# What are your three favorite chewing/bubble gum flavors? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980 "2012-05-24T18:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/1 "2012-05-24T18:20:15Z")
The thread started earlier today – [What is your favorite Altoid flavor?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=652880) – made me curious about gum so I asked [Help me name some chewing gum brands and flavors for a poll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=652885) and got enough choices to go ahead with a poll. Public, Multiple Choice (limit to 3 votes) poll on the way shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/2 "2012-05-27T11:54:34Z")
Well, I guess this was not so great an idea. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/3 "2012-05-27T12:03:36Z")
Ya got any [Beemans](http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7GGHP_enUS428&q=Beemans+gum&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1067&bih=372&wrapid=tlif133812027164110&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=4150537203905006932&sa=X&ei=dxjCT6zONMOQgwfUrN3hCQ&ved=0CG8QxBUwAA)? ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/4 "2012-05-27T12:09:34Z")
I buy Clove by the case when it makes its irregular appearances on the market. Loved it since I was a kid. It’s the only gum with sugar I’ll regularly chew. (I’ll also make the occasional buy of Teaberry, Beemans, and Pepsin.) The other two gums I regularly chew weren’t on your list: 5- Cobalt (a pepperminty gum that’s not as strong as most peppermint gums) Orbit- Wintermint (wintergreen) Both are sugarfree and come in pocket-friendly flat packs. I prefer 5 because the sticks are foil-wrapped, and stand up to moisture and heat better. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/5 "2012-05-27T12:13:07Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > I buy Clove by the case when it makes its irregular appearances on the market. Loved it since I was a kid. It’s the only gum with sugar I’ll regularly chew. (I’ll also make the occasional buy of Teaberry, Beemans, and Pepsin.) > > The other two gums I regularly chew weren’t on your list: > > 5- Cobalt (a pepperminty gum that’s not as strong as most peppermint gums) > Orbit- Wintermint (wintergreen) > > Both are sugarfree and come in pocket-friendly flat packs. I prefer 5 because the sticks are foil-wrapped, and stand up to moisture and heat better. Five is really good gum. I also like their green apple and tropical flavors. For bubble gum, I love Bubble Yum watermelon flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/6 "2012-05-27T12:42:27Z")
I’ve been trying the new sugar free Extra flavors - Apple Pie, Mint Chocolate chip, Orange Creme Pop. But my go to flavor is sugar free cinnamon. Dentyne or whatever I can find. Surprisingly, cinnamon gum is harder to find across the board of brands. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/7 "2012-05-27T12:56:53Z")
I get an incredible Pavlovian reaction from the smell of Double Bubble or Bazook Joe. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/8 "2012-05-27T14:53:41Z")
Juicy Fruit is my favorite gum. Big Red 2nd choice. 3rd would be a bubble gum; I choose Bazooka Joe from your poll. I always read the cartoon with Bazooka Joe. 😉 As a kid, I loved those bubble gum sticks. They were about the size of an ink pen around and about eight inches long. I recall bubble gum & sour apple as the two flavors store carried. I haven’t seem them for sale in at least 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/9 "2012-05-27T16:14:48Z")
You’ve mostly posted **brands** , not flavors. Dentyne, Trident, Eclipse, etc. all come in multiple flavors. My favorite flavors are: Wrigleys EXTRA Spearmint, Hubba Bubba’s Original Bubblegum flavor (which I can only find now in the “Bubble Tape” version ☹ ), and Trident’s Cinnamon. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/10 "2012-05-27T17:22:58Z")
**Bazooka Joe,**'cus it tastes like my childhood. **Trident (Original Flavor),** my go-to, every-day default gum. **Juicy Fruit,** because it tastes like magic. HM: **Fruit Stripe.** Tastes even more like magic, but only for about 4.35 seconds. But oh, what a great 4.35 seconds those are. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/11 "2012-05-27T18:49:41Z")
Bazooka and Dubble Bubble 'cuz I love me some cheap bubble gum (and yeah, reminds me of my childhood. I used to collect Bazooka Joe comics. I have no idea why, because I thought they were stupid even when I was a kid). Stride, because it seems to hold onto its flavor longer than most other gums. I keep it in my car. Honorable Mention (not on the list): those flat little pieces of bubble gum that used to come in Wacky Packages in the '70s. I mostly bought them for the stickers, of course, but the gum was pretty good in a cardboard sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/12 "2012-05-27T18:53:04Z")
Side issue: do any of y’all remember bubble gum cigars? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/13 "2012-05-27T18:57:49Z")
Oh yeah. The only problem with bubblegum cigars was the temptation to try and chew the whole thing at once. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/14 "2012-05-27T19:02:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Oh yeah. The only problem with bubblegum cigars was the temptation to try and chew the whole thing at once. Yes! Your whole mouth so full you couldn’t even chew! ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-three-favorite-chewing-bubble-gum-flavors/622980/15 "2012-05-27T20:15:17Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Side issue: do any of y’all remember bubble gum cigars? You can still get those! Candy cigarettes, too. We have a place near us called [Powell’s](http://www.powellsss.com/go/) that has all sorts of candy that you’d think they haven’t made in years.