"To prevent decay, To sweeten the breath, To keep teeth white," read the package. However, being his 'baby', he bought it for me that first time I saw it. So glad to find so many others who hold it dear like I do. Certs. Its hard to love when you know that if you love they may be discontinued. +$12.55 shipping. Life back then was beautiful. 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. I loved the stuff!! Mint Juleps were made by NECCO who went out of business in 2019 even though they were one of the oldest candy manufacturers! I am 45 and I chewed that stuff in the 70's in Chicago where I was born. 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. 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 wish they still made it. CHUM GUM HAD A TASTE ALL IT'S OWN.I GREW UP ON IT. Bought Chum Gum everyday at Turpacks store in Endicot, N.Y. across the street from G.W.J. Hands down, it was the best tasting gum ever. Chew. Why did they stop manufacture? I grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa in the 1950's. Everybody write to Fleer and get them to bring back Chum Gum. I LOVED Chum Gum!! I'm a pharmacy tech and one of the children's antibiotics smells JUST LIKE CHUM GUM when the water is added! 1 stick for me and one to share with a "chum" Chum gum. I live in South Dakota and LOVED Chum Gum :) Bought it at Woolworth's here. We used to have bubble-blowing contests and Chum Gum was the gum of choice for this. I can still remember the smell and taste of it. Im trying to remember the name of a candy from the past. Chum Gum ROCKS!!!! Chum Gum is one that many of you might remember. I remember them so well from my childhood. Id give my eyeteeth for just one more spin with Chum Gum. There is a site to buy old time candy, but they didn't have it. The gambler in me made me go for it but it never paid off. So many memories..Kids today have awesome technology but they didn't have chum gum, or even klick clacks please Kleer bring this gum back to us ! I live in San Fernando Valley, Calif. I remember the gum in pink too but blue was better!!! Richardson Brands, however, owns and produces Beechies, the Chiclets-like candy-coated gum Beech-Nut made years ago. Does anyone know? French Chew is very similar. Remember the gum in those cards? finding this site is almost as great as finding a store that still sells chum gum(i wish i could). Brock's (not Brach's) candy puffs (very soft, melt in your mouth candy balls) Bonkers Fruit Chews. They had a penny candy counter there and I ALWAYS bought Chum-Gum. Wrigley recently secured a patent for a biodegradable gum. i grew up chewing chum gum and can like many other tell someone about it and they look at me like i am crazy. I love Chum Gum, too! In the 1920s Sorry to see them go. I feel like my sanity has been restored! Wish they'd bring it back. I still miss that gum and would pay alot of money to have more. Liked Beemans Teaberry gum, too. Best gum EVER!!!! It was the best. My experience was in the 50's and 60's, though. 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'd pay a dollar a stick if it was available. I loved Chum Gum! I'm 38yrs.old and only found it in Woolworth stores in the Chicago area.I can still taste that juicy soft flavor in my BUDS.Hope a manufactor can bring our good old CHUM GUM back!!!!!! Omg. Thor was my favorite. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF AND WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE NOW??? I have thought of Chum gum several times and just now decided to google is.. Miss them, Marathon Bars were a classic and are the MOST requested retro candy that we once offered. I grew up in Minnesota in the 70's and remember Chum Gum so well. You can still buy the famous SoBe's lizard print drinks in 2022 - HITC In my opinion it was the best gum out there. I want more. Wish it was still made. =), im now 55 and need Chum Gum badly!!!! It used to come in different colors as well, not only pink but blue and green and I swear once I remember yellow. Snickers Christmas Nutcrackers - Discontinue. I am 47 yrs. But Chum Gum was the best. If you got yours there get in touch w/ me torileec at zoom town dot com. And also does any one remember the sputnik gum - round blue gumball with sugar coating? My brother would buy it by the case and hide it. I remember Chum gum and got some in the mid 70s in Folsom at an old town general store,on a family vacation. OMG!! Great tasting molasses and chocolate candies were included in candy corn mix now boring, only sugar,no DISTINCTIVE flavor. :Can't be his heart, then. Every time we went I got him a case of something and mailed it to him. Why? Couldn't blow two bubbles. In the 1950's/ 60' I used to buy Chum Gum in St. Louis - from a local confectionery (which is what we called small neighborhood stores). Anyone know the closest candy still being made? Two for a penny. It was a sad ending