Fruit Stripe Gum Is Gone Forever

Food & Wne ^ | January 9, 2024 | Jelisa Castrodale

[Flaming Conservative]

I was a kid when fruit stripe came out. My Granny was a big time juicy fruit chewer, (probably to cover the snuff she often kept between her cheek and gum) but when Fruit Stripe came out, it was all over for juicy fruit. I preferred double mint, probably because the double mint twins made it look so cool, but I’d chew whatever was available.

[thecodont]

Beech-Nut gum mentioned here.

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/10/11-old-candies-you-cant-buy-anymore/

Stumbled upon it because I was looking for the legendary Baffle Bar,

“with all the tang of the great outdoors” and “zest that was born of a mountain wind”

[P.O.E.]

My favorite was Teaberry

[SaveFerris]

I liked it too

[justme4now]

Dentyne gum

Loved it!😁

[willk]

Better not ever get rid of Big Red gum.

[clearcarbon]

"It was originally manufactured and sold by the Beech-Nut Confection Division,"

"Buy Beech-Nut, Buy Gum"

[Manic_Episode]

I was about 5 when Fruit Stripe hit the market and I was lead to believe that the gum was as brightly colored the wrapper and was disappointed that it was so faded, however it was still tasty.

[HombreSecreto]

So the gum I like won’t come back in style?

[dayglored]

And when your mother says, “Don’t chew it!” do you swallow it in spite?

[BlueLancer]

My favorite was Teaberry

The Teaberry Shuffle

[Daveinyork]

We had Juicy Fruit gum.

[FLT-bird]

There’s 10 seconds of flavor lost forever.

[T.B. Yoits]

There’s 10 seconds of flavor lost forever.

Exactly. Fruit Stripe gum had flavor for ten seconds and then - nothing.

[Deplorable American1776]

Wow, Fruit Stripes Gum...I loved Teaberry Gum as a kid...and Black Jack Gum...

[Sirius Lee]

[NetAddicted]

When I was a kid, I loved Fruit Stripe gum. Sure, flavor went away quickly, but I just chewed more. Now I chew sugarless gum. Not as good.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Those were the greatest. Then there was the big sheet of bubblegum that was included in Topps Baseball Trading Cards…

[Semper Vigilantis]

Yup, Loved me some Teaberry gum. And Dentyne cinnamon. Unfortunately NOTHING tastes the same. It’s all artificially flavored now. Tip: Avoid cocoa puffs - they are NASTY now.

[drwoof]

Another clear sign that society is going to Hell in a bobsled... Remembering another one: Adam’s Sour Gums. My sister was a fan, and in 1969, wrote the company with her idea to make a large combo-pack (remember when there were the ‘large’ size packs of gum?) with all four flavors in it. They wrote back, thanking her for her idea, and included a box —around half the size of shoebox!— of said gums as a token of their appreciation. Do companies even do things like that anymore?