I was reading a magazine the other day that had an article about chewing gum in it. They had brands I had never heard of. One particularly interesting "brand" was Wrigley's War Ration Chewing Gum. it was in a very generic wrapper. My question is: How many different brands of chewing gum can you think of that have been marketed over the years. And, can you identify the flavor of the gum. Before someone asks me how many - I have absolutely no idea. Smiley

I would not try to guess the different varieties of chewing gum flavors out there, but I did read somewhere that Wrigley's controls 89.7 percent of the chewing-gum market, making it the clear leader among the more than 100 chewing gum brands.

Shall we start off with Black Jack?

How about Clove? And I guess we have to list the myriad numbers of bubble gums starting with Fleer's Dubble Bubble.
During the war, the only place I could get Dubble Bubble gum was my Uncle who was a dentist and received it free from Fleers........... I guess the point was to rot out you teeth and create business for Dentists?
And then there is that late-comer Bazooka Bubble gum.

There was Chiclets, that we used to buy for a penny a box. We got them from gum machines that used to be in front of barber shops. There were three flavors, Peppermint in a white box (?), Spearmint in green, and Cinnamon in red.

Peppermint Chiclets, my favourite are in a yellow box, and are still in a yellow box to-day. They are manufactured by Adams Brands, and I believe now they are part of the Warner-Lambert group of companies.
Regards:
Ron McKnight.

Dab gummit! I didn't know that Chiclets were still around. Unfortunately for me, I can't chew any "dab gum" because of my partials! Oh well.
During the late 40s, there was another brand of gum that my sister and I used to pinch pennies for. But. I can't think of it's name. It came in a light bluish gray wrapping with black lettering on a white background. My taste buds seem to remember the gum having a real light minty taste. And. If I'm right, the company even produced a tooth powder with the same taste. As I'm writing this. A "Doctor" comes to mind.
The last time I saw this gum being offered was about ten years ago. It came in a form of a mail catalogue from Vermont. ????
Willie

Does anyone out there remember "Blackjack" gum?

Willie: The company you are thinking of is: "The Vermont Country Store". They sell items I thought were out of business years ago. A few are Necco Wafers, Goo Goo Supremes, Valomilk candy bars, and who could forget Walnettos. They have in their catalog Hot Ralston cereal. Endorsed by that straight-shootin' Hollywood cowboy Tom Mix of the 1930s and 40s. The small advertisement incudes a picture of Tom Mix. It also adds that it can be made in on stove-top or in the microwave. I wonder if Tom Mix ever heard of a microwave.
Although Ovaltine is still available most places Vermont Country Store carries that also. It does note that this Ovaltine is the original flavor. Apparently this version is sold in Europe. The version we get in the U.S. has had more sugar and less malt added.
Some other items incude: Caswell-Massey Shave Soap and mugs and double-edged safety razor. And for that fresh barbershop visit they carry Lilac Vegetol. They still carry Lifebouy bath soap even though it has not been marketed nationally for several years.
Manual Smith-Cornona typewriters, vintage 1960 are still sold here. I wonder how many of our grandchildren know what a typewriter is if it is not hooked to a computer?
If any of you are looking for a man's Nightshirt and sleep cap it is available for $39.95.
Oh well: You get the idea. This company seems to caught in a time warp but if you are looking for those items that were thought to be long gone this would be a good place to try.
Smiley

Black Jack was my older brother's favorite gum. He loved the licorice flavor. One time the sonnuvagun shook my mother up when he placed a blob on his teeth and showed her his missing tooth from being in a fight. If ever a kid deserved a beating, he did.
Willie

Necco wafers both the variety pak and chocolate ones can still be found in the national chain of 99 Cent Stores.

Out here on the west coast at least three different versions of Ovaltine are sold. The Ovaltine Hot Cocoa mix is sold in a box containing envelopes of the mix similar to Nestles etc. Two versions of Ovaltine are sold in the familiar jars, the sweet chocolate flavored variety and one labled original malt flavor.

Thanks Kan for the lead on the Vermont Country Store.........such old goodies... CupOgold, Mountain Bars, SkyBars, U-No, Abba Zabbas and old fashioned licorice pipes to mention just a few. Now if they only tasted the way they did back when we were kids.

I liked Dentine and Juicy Fruit, too.

Anybody remember the tiny little tins of Sen-Sen? You slid open a little opening in the top and shook out these hard,tiny little black squares of sorta licorice flavored stuff. You either liked them or hated them.

I happened to be in Iowa a few weeks ago. There was convenience store there that had Cherry Mash candy bars. I don't about the rest of you but we have not had those delicious morsels of sweetness in the midwest for years. So I bought one. Fifty years ago Cherry Mash was a big chunk of chocolate and nuts wrapped around a cherry nougat filling. This bar was flat in shape and tasted nothing like I remembered. And it was 99 cents not the dime (or was it a nickel?) I had paid as a kid. I ate it but the swell taste I remembered from my youth was gone. Smiley

We have skybars here. We also have Teaberry gum [:)] Zero candy bars as well.. I miss my milkshake bars [:(]

I am always amazed when I have the opportunity to chat with others from different parts of the country. I thought Teaberry gum (a favorite of Mrs. Smiley as a kid) was long gone from the marketplace. Zero Bars long gone from this area are back just in the last year or so. They were one of my personal favorites as a kid. Nothing better than a frozen Zero Bar on a hot summer's day in Kansas. Smiley

Clark's Teaberry Gum still exists. A walk through the local woods will find some low to the ground plants where you can pick a little red berry that is a teaberry. Very tasty flavor. Just be sure to crush a few and smell first to be certain.

Black Jack [licorice flavor],and my favorite Beemans Pepsin.

You guys really bring back the memories of yesteryear. I can remember very well all those gums and candies. Not too many of them found today. Don't recall the Cherry Mash. The theatres at home stopped selling gum as it became a problem on the seats and the floor. Things got gummed up. My favorite was Bit O Honey with the coupon to register and win a Studebaker car. Never won a car though.

Does anyone remember when the Three Musketeers candy bars was actually three separate pieces under its wrapper? All the same chocolate flavor, but the three pieces sorta went with the name.

CC: Mrs. Smiley and I were just discussing Three Musketeers a few days ago. It has been years since the original candy bar was three flavors. As we remembered the flavors were the chocolate whipped filling as it is now, a caramel flavor and nougat flavor of some sort. The bar had three separate sections but was all in one piece. As I said it has been years since I saw one so we may be a little hazy in our recollection of this candy.
Smiley

Kan has forced me to do some research on the 3 Musketeers Bar and I found out the following bit of history on this old candybar.
The 3 MUSKETEERS® Bar was the third brand produced and manufactured by M&M/MARS and it was introduced in 1932.
The 3 MUSKETEERS® Bar takes its name from the original design of the product, which was three pieces and three flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.
And here I only remembered the chocolate part, which goes to show what flavor I liked of the three.

By an odd coincidence I was in the 99 cent store today and saw a candy bar that jarred my memory......... it was CHUCKLES....remember those multi-colored jelly segments all in a row in a transparent wrapper?

Three Musketeers. Necco. Chuckles. Mars Bar. All favorites of mine. How could I have forgotten any of them? It's a wonder I still have teeth that doesn't have a filling in it. Or, for that matter, that I still have any teeth in my head at all.