to a fruitful history for the company. They didn't have any, but, it was a good time anyway. I thought I was the only one who remebered Chum gum, Razzles and Bubs Daddy gum in the yardstick packaging. One other candy I have not seen mentioned here was a MILK SHAKE CANDY BAR. I'd put some baseball cards in my spokesthen I'd "motor on over" to get my fix. 1 cup equals. Loved Chum Gum, lived on High School Road Indianapolis 1964-1969,most people I asked about it have never heard of it, good to know I wasn't dreaming..it was the best..those were the days. Bring back Sqeeze pops, Gatorgum, and especially Whistle pops. All other stick gum was 5 sticks for a nickel. I just discovered a new productBlowpop Minis.disk shaped fruit flavored candy(same flavors as original Blowpops) with gum in the center. The wintergreen flavor is mellow, not too much like some sort of analgesic balm or Pepto Bismol. The following are links about Chum Gum you may find interesting. I am so glad so many other people remember that gum. 33 years had passed from when Fleer discontinued it (1971) to when Tootsie Roll bought out Fleer (2004). I agree with yo all! Bought Chum Gum at Rapid Mart in phoenix, az in the 50's and 60's. Do they sell Freshen Up gum? - Sage-Answer I would also get Kits in banana, chocolate and strawberry. 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. I see a few people say these were the best times of their life. I, too, am from Chicago, loved Chum Gum, and have friends who mostly have never heard of it. God I loved this gum, jusr was talking to my sister about it the other day! Please, please, bring back the fruit CERTS Id love to have them back or any company start making them. Sadly, these were discontinued many moons ago. Since they make Dubble Bubble, why not make Chum Gum also? Please. Along with hot dog weiner gum! Cause it taste good and it freshen up your breath. I sure wish they still made it. The Milwaukee stores sold nearly everything you'd want, including hunting rifles and ammo. I grew up in Berwyn, IL and my sister and I lived on Chum Gum! It was the best. BEST GUM EVER. I'm 57 and I just remember pink Chum. I have looked and looked and looked again. And about 10-12 came in a little rectangular pack with a paper wrapper with the name on it. I am 63 (10/21/45) and have never forgotten my all time favorite chewing gum. Chiclets History Adams developed Chiclets over a century ago and it quickly became known as the candy coated gum. Where can I get some aspergum? - Drugs.com It's great to hear all these stories. This particular confectionary was in north St. Louis near the Walnut Park neighborhood, just west of Interstate-70. Loved it!!!1. I got to get it every weekend at the skating rink in Cleveland they charged 2 sticks for a 5cents. Miss my Chum Gum, though. I'm glad to see so many comments about Chum Gum, I started chewing it in the 50's. Wazoo bars where can I get them? 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. it appears that there is still a HUGE interest in Chum Gum. They are no where near the quality of texture and taste that were the Brachs Red Twist. I REALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE MISSED OUT! I know if they ever started making it again, I would sure buy it! $169.99. I agree with Dee, #8 from 1-14-15. I sure wish they still made it. It's no secret that bubble gum often doesn't really deliver. You're welcome, Dave, and thanks for reading! I have wanted some Wacky Wafers for quite some time now. I too remember chum gum, I am 61 years old and can still taste it in my mind. I found a number 45078 but cant find the candy. I enjoyed reading folk's fond memories of this gumhopefully the recipe will be revived and on the shelves again! Mint humbugs were a British candy. Sometimes I can still smell it. Then head home. Chum Gum, best gum ever! google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; 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? Fifty cents would get me a whole bag. How I wish.someone would bring it back before Iam gone. I know in some cases companies take over other companies and maybe the new companys equipment is not geared towards making a candy. I loved the gum and wish whoever made it would bring it back. Ahh good to see so many that remember this one of a kind gum. I can not believe all of these comments, I wish I could find this gum it smells and tastes so good. The colors were red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. Gosh, thats a candy from the past. $19.99. What happened to Nestles Chocalite candy bar? they can bring back Beemans and Black jack, why not Chum Gum??? Bet I could have a large market for it. