I discovered Chum Gum in a small bait & tackle store, of all places, when I went fishing with my dad. Bazooka Bubble Gum is still being made! The company was founded in 1938 and has been churning out bubble gum ever since. Miss it. Please make them again. Don't tell my mom!) when we were young,my sisters and i would walk 2 miles to a country store in West Virginia to get this gum and nickle candy bars, peanuts and a 10 cent bottle of soda pop that you could return the bottle and get a nickle back.there was also another gum they sold that was two sticks for a penny,it to was pretty good, the name of it was devil gum, it was cinnamon flavored and it come in a red pack, I think the same company made it also made chum gum. Please, please, bring back the fruit CERTS Id love to have them back or any company start making them. The pie itself was pink, I think. Im looking for cinnamon certs. Yeah man, I used to go to North Ward School on 4th Street and we'd go to Tussey's Drug Store. I used to buy Chum Gum in St. Mary's, Pa at Johnson's Market, next to the Market Basket grocery store. Best gum ever!!!!! I thought I was getting ripped off. Hi, I got married in 2005. But there are a lot of other choices on that website that will bring back memories, at today's prices. Id give my eyeteeth for just one more spin with Chum Gum. Dixie Rector. I remember Chum Gum, candy lipstick, wax lips and nails and bottles, Chiclets, Turkish Taffy, Fizzies. Tasty and unique, I'm 10 years old just thinking about it. Chum Gum was the best everI am 42 and from Chicago I also have been searching for years, just asked a retro candy store yesterday and said he can't locate either. Made lots of spending cash buying Chum Gum by the case, while in Jr. High, and selling individually 4 for a nickle. Along with baseball card gum, also with the powdered sugar, it was the best gum ever. When my Mom passed away, my sister and I were recalling the days when we were kids and unbelievable, but we spoke about the Chum Gum and how we'd fight over that dang stuff! chum gum was the BEST! anyone else remember them? I would find it at Mary Long's grocery which was next to my grandma's and grandpa's house in Helmsburg, Indiana. Chum Gum was made by Fleer. I still remember the royal blue wrapper with a kid's silhouette on it blowing a big bubbleand the gum itself was the pinkest of pinkand you got TWO sticks for a penny. Unfortunately, the manufacturer discontinued all flavors of Certs. Impossible to find anywhere. A 5 stick pack was a penny. In 2005, Fleer Company ended up declaring bankruptcy and they never bounced back as some companies do. So, even more strangely when I got up to the cashier to pay for my Gas and the Red Twists I asked the male cashier behind the counter if/when they would get more of the Red Twists in. We also bought these little rolls of candy called BIZ. If I'm not mistaken there was three pieces in a sleeve. It can't hurt to try! It was hypnotic, you had to get some no matter what, that and a box of Indian Head Pumpkin seeds and you were good to go! I would encourage everyone to email the company to try and bring this gum back. It was the BEST gum ever!! Best Wishes, Albert Baroody. This was in the late 50's. they can bring back Beemans and Black jack, why not Chum Gum??? When a specially marked charmspop wrapper could get you a free one. I just googled chum gum to see what I could find. Description Yes, CHUM GUM two sticks wrapped individually in a royal blue wrapper. I truly wish a gum/candy maker would reproduce this wonderful, delightful gum - I would love to introduce my grandchildren to it. It had a smell all it's own and a powdery coating. In my opinion it was the best gum out there. Us and other G.I.s in or out of the field. We would split the money we got( .10 to .15 cents) and then hit the penny candy. I too have been trying to find it without success. It brings back memories for me! PLEASE BRING THEM BACK! As kids we loved it. NOBODY remembers that gum except my grandmother who would buy it for my grandfather. It used to come in different colors as well, not only pink but blue and green and I swear once I remember yellow. Like as in yesterday! Anyone have any ideas of anything that would? They didn't have any, but, it was a good time anyway. I used to buy Chum Gum at Mill Creek Country Store in Mill Creek, Georgia, near Dalton- in the mid 70s. I remember Chum Gum from way back in my elementary school days. Why? Sadly, these were discontinued many . The best gum ever for blowing bubbles. Chum Gum was packaged 3 pieces for a penny. Blood clot, blood clot. Chum Gum was the best gum ever! I am also a chum gum lover. Bubble Gum & Chewing Gum | Old Time Candy Bubble Gum Enjoy the best bubble gum and chewing gum varieties from when you were a kid. It was the BEST gum ever. As to whether they sold the formula for Mint Juleps remains to be seen. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! If you got yours there get in touch w/ me torileec at zoom town dot com. I agree,Chum is the best bubble gum I have ever tasted. For the most part, these came in either 2 sticks or 5 sticks to a pack. It was sooooooo good!! Dubble Bubble is still available in some areas. Anyone know the closest candy still being made? Tears filled her eyes as she was just beside herself when we gave it to her. The following are links about Chum Gum you may find interesting. It was like nothing else Ive ever tasted and was delicious! I love all of you, my wife thinks I'am nuts. I can almost conjure up the taste if I try really hard. when i was younger, my adoptive father would always take me to get my hair cut at this really just awful barbers salon. I retired as a pastor. Remember the gum in those cards? In fact, as explained by Chewing Gum Facts, Thomas Adams, creator of the brand Chiclets, is considered one of the founders of the chewing gum industry. I absolutely loved those Life Savers swirled lollipops from probably the 90s, they were so amazing and I would love to see them return! 