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. But, yes, Chum Gum was great. French Chew is very similar. :). Shop Now Project 7 Spearmint Farms. People used to say Who has Chum Gum? Oh my gosh, I have dreamed of Chum Gum for years. THE BEST EVER Has anyone ever reached out to Tootsie Roll and asked about remaking it? AND SO DO MY GRANDCHILDREN. Tears filled her eyes as she was just beside herself when we gave it to her. Now all we need is the ingredients. WHERE CAN I BUY IT. Glad to hear there are others of you who remember with me. I am very sorry that you have chosen to discontinue them. 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. In time, your gums become swollen and bleed easily. This company sold a stick, spearmint-flavored chewing gumnamed Chum Gum! For the longest time I could buy it at a shop in my hometown of Kenosha , WI. I'd pay a dollar a stick if it was available. In my opinion it was the best gum out there. OMG!! Mighty Gum Immunity $16.00 Mighty Gum's chewing candy contains a ton of natural, germ-fighting extracts, like ashwagandha, elderberry, and reishi mushroom. I bought it in St. Albans. Why? Oh why cant they bring back Chum Gum like they have brought back so many other old time candies?! Loved the gum also. 1 cup equals. Great memories. I grew up in Turtle Creek, Pennslyvania. I grew up in Chicago in the 1950's and chum gum was and still is the BEST tasting gum I've ever tried. Let's start a petition to bring back our beloved Chum Gum. At that time the package was royal blue. I put all of it in my mouth at once and chew it as I walked home. I'm 52 and it was my daily habit after school in East Los Angeles back in the 60's. Please leave a review or any memories of this snack in the comments below. 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. and no one i know remembers this gum. I remember chum gum from the fifties, Allens grocery,in Ault Colorado, was my source. Wish they'd bring it back. I CAN STILL TASTE IT! Does anyone remember them? Sad. Could be the case If so, then it would just be nice to know what is was called way back when. Chum Gum was a favorite of my whole family. It was made by Fleer. Wish it was still made. Miss my Chum Gum, though. 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. document.getElementById("ak_js").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); Your email address will not be published. I love Chum Gum!! Every time we went I got him a case of something and mailed it to him. I live in Iowa where I would buy it at the neighborhood grocery store. It was the best!!! Lets take it back to some of the memories of candy from years past. The same Beech-Nut company famous for its natural baby foods used to make minty chewing gum for adults, as per CNN. The bubble gum was cheap with really great flavor that simply didnt last. You're all right. Hi, I am in Florence SC, and would Ike to find some of these new Unicorn Candy Corn in fruit flavors. I too loved Chum Gum and have searched to no avail,but find Big League Chew very close if not the same. What a great time to be a kid! WoW! For 5 cents I could get a candy bar and 2 packages of Chum Gum. I'm 70, lived in Fisher Illinois and chewed it in 4th grade in 1954 and beyond. From the moment I arrived all I could think about was when I would be allowed to walk down to the corner gas station. However, we know a lot about bubble gum as a whole. 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. Glad to know I am not the only fan. I remember Chum Gum, candy lipstick, wax lips and nails and bottles, Chiclets, Turkish Taffy, Fizzies. Bought them every year. I loved chum him it was really best gum in my childhood every time is go to cracker barrel and see them about the chum gum but they seem to be clueless I wish we all can find the candy company to see for they can find the original ingredient to ale ch gum and put it back on the market nothing taste the same anymore not even kits and maryjane, I was in a small south eastern colo. town in 1978 and saw that dark blue wrapper. I have a co-worker that loved this "Chum GUm"and she is always so thought ful to others. At her 2nd birthday party I gave her a present with no name on it, but I had a certs setting on top, she looked at it and came up to me and said thanks for the present. Hmmm? It brings back so many great memories. When I was a child the candy bars were large and worth the money. Cause it taste good and it freshen up your breath. Do they still make beemans gum? Not only did this have the most fabulous flavor, but it had such a wonderfully smooth texture - not all gritty and sugary like regular bubblegum. The big size was our favorite too but the manufacturer reduced the size a few years ago. 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. It was popular for the entirety of the gum because it was soft and easy to chew but also because it had good flavor. Penney's disbanded the chain after 15 years to maintain focus on its high-end merchandise. Today, it's the Kenosha Job Center. In fact, you might be able to say that Dubble Bubble was a spinoff of Chum Gum. 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 1899, a New York City druggist named Franklin V. Canning created a chewing gum which he promoted as an aid to oral hygiene. I used to visit my grandparents house in Golden, IL in the early 60's. Everyone I've ever mentioned it to has never heard of it. Anyone know the closest candy still being made? As a child in the mid fifties I discovered it at Glazners Market in Carrollton Texas (a Dallas suburb). I still can get Bottle Caps, Laffy Taffy, Now N Laters, Sprees, Nerds and Sweet Tarts. And like many of you here no one that I know remembers it. One I believe was called Lollydrops. Me and my sister would collect empty soda bottles becaus you got a penny a piece return on them. Two sticks for a penny. We used to get it in a little ice cream store called Shorty Simms in Abingdon, Il. I was and still would be my favorite. Sixty years old and still wishing that I had a piece of chum gum. Iremember this awesome gum I saved up my allowence and bought a whole box with they still made it no gum comes even close to the taste of gum. I had chum gum all the time. that and Milk Duds (the old ones without that crappy shiny finish) I used to as a kid get them at the little green store in Appleton Wi.i went to that store foe 10 yrs and didnt know it by its real name,but it was little and green, I GRE UP IN CHICAGO WITH CHUM GUM AND THOSE HOT DOG GUMS AND WONDERFUL BLOMMERS CHOCOLATE. Glad to see I'm not the only one that love it! 