Chocolate Bubble Yum gives you two candy flavors in one

by Jonathan M. Forester, Posted Nov 30th 2006 @ 11:02AM

Bubble Yum bubble gum has a new flavor coming out starting in early December 2006, Hershey's Chocolate flavored Bubble Yum. This brings the flavors up to 16 for the first soft bubble gum, which was first released by Lifesavers back in 1975. I remember buying my first pack and being able to blow huge bubbles. Then having to get my mom to freeze, cut, and pry the gum out of my hair and eyebrows. Man was that fun, especially when she accidentally clipped my ear and I bled like a stuck pig.

Sales were pretty big back then, especially in the NY area, and Bubble Yum was the gum to chew. Then in 1977 rumors flew about how there were spiders eggs in the gum and sales plummeted. So the company took out full page rebuttals in the NY times and dozens of other newspapers across the country. Well, I guess sales rebounded and now it's one of the best selling bubble gums with several imitators. So much so that Hershey's bought the brand in 2000 and of course Hershey's Chocolate flavor Bubble Yum was a sure bet. Thinking back I seem to remember some other soft chocolate bubble gum that I tried as a kid but I can't just can't pin down the details. Maybe Bubbilicious made a chocolate flavor?

Filed Under: Ingredients, New Products
Tags: bubble gum, bubble yum, candy, chocolate, hershey's, spiders eggs

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11-30-2006 @11:31AM Rutch said... I remember a chocolate mint gum when I was young, don't remember the brand though. Definately was bubbleyum or one of the similar brands though.
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11-30-2006 @11:49AM Nicole said... I can't think of any chocolate flavored bubble gum I've tried but it sounds good to me! Whatever happened to Hubba Bubba? I used to love the grape flavor!
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11-30-2006 @2:35PM Chloe said... I wish this was sugar free because I would be right on this!!
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11-30-2006 @10:41PM AL said... I seem to remember a chocolate or choco/mint flavor also. I'm feeling Hubba Bubba in me' guts. I seem to remember trying it, a chalky cocoa flavor for a few minutes, and then nothing...or mint? Dammit' I know there was one of these as a kid. Thank goodness for "real" dark chocolate as an adult.
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1-14-2007 @3:02PM Katie said... Hubba bubba is still around. I chew it all the time. I just tried the chocolate bubble yum for the first time last night. Its kind of weird but good. Does anyone remember the rootbeer flavored gum (I cant remember the makers of it).
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1-17-2007 @2:27PM Lauren said... I just bought a pack of Hershey's Bubble Yum today, and I gotta say, it's not too bad. The "chocolate" flavor is like that of a brown Tootsie Roll pop. The texture stayed dry and it was practically impossible to blow a bubble for the first 10 minutes I chewed it. I won't buy it again (mostly because I'm not a big chocolate fan), but if you want chocolate flavor without a trillion calories, this will probably work for you.
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