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. But not on Wednesdays because Bill closed at noon that day. 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. Then you pop it, stick it back in your mouth and start another bubble. 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. I don't think you can get it anymore. Tootsie Roll has displayed no interest in reviving Chum Gum. Chum Gum was the bestused to get it at the store on the corner of Irving and Damen where Lincoln intersects in Chicago. I also have searched for Chum Gum. I loved the stuff!! I grew up in Alabama, I'm 49, Chum Gum is the best gum ever made. Chum Gum was the best! THANK YOU, just purchased 4 sticks from ebay! :Don't dig that kinda crooning', chum :Don't dig that kinda croonin', chum 053 blood clot. Tastes a lot like it. I wish I could find it somewhere! I'm 55, grew up in San Bernardino, California, and I went looking for Chum Gum because it had the best TEXTURE! I've NEVER run across anything similar to that in all my years. In the 1990s, Skittles came in the form . My mom would walk with us to the neighborhood candy store and we would purchase it along with turtles, bazooka joe bubble gum, Wish they would get the recipe and reintroduce it! old, and I remember buying Chum Gum from my Uncle's country store in Partlow, Va. French Chew is very similar. All of these candies, and so much more, can be found on CandyFavorites.com too! Somebody bring it backthey have brought everything else back from beechies to violet why not chum gum? OMG how I miss Chum Gun, the best gum ever made. Then my dad told me a man probably empties his pocket change into a huge vat of peanuts. I used to earn my Chum Gum reward, however. CHUM GUM was the best! 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. Knowing that the Fleer Company was responsible for Chum Gum, lets dive in there just a tad. I am 56 and have grandkids. My mouth is watering just thinking of those. During this time, Fleer was near the end of producing Chum Gum due to lower demand. They would love it. We used to smash the frozen ones and eat the little frozen bite size pieces. I am from Huntley outside of Chicago. I can not believe all of these comments, I wish I could find this gum it smells and tastes so good. I remember chum gum like it was yesterday. Chum Gum was the best. Chum gum was my very favorite. Best ever - oh, to go back again! Sure wish they would make this gum again!The Best Gum Ever! Geez Louise, how I LOVED Chum Gum. And whatever happened to Welches Fudge bars? Once in a while I will smell something that reminds me of it. I quit buying them. I grew up in Berwyn, IL and my sister and I lived on Chum Gum! Where did those days go. I'm 58 and can remember getting it when I was little. Yesterday after my daughter's birthday dinner at Cracker Barrel, I happened upon that oh-so-delicious smell of Chum Gum in their store. We would put two pieces in at one time. I think it came in clear plastic candy wrapper. Oh, and I'm also from the great windy city of Chicago! I have asked a lot of people in that era and they never heard of it. And the fact chewing gum in class then became a detention, because of the amount of gum showing up everywhere. Early and mid-sixties in Fargo, N.D. Please bring it back. No one I talk to remembers Chum gum, I loved it. There is a site to buy old time candy, but they didn't have it. I remember ChumGumit had a sweet and unique flavor. Penney's disbanded the chain after 15 years to maintain focus on its high-end merchandise. Tootsie Roll dropped the Fleer name from all former products, such as Dubble Bubble, after the buyout. Chiclets were originally made with chicle, a natural gum found in several tropical American trees. Both of these types of candies came in a bag holding multiple candies. There has never been or will ever be a better tasting gum. Loved it. It was silky smooth and it was the best gum for blowing huge bubbles. When I was a child we lived outside of Chicago IL and that's where we would buy the gum. Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. I was just telling someone that as a child in the earley 60's I would walk to a store in Garret Park, Maryland (2 miles away)to buy chum gum. When I was 7or8 chum gum was 3 sticks for a penny. I was going to Lake Jr high school back in the day and I always bought it everyday after school. Yes those were the days! I'm 53 years old and every time I chew bubble gum (rarely), I remember the great flavor of the first few chews of Chum Gum. I could not believe the comments! Every time I ask somebody if they remember Chum Gum they look at me like I'm crazy. Some of the memories about this gum say things like it brings me back to the days when life was good or in my opinion Chum Gum was the best gum ever made. Loved Chum Gum. For some people, gluten triggers an immunological response that causes damage to the small intestine. CHUM GUM ---YUM!!! Many stores had Chum Gum available well into the mid 1970s, years after manufacturing ended. 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. I knew them as "sour grapes" in clear individual packaging with maybe a yellow print on it. that is what me go to this link is it tasted so much like it. There are a few random ones available on ebay, but thats it. I would love to have it back on the shelves.