Loved it. Set aside two tablespoons of powered sugar to sprinkle over finished gum. Phase please please fruit as I have ate for 25 year ! 6. 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. My Co-Workers think I'm nuts. and the "record" was a piece of gum. 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've often ask people if they remember Chum Gum and no one knows what I'm talking about. My best friend and neighbor, Brian, and I, after sharing some moneymaking enterprise, would split the proceeds and go to the corner store (Woodlawn Foods in Seattle) and buy penny candy. Chum Gum, best gum ever! . I too have yearnd for Chum Gum. I've been looking for it for years!! I can still remember the smell and taste of it. Barrels and Buckets Some anglers freeze chum in 5 gallon buckets, but you need a lot of freezer space to do that. Then you pop it, stick it back in your mouth and start another bubble. My Chum Gum days go back to the early 60's in Junior High. Still, there was a backlash when they were discontinued in 2006, leading to the introduction of the Butterfinger Bites in . What day would probably charge a dollar for 2 pieces? Would love to see it come back, at least for a trial year or two. I WISH THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK.I HAVE NEVER TASTED ANOTHER GUM THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THAT GREAT TASTE. Somebody get the recipe and start making it again ! Unfortunately, not, Susie. Cause it taste good and it freshen up your breath. I'm 54 and over the years have looked for Chum Gum. I'm glad to see so many comments about Chum Gum, I started chewing it in the 50's. Wholesale Retro & Nostalgic Candy | Candy in Bulk | BlairCandy.com That wasn't the case with Black Cat Bubble Gum. Ive depleted the stores in Detroit MI, I wish I could find my favorite marathon bars. I am 63 and remember summer days walking a few blocks to the little mom and pop grocery store in my neighborhood in Tulsa with my friend or sisters to buy my Chum Gum. I believe many of the candy requests are sold there, my girlfriend enjoys Necco wafers, which they stock in many flavors. some one must have a stash somewhere! Like everyone here I loved Chum Gum and thought I was the only one who remembered it. I am 61 years old and grew up in Britton, Oklahoma, a tiny bedroom community 20 min N of Oklahoma City.Chum Gum was a favorite for me - I can till conjure the aroma and flavor of this wonderful gum! Also miss marathon bars.nothing today comes close! Used to love them! I REALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE MISSED OUT! Bill. 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. I can't believe I found all of you. I chewed a 20-pack of Leaf Confectionery bubble gum (sour apple, sour grape, lemon etc) as a bet from my friends. I was beginning to think I dreamed it all up. no one else seems to know what im talking about, so i'm glad I found this page. I am looking for a candy from my youth called Pond Scum. Adams flavored gums were plain chewing gum with a burst of sour power. IT IS LIKE THE BEST GUM EVER.BRINGS ME BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD,AND NOTHING BOTHERED ME.THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Fleer should bring it back. 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. I've never forgotten how wonderful the taste was. 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. From the moment I arrived all I could think about was when I would be allowed to walk down to the corner gas station. Are squirrel nut still produced? Don't remember the price. 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 never googled chum gum and just did. I remember Chum Gum, candy lipstick, wax lips and nails and bottles, Chiclets, Turkish Taffy, Fizzies. So sad. google_ad_client = "pub-1475700848612418"; Don't tell my mom!) No one has ever heard of it except the 5 of us now. 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. I was sitting at my desk and decided to Google Chum Gum. Flavors were raw imitations of pop (soda). Hi, I am in Florence SC, and would Ike to find some of these new Unicorn Candy Corn in fruit flavors. !BRING IT BACK FOR THEM TO TRY!!!!:). I take it out sometimes and think back .In the 50s it was 3sticks for .01. Finally! It never lost it's flavor and the smell was heavenly. Loved the smell, loved the taste. By the way Mack, if we're all losers what are you doing wasting your time reading our comments? It can't hurt to try! and I loved the flavor of Chum Gum. why dont we all ask fleer to remake this wonderful GUM. Can't belive it. So many of you remember Chum Gum. My Chum Gum memory is from the sixties. It was 1961 and for .25 you could buy a 12oz bottle of pepsi, ice cold from the machine, a .10 bag of Jays Potato chips and 3 grape gum balls. I used to get in in Columbus, OH at the Tremont 5&10. For years I thought I had perhaps only "imagined" Chum Gum ( a stick for you, and one for a chum! So glad so many people loved it as I did, brings back childhood memories. I am from Lockport, IL and I, too, couldn't make anyone believe that I remembered Chum Gum! Hopefully the maker will produce again. A furniture store replaced it in 1972. It was the New, Improved Hawk Missile, of greedy, pork-barrel-proficiency peddlers Raytheon Corp. That damned systems mobile radar units were so dependent on (apparently) cheaply made electronics that they were constantly failing when taken to the field and bounced around two-tracks and farmers fields. I'm 57 and I just remember pink Chum. Brothers and I used to go to the store for our grandfather to buy him a pack of Camels and some