Besides tasting great, the price was great as well. Snickers Christmas Nutcrackers - Discontinue. I remember going by Brookside, a Mom & Pop store, daily gong and coming from school. I have thought of Chum gum several times and just now decided to google is.. There actually was a Chum Gum before Fleer's stick bubble 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. I'm 51 in Cincinnati and I can't believe so many people remember Chum Gum. I'm glad to see so many comments about Chum Gum, I started chewing it in the 50's. I don't think you can get it anymore. I'm 55, grew up in San Bernardino, California, and I went looking for Chum Gum because it had the best TEXTURE! I have used Certs Peppermint breath mints since 1965. Fleer needs to start making it again. Unlike the howling mess we call the 21st Century. I am 58 and living in North Carolina grew up in New England, I been telling my friends down here about chum gum the best where can i buy this gum so I can show them and go back you a great gum. And I swear as God is my witness that my first reaction was OMG, this stuff tastes just like CHUM GUM!!! I still remember the red two stick gum. 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. How do we find the manufacturer and talk them into making it again. Beetroot is high in sugar but is considered one of the most nutritious veggies used in salads and soups. One of my fondest memories of Germany. You can still buy the famous SoBe's lizard print drinks in 2022 - HITC We still have the red licoricered vines. Retro and Nostalgic Discontinued Candy and Gum After the flavor wore off, the sting would last for hours on your tongue. 52chum. I grew up in Maryland and used to buy Chum Gum at the little general store that sold penny candy and gas. I was and still would be my favorite. I wish children today could have this wonderful "stuff". I fell in love with Chum Gum since 6th grade in '62.I agree with everyone's comments, but besides the great flavor, Chum Gum produced the best bubbles! Somebody bring it backthey have brought everything else back from beechies to violet why not chum gum? Its tragic!!! Unfortunately, the manufacturer discontinued all flavors of Certs. I grew up in Memphis, TN. During this time, Fleer was near the end of producing Chum Gum due to lower demand. I used to buy chum gum 2 sticks for a penny and would save up a nickel in pennies to get more at a time, I lived in the hills of West Virginia and walked to the old gas station/grocery store on Saturday afternoon after westerns and cartoons were over on tv. You have to advertise your product. Was fun reading everybody's memories about Chum Gum and simpler, better times. My grandparents owned a small hamburger joint & they sold MILKSHAKE candy bars. We were in heaven when we found those. Others make so much chum they need big barrels. I think there were 3 pieces for a penny. I remember chum gum from the fifties, Allens grocery,in Ault Colorado, was my source. I remember it was 3 sticks for a penny, then one day it was 2 sticks for a penny and boy was I TICKED OFF! The wintergreen flavor is mellow, not too much like some sort of analgesic balm or Pepto Bismol. I was beginning to wonder if I was not remembering correctly. How rude! Best ever gum. The gum is rather simple and mild. Thank you for letting my co-workers know I didn't make this up. I wish they still made it. It was and still is unique and indescribably delicious. The closest I have come to that taste is Great Value (Walmart, sad to say) Strawberry Banana yogurt. It was so unique to chew. If you got yours there get in touch w/ me torileec at zoom town dot com. Grew up in what is now called Roscoe Village and had to pass Gus's Sweet Shop every day to and from school. I miss it so much. I enjoyed reading folk's fond memories of this gumhopefully the recipe will be revived and on the shelves again! There are still wrappers that you can find online though, if the nostalgia is something that appeals to you. I too remember Chum Gum and think back to my younger days. Thank you! Like everyone here I loved Chum Gum and thought I was the only one who remembered it. Who made itm anyway, Fleer? Best gum ever! Homemade Bubble Gum | Imperial Sugar Bargain! Oh, the flavor of that gum. 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 would buy it at Bruce's store across from my high school, everyone who went to GWHS chewed it. I lived in Stanton, Calif. We use to go to the corner store with a quarter and by a bag full of different candies to watch Astro Boy and Zolar. Although the memories of those visits have faded with time, I will never forget my favorite, Chum-Gum! It was like nothing else Ive ever tasted and was delicious! There is NOTHING on the market like it , what a hit they would be !! //-->, Loading images, if this message doesn't go away you may need to enable javascript in order to see pictures. I have been looking for Chum Gum for years and I haven't had any luck. I grew up in Santa Ana, CA in the early 1960's. Someone needs to get Fleer to either release the formula to a small batch candy maker or do some batches themselves! Yum. Delicious! I'm sure if I even smelled a stick I'd have involuntary visions of a bygone world populated by finned automobiles with sweeping lines and the calls of a street vendor yelling "Hot Tamales" -- as he pushed his cart down our street on a summer's evening -- ringing in my ears. 