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I'm 52 and it was my daily habit after school in East Los Angeles back in the 60's. I loved it as a kid. I use to do anything to earn money so I could walk to a little store three blocks to buy chum gum. In the 1940s I used to buy penny candy. Don't think were the only ones out here moaning about the want for more of it! Fleer eventually shifted his interests to trading cards and eventually sold Dubble Bubble, as well as several other brands. For the most part, these came in either 2 sticks or 5 sticks to a pack. Do you know if they still make them, and if so, how I could get some? The pure flavor of juicy fruit is gone. And I swear as God is my witness that my first reaction was OMG, this stuff tastes just like CHUM GUM!!! Every company is out of stock of mint juleps. I chewed Chum Gum in the mid 60's. I last had it around 1971-72 and purchased it in a little Mom & Pop store off the Fellsway in Medford, MA. google_color_link = "A74403"; When a specially marked charmspop wrapper could get you a free one. Us and other G.I.s in or out of the field. Please somebody make it again before I leave this world! I remember getting my allowance and running down the street to the gas station and buying Chum Gum, then going home and hiding it under my bed so I would'nt have to share. Your only hope may be to contact Tootsie Roll. Miss it. Bubble gum - Wikipedia No one I speak to about it seems to remember it. I used to get in in Columbus, OH at the Tremont 5&10. I've never forgotten how wonderful the taste was. Unfortunately, not, Susie. Chum gum was my favorite. to the park and ballfields east of there. There was little demand for Chum Gum after it was dropped. Wouldn't it be great if they started making it again. If I was real lucky and the big kids were not at Tussey's, I could talk Pop Tussey into getting out a couple of soda bottle cases and he'd let me play the pinball machine. If our proceeds were an odd number, we would buy a one cent Chum Gum with the odd penny because it had two pieces of gum and we could split the penny. Chum Gum was the best. I've asked so many people if they ever heard of it and they think I'm nuts. So, no luck there either What I am in search of is probably something that is no longer in production, anywhere, by anybody. Said they'd never heard of it. Unfortunately, the manufacturer discontinued all flavors of Certs. 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. (Sigh), I grew up in upstate NY and LOVED Chum GUm. What's funny is that my dad, who had it as a kid, HATED it; even the smell of it bothered him. Woolworth's on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, GA. They don't make em like they used to. We were just talking at break and out of 6 of us only 2 remember chum gum. Don't tell my mom!) God how I miss that smell and flavor, I swear, if I close my eyes I'm chewing on it now! My fellow chum gum lovers, I too always get strange looks when I speak of this gum. Bought it at the corner market. Tasted great, too! Or at least tell me where I could buy some other than eBay. Used to be able to get it at ONE and only one ice cream place in Virginia. Take a peak at https://www.candyfavorites.com/candy-flavor-memories. They just don't know how good it was. 38 Discontinued Candies People Desperately Want to Return A furniture store replaced it in 1972. There was a small corner market (Rosita & 5th) that sold many of the "treats" I fondly remember like Scooter Pies, licorice by the foot, pixie sticks, Kits and my all time favorite Chum Gum. Use to buy it at Bailey's Confectionery on Bunker Hill Road in Ashtabula, Ohio. Glad to see I'm not the only one that love it! I have used Certs Peppermint breath mints since 1965. They would make lots of money. Sometimes the flavor is decent, but you can't blow a bubble if your life depended on it. Many candy manufacturers read our site, so there is a possibility of resurrecting your lost candy if enough comments are generated . Reminds me of camping. I AM 61 YEARS OLD AND HAVE NEVER HEARD OF CHUM GUM! Oh my goodness! My Co-Workers think I'm nuts. Worst decision to make on candy maker. For some reason, whenever I eat Double Bubble gum, I remember Chum Gum. Sadly, Chiclets were permanently discontinued in 2018 and no mention has been made as to whether they will ever return. I am 50 years old and grew up in Dothan, Alabama (extreme southeast. Most of the time it was all chum gum for me. itsmetoo2 16 Feb 2010. I cannot believe there are more chum gum lovers out there. A 5 stick pack was a penny. I wish they still made it. At that time the package was royal blue. 2 for a penny. They would kill the market and make a lot of us so happy. CHUM GUM was the best! I really miss the best gum ever made, Sugar Free Bubble Yum Bubble Gum Peppermint. Also got a lot of teachers upset. Now Im grown and have the cash to buy these products in quantity. We used to buy two types of gum: Chum Gum and Devil Gum - I think it was made by the same company and was HOT cinnamon flavor. I used to buy Chum Gum at Mill Creek Country Store in Mill Creek, Georgia, near Dalton- in the mid 70s. The following are comments left about Chum Gum from site visitors such as yourself. Somebody needs to produce this again. in the 70s, Food of the Seventies, Chum Gum The best gum ever for blowing bubbles. Dentyne Gum | OldTimeCandy.com I was engaged and my fianc was in the Air Force. 