum was the best flavor ever for bubble gum! I would also get Kits in banana, chocolate and strawberry. Now that I'am 52 I long for the simple days of my chid hood hanging out with my friends and chewing th e best made gum ever Chum Gum. I grew up in El Dorado, Arkansas and remember chewing Chum Gum! Fleer should bring it back. In the 50's and into the 60's Chum Gum did come 3 pieces for a penny.
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