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! If anyone finds where to get this, please let us all know. I also grew up in the 60's. finding this site is almost as great as finding a store that still sells chum gum(i wish i could). Just reading all these wonderful comment remind me of not only how great chum gum was, but how life was simple and easy. Unfortunately, they stopped producing it in 1971 so it hasnt been available for a lot of years now. If we ever discuss back on the market the company would be very successful. I also used to buy KitKats, BB Bats, 3-V Cola, licorice wound up like a small record, Turkish Taffy (with a stripe down the middle) and other glorious candy that is part of my St. Louis childhood memories. Well I looked that name up, shortly after writing to you, Quickly discovered that Chicken Bones* are still in production (somewhere), and doesnt fit the lengthy description I gave for the product Im in search of, at all !! It is the best ever!! We still offer the Maple Nut goodies but no other varieties are available. I found this particular page 'cause I was looking for references to gum that was made into little record albums. White powdery coated soft bubble gum that blew bubbles the size of your whole face and ended up stuck there when they burst. old, and I remember buying Chum Gum from my Uncle's country store in Partlow, Va. Yes, 2 sticks wrapped together. This brings back sweet memories to me. Chiclets Gum Memories I came from a very poor family. While Chum Gum was a bright spot in candy history for only a short time, its one worth remembering. BEST GUM EVER MADE. Bummer! I talk about Chum Gum atleast once a month. 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!!!!!! I grew up in Denver , Colorado and remember chum gum and ask people when the subject of gum comes upNO ONE remembers it at all here . I'd get a small vanilla or cherry coke for 7 cents (the best also) from the fountain and boxes of jujubes. Though Tendermint is no longer produced, Teaberry is still available. NOT KitKats - Kits - those square wrapped taffys -in banana, chocolate, strawberry flavors - I think they came three to a package. After all, it came from the same brand and had a lot of the same qualities as well. Many people were still able to find the gum for up to 20 years after it had been discontinued. Bub's Daddy bubble gum ropes. I remember going on our summer vacation every year to a cabin in Crosby, MN and the office had a little candy section and we would load up on Chum Gum. Miss Chum Gum Bought at the candy store by Gregory School in Chicago in the mid fifties. 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. I bought it in Alabama in the 50's and oh how I wish they would make it again!!! If you do find any, its certainly just memorabilia and probably not in any condition to be chewed now after having been discontinued 50 years ago. I got my chum gum at my friends grandmothers store, that had every peen candy that was ever made. (I'm 57 now) Let me know what you think. Richardson Brands, however, owns and produces Beechies, the Chiclets-like candy-coated gum Beech-Nut made years ago. i grew up chewing chum gum and can like many other tell someone about it and they look at me like i am crazy. 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. have looked for it for years. I also have food pages for the 80s and 90s. pink and full of that distinguishing flavor and powder sugar. But I too remember this as the best gum ever2 pieces wrapped together in the white, blue & red wrapper for only 1 penny. Wow.what a treat to find so many other Chum Gum fans. 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. So if we could find a few pop bottles we had us good in candy for several days. Fleer made Dubble Bubble into the 2000's but sold to Tootsie who now makes it. Yesterday after my daughter's birthday dinner at Cracker Barrel, I happened upon that oh-so-delicious smell of Chum Gum in their store. I enjoyed Smith Brothers cough drops, licorice very much. sure miss that gum tho. The only one I remember was billy joel's Glass Houses lp. In business from 1930 to 1971. We saved our paper route money and walked down to the fruit stand that had a section of all penny candy; waxed lips, squirrel nuts, maryjanes and the all time favorite Chum gum. I have wracked my brain so many times trying to come up with this name. No one I know remembers it. It was the best bubble gum ever made. Declining profits, and the threat of steeper property taxes, prompted Neisner to close in December, 1971. I too like Chum Gum but not that much. Not sure why I have such loyalty to this particular confection but like other bloggers, it had a distinct taste and smooth texture. At 55 i still remember going to Connie's by Wilson Junior High School in Philly to get my supply of this delicious gum and other great candies. what great memories. google_color_link = "A74403"; Production of it ended by 1972, though stores had bought bulk, continuing to sell it for years after. LOVE ME SOME CHUM GUM-FOREVER. Wintergreen Certs have been my favorite for decades. I love Chum Gum, too! Free returns. 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. However, being his 'baby', he bought it for me that first time I saw it. 4. Oh, well. I so loved this gum.Best everon the market. Miss it cant find it..Yumm, yumm. I miss the brown jelly bean Brachs used to make. JMK, I just posted something about Chum Gum on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. I use to have it in my car and it made my car smell so good. I love this site. It did have a distinctive flavor and appearance.I'm from Chicago and I still look for it when I go into an old time candy store just hoping I can get a few cases of this gum that I have been bragging about for decades. He was yelling that No! Tasted great, too! Best gum EVER!!!! Chiclets History Adams developed Chiclets over a century ago and it quickly became known as the candy coated gum. By the way Mack, if we're all losers what are you doing wasting your time reading our comments? The gambler in me made me go for it but it never paid off. Finally! So, no luck there either What I am in search of is probably something that is no longer in production, anywhere, by anybody. There was usualy three flavors in one sleeve, sometimes there would be two of the same flavor. It seems like that happens everytime they sell something so good. Bubble Gum Eggs from Arcor, Individually wrapped. and the "record" was a piece of gum. I grew up in Oak Ridge Tn (just outside knoxville) and i never found it at any local stores more than a couple of times. I'm from Weymouth Massachusetts and really miss the chum gum. Yes, I remember those candy lipsticks, they were creamy, not like today's.