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. I'm 54 and haven't seen that gum since about 1970. Im looking for cinnamon certs. Bargain! But it was wonderful bubblegum, and so much for the penny! Anyone remember Violets? Whatever Happened To Chiclets? - Mashed.com Popped it hours. Barrels and Buckets Some anglers freeze chum in 5 gallon buckets, but you need a lot of freezer space to do that. I talk about Chum Gum atleast once a month. You made my day :-). I am 58 years old and I live in New Orleans. My mom went to put the clothe in thee dryer and came back and sat down in the chum gum again and got stuck again also so funny. I sure wish some company would find the original recipe and make more!!! I still can get Bottle Caps, Laffy Taffy, Now N Laters, Sprees, Nerds and Sweet Tarts. God I miss this gum. I too have wonderful memories of walking to the corner store for Chum Gum and Bub's Daddy in the yardstick pkg. It is the FIRST online candy store backed by the OLDEST wholesale candy company in the nation! 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! when i was younger, my adoptive father would always take me to get my hair cut at this really just awful barbers salon. Finally! I grew up in SW Michigan in the 60s. I remember when I would go to the Candybar Candy Store in Elmhurst, IL in the 70's to spend my $1 allowance on Chum Gum and cinnamon toothpicks. I kid you not. I found, on Ebay (sorry, folks, no Fleer Chum Gum for sale), an old advertisement page, from a Chicago newspaper, for a candy/novelty company from 1938. And we didn't worry about having sugar-free gum back then! The 70's were the best of time. I do remember them and, sadly, they havent been around for many years. My favourite candy its my trademark when nurses see me they ask for a cert please bring back. . You would think with all the baby boomers in the world who remember this gum (including me) someone would bring it back. I'm 51 in Cincinnati and I can't believe so many people remember Chum Gum. I enjoyed them when I was a kid from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Unfortunately, despite all these memories and many other people with reminiscent feelings just like these, Chum Gum is no longer on the market. I also thought no one else knew about it, I hope it comes back. I would love to be able to let my children and grandchild taste this gum. Are clorets still available? Bubblicious Chocolate Mint flavor. The rumors of old fans are that no other gum has been able to compare to this delightful option, although its not for lack of trying. It's a relief to know it really did exist! At the time, I was about 3 or 4 years old. I can almost taste it. But progress is progress. I'm 43 YeArS OlDi hAvEn'T SeEn cHuM GuM/oR TaStEd iT SiNcE I WaS lIkE,sIx yEaR's oLd!! thanks to all of you. I remember Chum Gum, candy lipstick, wax lips and nails and bottles, Chiclets, Turkish Taffy, Fizzies. Much like Chum Gum, it was pink, powdery, and soft. The flavor lasted ALL DAY. If anyone does bring it back, I hope they make it the way they used to and not w/ artificial sweetners they way the did when they brought back 'Fizzies'. At the local record hop at the American Legion I always bought at least one bar and sometimes two. Chewed it in Dallas in the late '50s and in Odessa through most of the '60s. I would buy it at Bruce's store across from my high school, everyone who went to GWHS chewed it. always had that powder coating on it. I grew up in Indio, Ca and remember buying Chum gum in the 60's. I cant believe they stopped making CERTS Breath Mints. So glad I finally found someone who remembers it! Bummer! I mentioned Chum Gum, and people thought I was crazy. If there is anyone that reads this that knows the manufacturer's address or is it still being made please post a comment with the info! Wish it would be back in the market. Beech-Nut Gum You can't find it officially anymore, unless you want to pay $37.49 for a decades-old pack on eBay. I was only seven back then, but anytime the subject turns to candy when we were kids, Chum Gums were the first youd hear from me! It has brought a big smile to my face reading all these comments S8C. That pink color set the stage and bubble gums continue to follow that grand design. Bub's Daddy bubble gum ropes. 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. I grew up in Greeley Colo. I was just discussing old time candy with a co-worker, he never heard of Chum gum, so I was going to Google it so I could prove I was not makiing it up and found this link of wonderful stories. I don't understand how many gum companies there are and no one makes it. One kid at school asked me if I was rich since I always had a bag of candy. Required fields are marked *. 