this is my absolute FAVORITE gum E V E R!! Man, I'd love to find some!!

im from Pttsburgh PA and im looking for it as well the it was the best Gum ever

this gum was great it had the best flavor.

seriously, this was truly the best gum. best flavor and such good chewiness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! unfortunately, i think it was discontinued. see this: www dot oldtimecandy dot com slash discontinued dot htm

i remember the fortune gum im shock im not the only one looking for it it was rectangle gum orange wrapping with a fortune in side i miss thos gums back than i wish i can find them

They're discontinued, trust me I've looked everywhere :(

OMG, I want this gum so bad. I have been looking for it for so long. I used to pay a penny a piece. Such great memories.

I remember this gum as well. It tasted so good. I keep having dreams about this gum. It was a penny a piece.

This was the best gum ever. You would think with such high demand they would just start making it again as it would sell big time over the Internet.

Nooooooo! It can't be discontinued. I've been craving this gum forever, I use to get it at a local convienience store for a penny a piece. There's no other gum like it!

I been talking about this gum with my brother-in-law. We both loved it and it brings back memories. It was great and I'm happy to see people here that feel the same way. Funny how "gum" has this effect. Hope it still exists and we find it...

IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME WHERE TO BUY THIS GUM, PLEASE EMAIL ME @ DANIELLEBROWN9@AOL.COM. . . .PLEASE! THANKS.

I bought nearly 100 lbs of this gum back in 2002 form somewhere on the Internet (can't remember where). The guy said it was the last batch he had. I have NEVER seen it since :(

I used to get this gum from the "ice cream man" after school, kids used to buy it by the bagfuls. I moved to NY years ago and I found it up in Cape Cod at a Candy Store in one of those quaint little towns...We saved a piece of it...one lonely little piece. I bet it has the manufacturers info. I'll ask my hubby where he put it...and I'll post it here :o) I still remember putting like eight or ten pieces at a time in my mouth and blowing huge bubbles...zeesh I miss that gum.

I was talking about this with friends..then I found this blog...no gum like it, cant describe the flavor totally unique..dont dram about it but I would love to have some again..Fortune bubble rules...

Wow I want some of this gum. I was just talking about 80's candy with my friends when I remembered this gum, there was no flavor like it - loaded with sweetness. Glad I came across this website to show them a picture, but I'm bummed they discontinued it. I used to get it from the ice cream man, and one of the highlights of my youth was when he gave me half a box for free at the end of one summer. I am a candy addict and this was definitely one of the best.

So has anyone found the gum yet? My best friends b-day is coming up and I would love to surprise her with some awesome fortune bubble!

I used to get this as a kid. I havent seen it in about 15 years. I wish Willy Wonka or someone would buy the rights and put it out again. Lost its flavor fast, but man was it awesome.

This will never be brought back. Somebody somewhere will be offended by the picture or the will feel that is is an attempt to reduce some people to a stereotype of fortune providers. Notice that the Gobstopper character no longer has buck teeth. I'm sure someone with buck teeth complained. Sad, but it is the way society is these days.

This gum was amazing! The flavor was so juicy but of course it was gone within minutes, necessitating the need for another piece to top it off. That waxy texture was awesome too! I so wish it was still available. I would buy tubs of it.

I want it!! It was like a drug! where is it??

hey can anyone read on the wrapper where this gum was manufactured? help!!!!!!!!!!! it really was like a drug and i was hooked.

I used to buy this at Rita's store on my way home from school. It had the best taste. I was so happy to see someone else remembered it too. I loved it and the fortune was cool too.

best gum ever we were talking about this gum after drinking a few beers we both had the same memories of it

I REMEMBER WHEN THIS GUM WAS A PENNY IT WAS SO GOOD THERES NO GUM IN THIS WORLD THAT WOULD EVER BE THIS GOOD.

OMG...can anybody tell me where to get some?!

Oh my God, I would give anything to have just one piece. I used to get it from the Ice Cream Man every time he passed. Someone needs to start making this again!!!!

Wow, this REALLY takes me back!

Where can I find this gum?

I miss this gum and the fun in taking a moment out of a very relaxed childhood day to see what everyone got for a fortune.Used to go straight to the penny candy counter of May Saris' store, with a buck and just rake it in. Jolly Rancher stix were long and flat. They were also the most expencive selection - 10 cents! Mary Janes - squerils, bulls eyes, lemon heads and of course fortune bubble< all for a penny a piece.