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. best gum ever. However, being his 'baby', he bought it for me that first time I saw it. We really miss it. I bought it at many places in Harford County, Maryland. :-). I was a kid in Winston-Salem NC and now I'm 54 and I can vividly remember the taste of Chum Gum. Do u have them ? They just don't know how good it was. Chiclets were originally made with chicle, a natural gum found in several tropical American trees. Yes I am old!!!! I loved them. Anyway, I have also been looking for it for years with no luckChum gum was the best! I sure wish they still made it. (The Good Old Days) As a child I was very frugal with my money. Very soft with a white powdery coating. They had a penny candy counter there and I ALWAYS bought Chum-Gum. I'm 57 yrs old and remember this well. The assets were liquidated for creditor repayment and even the Fleer name was auctioned off with several other holdings. 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 !!!! You're welcome, Dave, and thanks for reading! While Chum Gum was a bright spot in candy history for only a short time, its one worth remembering. Fleer made the Chum Gum and it is now discontinued. I miss those candy crackers. I loved eating them with my popcorn at the theater Nothing seems to come close to these. I remember 3 sticks for a penny. Chum Gum (History, Marketing & Pictures) - Snack History I don't even chew gum now. 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? Used to love them! I buy them for my mother, they are exactly the same is the marathon, even the same braided shape. It was the best! I think it came in clear plastic candy wrapper. 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! Now the world has sugarless gum, organic gum, all-natural gum, and bubble gum and chewing gum in a full spectrum of flavors and colors. He focused all of his marketing and efforts to the new gum and it was impressive. I no longer have that special moment with them. It is the best ever!! My kid, grandkids & great-grandbaby will miss one of the greatest flavors of life without it. 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. My buddies and I in the 50s would take bottles back to Frenchies corner store watertown ny and buy the gum and then sit on the curb and blow bubbles, i remember getting chum gum when i got a hair cut back in the 50 s--i contacted fleer and they quit making it. Bought Chum Gum everyday at Turpacks store in Endicot, N.Y. across the street from G.W.J. So glad I am not the only one whose friends look at me like I'm crazy when I mention it! My brother and I would collect pop bottles in the 50s and early 60s. 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. Thought I was crazy trying to figure out the name of this gum. I cant believe they discontinued my favorite Wazoo Bars. (*The town may have been Steinbach, Ebelsbach which rang a bell for me. In the first, or second paragraph, I said that what I was looking for (and believe that may be discontinued- whatever its name was) may have at one time been called chicken bones. God I loved this gum, jusr was talking to my sister about it the other day! CHUM GUM ---YUM!!! I grew up in the 50's and use to sit on the river bank and blow away, while watching the St. Lawrence Seaway being built. I'm 59 now and smoke cigars. I also loved Chum Gum and used to buy it in the early '70s. Use to buy it at Bailey's Confectionery on Bunker Hill Road in Ashtabula, Ohio. 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 was a college student making minimum wage at at summer job. I remember when I was a little girl I went to St. Kevin's School and every day at lunch time we would to to the conner store and buy penny candy. I'd pay a dollar a stick if it was available. I used to buy it at either Anne's or Barney's corner candy stores that were on the corners of Herbert Spencer School in Chicago in the late '50's and early '60's. In addition to that, we also love the Brachs cinnamon tree nougats for the same reason. $1.62. Why did they stop manufacture? I cant live without them. They are no where near the quality of texture and taste that were the Brachs Red Twist. It really was one of the best gums around. The longer that plaque and tartar remain on your teeth, the more they irritate the gingiva, the part of your gum around the base of your teeth, causing inflammation.