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Subject: Question about gum
I was reading your list of foods for the 80's when I noticed Freshen Up gum. I see that Freshen Up gum is still sold today in spearmint flavor but I could swear that Freshen-Up was called "Chewels" or "Jewels" gum in the 80's. It came in the same green foil wrapper just like today's Freshen Up and I believe that it also came in bubble gum flavor that had a pink foil wrapper. Can anyone tell me if I'm right or wrong? Thanks.
Subject: Re: Question about gum
I've never even heard of Chewels. Freshen up was my favorite gum growing up (70's & 80's). I used to love the Cinnamon flavor. I think they're 2 different gums all together.
: I was reading your list of foods for the 80's
: when I noticed Freshen Up gum. I see that
: Freshen Up gum is still sold today in
: spearmint flavor but I could swear that
: Freshen-Up was called "Chewels" or
: "Jewels" gum in the 80's. It came
: in the same green foil wrapper just like
: today's Freshen Up and I believe that it
: also came in bubble gum flavor that had a
: pink foil wrapper. Can anyone tell me if I'm
: right or wrong? Thanks.
Subject: Re: Question about gum
: I was reading your list of foods for the 80's
: when I noticed Freshen Up gum. I see that
: Freshen Up gum is still sold today in
: spearmint flavor but I could swear that
: Freshen-Up was called "Chewels" or
: "Jewels" gum in the 80's. It came
: in the same green foil wrapper just like
: today's Freshen Up and I believe that it
: also came in bubble gum flavor that had a
: pink foil wrapper. Can anyone tell me if I'm
: right or wrong? Thanks.
I'm not totally sure..but I remember it as being called 'chewels' as well..at least if we ARE wrong, we know we aren't crazy--we both have the same mixed up memory! LOL!!
Subject: Re: Question about gum
: I'm not totally sure..but I remember it as
: being called 'chewels' as well..at least if
: we ARE wrong, we know we aren't crazy--we
: both have the same mixed up memory! LOL!!
I could be wrong, but I think these were 2 different gums. Freshen Up was around in the 70s, and I remember it being sold under that name since then. Chewels, on the other hand, I first remember seeing in the 80s sometime.
Is Chewels still made? I haven't seen it in ages.
Subject: Re: Question about gum
: I could be wrong, but I think these were 2
: different gums. Freshen Up was around in the
: 70s, and I remember it being sold under that
: name since then. Chewels, on the other hand,
: I first remember seeing in the 80s sometime.
I'm pretty sure that Chewels was a copycat of Freshen Up. I think there were at least 3, maybe 4 of the "gushy middle"-type gums by the mid-80s.
Kinda like Bubble Yum/Hubba Bubba years. One became big, and then a mini Coke/Pepsi-type competition began.
Subject: Re: Question about gum
: I could be wrong, but I think these were 2
: different gums. Freshen Up was around in the
: 70s, and I remember it being sold under that
: name since then. Chewels, on the other hand,
: I first remember seeing in the 80s sometime.
: Is Chewels still made? I haven't seen it in
: ages.
I never really thought that they were the same gum. Personally I don't remember Freshen Up right off--is it still around? Does it taste the same, with the gushy middle? How sad is that? I guess I don't chew enough gum these days!
I don't think Chewels is made now, just because I think I'd recongnize the name if I saw it in line at Wal Mart! :o) LOL! I was just excited to see that someone else remembered a gum called Chewels--I think of it now and again when the kids eat their Dubble Bubble and I was afraid I was crazy!! :o)