Browns Mule chewing tobacco. CHUM GUM WAS THE BEST GUM IN THE WORLD TO ME,I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO AROUND 47TH STREET,I USE TO SNEAK INTO THE REGAL HIDE UNDER THE CURTAIN AND WATCH THE GREATS PERFORM,WHEN THE SHOW WAS OVER I WOULD GO TO THE CORNER STORE AND GET MY CHUM GUM,BOX OF FRIUT COCKTAILS AND MINT JULIPS,I NEVER KNEW PEOPLE HAD BAD BREATH WHEN THEY WERE CHEWING CHUM GUM,SO SOMEONE PLEASE BRING IT BACK, THE ORIGINAL FLAVOR NO SHORT CUTS PLEASE.THE KIDS TODAY MISSED OUT ON THE GOOD STUFF. Used to get that from the Helms Bakery Truck that used drive thru the neighborhood in the mornings. Were the two flavors similar? I thought I was the only one who remebered Chum gum, Razzles and Bubs Daddy gum in the yardstick packaging. Chum Gum had its fans (myself included), but other chewing gums made by Wrigley, Adams and Beech Nut proved bigger sellers. Retro Candy Vintage Candy Sweet Memories Childhood Memories Nostalgic Candy Penny Candy Chums Old Ads Candy Store I truly wish a gum/candy maker would reproduce this wonderful, delightful gum - I would love to introduce my grandchildren to it. Chewed it in Dallas in the late '50s and in Odessa through most of the '60s. It's great to hear all these stories. _390- I would sure like a piece right now. Us and other G.I.s in or out of the field. Yes, I know that gum, my kids love it. Bargain! We used to get it in a little ice cream store called Shorty Simms in Abingdon, Il. During this time, Fleer was near the end of producing Chum Gum due to lower demand. 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. Whistle pops didnt last much longer. 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 really miss the best gum ever made, Sugar Free Bubble Yum Bubble Gum Peppermint. I used to buy Chum Gum in a little town in north Georgia. My mouth is watering just thinking of those. I used to buy Chum Gum in St. Mary's, Pa at Johnson's Market, next to the Market Basket grocery store. so much different than that plastic crap they call bubble gum now, With flavor that lasts for five minutes if you are lucky. I bought it in St. Albans. You're welcome, Dave, and thanks for reading! There was usualy three flavors in one sleeve, sometimes there would be two of the same flavor. Can not get it. So freaking sad. 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! It was silky smooth and it was the best gum for blowing huge bubbles. 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. Nothing compares to the flavor of Chum Gum! Best gum ever!!!!! Which was totally bizarre and is why I still remember it 16 years later like it happened yesterday. I rember how my mouth started watering for that flavor from the Gods.I bought all they had,never to see or taste it again :.(. 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. Unfortunately, they were as messy as they were moreish, thanks to the low melting point of the chocolate. Why? Naturally, some discontinued candy brings back memories, but getting beyond the obvious Id like to ask why are they discontinued is it sales, is it ingredients? I ask everyone my age if they remembered this gum and no one does. I was a kid in Winston-Salem NC and now I'm 54 and I can vividly remember the taste of Chum Gum. in order to get me int othe chair, he would coax me with either an Altoid or a Cert Spearmint. I buy them for my mother, they are exactly the same is the marathon, even the same braided shape. We got it at a store near the church it was called the e z buy store. I was looking for the Marathon Bar. Retro and Nostalgic Discontinued Candy and Gum Is Chum Gum even made any longer? It was and still is unique and indescribably delicious. google_alternate_color = "E7F0EB"; The flavor didn't last long, but it was unique! I am so glad so many other people remember that gum. Chiclets History Adams developed Chiclets over a century ago and it quickly became known as the candy coated gum. : . White powdery coated soft bubble gum that blew bubbles the size of your whole face and ended up stuck there when they burst. I have never tasted a gum that compared. She did that and explained that they had been discontinued. Wish I could get the recipe and have it made again. Detroit, MI during the 60's at a place called Clem's Candy Store on Fenkell Avenue. 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. Used to buy Chum Gum at Werner's corner store in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in the 60's. AFTER SCHOOL WE ALWAYS STOP AT THIS STORE TO BUY CHUM GUM. Anyone know the closest candy still being made? Put gum base, citric acid, corn syrup and glycerin a bowl and microwave for 45 seconds. . I blew my first bubble with a stick of Chum Gum. The aroma of perfectly flavored bubble gum tickled your nose, and the white powder coating of real powdered sugar was the perfect finish for the longest lasting flavor of any bubble gum product. ___ But anyway, from our semi-permanent tactical missile site we Glorified Grunts would often have to drive a lil ole Jeep or a Deucen-a-Half truck the 60 ks to headquarters for some part or circuit board for repairs. I always look at Cracker Barrel hoping it found its way back. . I loved this gum! It was popular for the entirety of the gum because it was soft and easy to chew but also because it had good flavor. But Chum gum is the best tasting gum in the world. 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. They did make stick bubble gum in the early 1970s. Though Tendermint is no longer produced, Teaberry is still available. Please, please, bring back the fruit CERTS Id love to have them back or any company start making them.