If you’re on the hunt for nostalgic gum, though, you might be able to get your fix with Beemans, Black Jack, and Clove gums, all of which are still produced. Although it became famous in the ’60s with the “Teaberry shuffle” commercials featuring Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, the gum had been around since the turn of the century. Clark’s Teaberry Gum (Clark Brothers Chewing Gum Company, The Saturday Evening Post, 1929)Ĭandy enthusiasts online have reported seeing Teaberry gum at specialty stores (even in the last year), but all other signs are pointing toward the wildly popular gum’s extinction. For years, the only alternative has been strawberry Broadway Rolls, but the company Iconic Candy has been working for years on a proper return of the Danish Ribbon. Danish Ribbonsĭanish Ribbons - or Delfa Rolls - were an imported strawberry licorice treat that candy lovers might remember seeing on shelves in the ’60s. The next best things might be U-No and Abba-Zaba bars, the still-produced candies out of Baffle’s original Oakland company, Cardinet. Finding an alternative to the Baffle Bar these days is a head-scratcher (though we welcome suggestions). Early ads suggested that hostesses slice a bar into pieces and arrange it on a plate for their next party. Inside its chocolate coating were walnuts, fudge, and some sort of jelly. Manufactured from around the 1920s to the ’70s, the Baffle Bar was a bit of a mystery “with all the tang of the great outdoors” and “zest that was born of a mountain wind,” hinting at its California origin. Richardson Brands, however, owns and produces Beechies, the Chiclets-like candy-coated gum Beech-Nut made years ago. You can’t find it - officially - anymore, unless you want to pay $37.49 for a decades-old pack on eBay. Beech-Nut gum was popular in the mid-century (and their peppermint flavor was “the pep-pep-peppiest one”). Subscribe Today Beech-Nut Gum (Beech-Nut Packing Company, The Saturday Evening Post, 1935)īeech-Nut strictly makes baby food now, but they used to be in the ham, marmalade, mustard, and chewing gum businesses.