Tony the Tour Guy's Mostly 1970s NYC History Blog

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Friday, May 05, 2006

Ice Cream Flavored Chewing Gum?

I know it sounds strange, even by today's standards, but for a brief period in the early 70s we had this stuff, although I forgot the brand name. It didn't last long! The gum came in a few basic (artificial) flavors: vanilla, chocolate or strawberry.

How did they get the ice cream "taste?" With a form of powdered fat. Each stick was coated with a bit of this white dust. What did it taste like? Certainly not ice cream. I only tried one flavor, and it tasted like artificial chocolate that you could chew.

posted by Tony the Tour Guy | 4:01 AM

1 Comments:

Blogger cph said...

It was "Adams Ice Cream Flavored Gum" (same company that made Black Jack and Clove chewing gum). I remember trying it in late 1973.

Here is the ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXgvDayNx8w

11:48 AM  

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