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1. I love this stuff. It was premium gum for special occasions when I was a kid.

   Comment by Jeanna on 4/18/07 at 6:50 pm

    

2. I’m not sure if this is awesome or awful. The cloth bag and nuggets of gum look good, but the fact that it’s just ordinary bubblegum...oh well it’s not out here anyway, so I don’t have to worry about it. :D

   Comment by Terry on 4/19/07 at 3:15 am

    

3. Just looking at it I can remember how the little nuggets felt when I shoved a fistful in my mouth. Loved this gum!

   Comment by patti on 4/19/07 at 6:37 am

    

4. “as with trading card gum wafers, it softens up eventually”

   It’s because of such turns of phrase that you should be reigning queen supreme of candy blogging (if you’re not wielding that scepter already).  Your knowledge base!  Your awareness of the telling comparison!  Your ability to drawn on all realms of candy-eating experience! 

   I am, once again, in awe.

   Comment by good enough cook on 4/19/07 at 7:40 am

    

5. Nice to see that some companies still see some value in presentation.  I would totally buy a gum with a “pleasant” rating for $1.25 if it came with a reuseable bag.  It’s the same reason people buy Crown Royal whiskey.

   Comment by Jon on 4/19/07 at 7:44 am

    

6. Back when it was considered safe to do such a thing, my friend and I would walk a mile to a little store, spend an hour deciding what to choose, and always walk out with these and Fun Dip.  I’d forgotten all about them.

   And I agree, you are reigning Queen Supreme of Candy Blogging. Your acute awareness of taste, texture and smell has made me pay much more attention to what I indulge in.  Who knew I lean toward a hint of salt in my chocolates?

   Comment by janelle on 4/19/07 at 10:00 pm

    

7. Jeanna - I’m just giggling at the idea of “special ocassion gum!”

   good enough cook - aw, you make me blush!

   Patti - I also found some mockolate nuggets that looked just like this ... not the same at all. But I probably would have liked them as a kid.

   Terry - it’s a mediocre product with a special place in most grown-ups hearts.

   Jon - I think I carried a Crown Royal bag as a purse when I was in middle school. I was a sucker for anything purple ... or with a drawstring. Let’s face it, I was just a sucker.

   Janelle - yeah, the walk my sister (and sometimes brother) would take was about 3/4 of a mile down the side of a rural highway. In our bare feet.

   Comment by Cybele on 4/20/07 at 2:36 pm

    

8. I used this when I was looking for “themed candy” for a little US History presentation I had to do. I liked it quite a bit, although as you said, it sells with “novelty candy” pricing. I thought it tasted like JuicyFruit with a banana-ish emphasis.

   Comment by nog_lorp on 4/23/07 at 9:58 pm

    

9. This gum bring back the best of memories
   days of sitting around with this fun
   filled gum

   Comment by Josie on 7/07/07 at 2:13 pm

    

10. You are 100% correct about the previous packaging.  It was a red bag with a yellow drawstring.  The miner was in white and I think he may have even had a gold tooth.  He was holding a gold nugget between the fingers of his left hand, if I recall correctly.  That product may have been an earlier incarnation if the company changed hands, or it may have been named something slightly different.  I seem to recall a “Gold Nuggets” bubblegum.

    Comment by Shelley on 5/22/08 at 7:32 pm

     

11. I remember this gum or a similar brand from when I was a kid.  There was a candy store right next to my elementary school and whenever a shipment of this gum (actually, I think the one I bought was called “Gold Rush") came in it would sell out within minutes.  That and Pixie Sticks were the most popular candies among my friends.

    Comment by molly539 on 8/14/08 at 5:35 pm

     

12. I remember Gold Rush Gum, but I also remember another item sold in the little “tobacco bags” they were Cherry ITS and Orange ITS. Basically just flavored sugar formed into red and orange balls of varying sizes, but they were some of my favorite candy.

    While Gold Rush Gum is all over the internet, I have yet to find anyone who remembers Orange ITS and Cherry ITS.

    What about you?

    Comment by Joni on 11/03/08 at 12:19 pm

     

13. I do remember the bags of Orange ITS and Cherry ITS.  They were sort of tangy and sugary at the same time. 

    Comment by shelley chandler on 11/03/08 at 7:38 pm

     

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