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. Very soft with a white powdery coating. The gum is made by Fleer and if you want the EXACT taste you remember, they are packing it inside of the Movie cards from the Spirit movie being released December 19th 2008. No comments | | | 0 No comments. 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. Throwback: 20 Old School Candies That Don't Exist Anymore - TheRecipe 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!!! The world's most popular autocomplete game. Anybody remember the Zebra Stripe Gum. We used to get it in the 60's at an old country looking store in NE Washington D.C. 2 sticks for a penny. Best taste I will never forget. Do you think we could start a fan club???? Please start making milkshake Candys bars again. How does Google autocomplete this search? Though Tendermint is no longer produced, Teaberry is still available. This bait works best to catch smaller channel cats and eating-size catfish because there is not enough blood to attract larger fish. With the popularity of dark chocolate I would think that the Hollywood Candy Bar would have a huge following now Cant some company get the recipe and please bring it back. Had to be Chum-Gum. I got my chum gum at my friends grandmothers store, that had every peen candy that was ever made. In fact, when I started dating, I would make my date (whoever it was) bring me a bag of Chum Gum bubble gum when he picked me up. While Chum Gum was a bright spot in candy history for only a short time, its one worth remembering. (The Comrades reeeealy didnt like us for tearing up there countryside. im not a member of this site, i dont really have a sweet tooth or anything, but sour candies have gotten me through a lot. Does anyone besides me remember these candies? I've looked for it for years! This gum came in.a blue and green or pink and green or yellow and green. Like as in yesterday! I read a story on the net that the Scrunch was and is Johnny Depps favorite bar too! Chum Gum was owned and produced by Fleer Company from 1950 to 1971. I am looking for a candy from my youth called Pond Scum. i loved this gum. Wow those were the days! So wish the Marathon candy bar was still around, one of my faves!, Its still around. CHUM GUM ---YUM!!! Chum Gum was packaged 3 pieces for a penny. where can i get this great gumnothing compares. Are they still around anywhere? !Not planning to eat them just wanted to have those wonderful memories in my own hand. I use to have it in my car and it made my car smell so good. However, there are several flavors that continue to come out and can be purchased in 2022 as well. Stay United Chum Gum Lovers! Comment. I remember well the days of my youth going to the Index Five and Dime Store over my grade school lunch hour and purchasing Chum Gum it was the bomb. My wife and I were able to enjoy a couple of packages of Brachs Red Twists shortly after that. The neighborhood kids loved that gum. 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. I am in the same boat. I'm glad to see I still have my memory. If I could just close my eyes and go back . 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. You could buy 0.5 cents worth and have 15 pieces. There was usualy three flavors in one sleeve, sometimes there would be two of the same flavor. Yes, I know that gum, my kids love it. google_ad_client = "pub-1475700848612418"; I grew up in Kansas city, Kansas and bought Chum Gum at Newits market in the penny candy section. Loved Chum Gum. Unfortunately, it is no longer available as it was discontinued. The flavor lasts for a while as well, long after the sugar is gone. Barney-Google Maps wouldnt co-operate for a finer search.). I hope they get so many comments of people wanting them around again and they make the decision to sell them again. Man, how I'd love to see it back on the market. It was silky smooth and it was the best gum for blowing huge bubbles. 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. Yes those were the days! 11 Old Candies You Can't Buy Anymore | The Saturday Evening Post 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 :.(. In time, your gums become swollen and bleed easily. Also miss marathon bars.nothing today comes close! It had a smell all it's own and a powdery coating. I would always take it out of the sleeve so it would look like more in the little brown bag. Swallowing gum: Is it harmful? - Mayo Clinic - Mayo Clinic - Mayo Clinic Mighty Gum Immunity $16.00 Mighty Gum's chewing candy contains a ton of natural, germ-fighting extracts, like ashwagandha, elderberry, and reishi mushroom. Has not been made in many years.
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