Seriously where can i order this from?

Wow, I miss this gum as well. I wish I had some now. Fortune Bubble was the best. Here in my neighborhood, we called it "Chew Man Chew"!!

I was a bubblegum connoisseur as a kid and no bubblegum ever came close to this one.I used to get it in orange and red wrappers and both were awesome.Wish I could find it somewhere.

I would buy 25 pieces almost everyday @1 cent ea.Id give some to friends and chew the rest.I got over a dozen cavities that year.I miss that gum!

I really miss this gum... My sister and I use to buy it for a penny... Sigh... I would pay a dollar for a piece right now....

I loved this gum!!!!! I have been searching for ever if you find it let me know i must have it!!!

omg I forgot about this one. I love my fortune.

I too like all of you have been searching for this gum, if we could find the manufacturer, we might get farther ahead to it going back into production. Any one know the manufacturer of it? Btw, this gum must have been really big in Pittsburgh, cause i'm from there originally.

Wow, how crazy. I sat down tonight and out of the blue recalled buying this gum as a kid for a penny a piece. It must have been big in the Pittsburgh region, because I would get it at a local pharmacy in the mon valley. we used to walk to the drug store to get it. ahhh, the memories.

It was made in Canada

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SOOO MANY PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ARE LOOKING FOR THIS GUM!!!!! I USE TO GET IT FOR A PENNY BACK IN THA 80'S IN NY.. I WOULD GET LIKE 100 AT A TIME.. THIS WAS THE BEST TASTING GUM EVER!!!!! OMG... I HATE THAT IT'S DISCONTINUED!!!

Me too!!! I loved this gum so much. I took loads of this gum to school with me everyday. Back in 1984, we too could get it for a penny a piece. the taste was so heavenly. I would empty my parents piggy bank, then walk to the store down the road, and buy every stick they could ever get in. I miss this gum!

I used to buy this gum for one penny at Steve's Fruit in Bellingham after CCD. I filled my lunch box with 150 pieces once. This was by FAR the best tasting gum (even thought the flavor lasted a few minutes). You guys are taking me back...

Damn this gum was the bomb. My brother in law use to give it to me and my sister as a kid. I forgot the name of it but found it tonight! Hale the delicous, tasty gum!

i used to buy for a penny and sell for a quarter at school to saps like you !!!!!!

I once blew a 28 inch diameter with this stuff. I had a system. Two pieces for about an hour till it became hard to chew, then introduce a third piece to soften things up and I could get 18 to 24 inches every time. I want to find it just to show my kids the enormous bubbles it can create.

Who wants to buy the rights and start making it again?!? THERE IS NO BETTER GUM, PERIOD!!

I loved Fortune Gum because (1) it was only a penny...and it was EASY to find a penny and (2) the fortunes always cracked me up. My 2 favorites (or at least the 2 I can remember): [1] Never trust a duck in a raincoat. [2] Never accept a ride from a three-legged camel.

i am 38 i've been looking for this for atleast ten years i'm not giving up but seeing so many other people searching for it and can't find it really scares me if anyone finds it please email me at apione2001@yahoo.com thanks or if you have a sweet tooth email me we'll chat about our favorite candy

I'm Chinese-American, grew up in NY, and use to buy this gum all the time, from the Good Humor truck. I wasn't offended back then and will not be, now, with the wrapper. BRING IT BACK!

I been looking for this gum. If anyone know where you can order some let me know at powellroderick@hotmail.com

I am sad to see this say discontinued. But I am glad I found this site because I was begining to think I was going nuts. Many memories with this and other penny candy probably gone forever.

I bought this at a store named teds in rockdale mass, glad I'm not the only one wishing for a little bit of my youth back!! I used to bring it to my little league games for my team

I'm so glad I found this page. I have been telling my co-workers about it and they don't remember it. It was the absolute best gum ever!

i always remembered this gum for a fortune i once had which read "It takes two to tango so stop dancing with yourself" classic :)

I too have been looking for this gum... every day I would stop by the corner store for a few pieces to get through the school day !! WE HAVR TO FIND IT... and soon by the sound of all of us. LOL

the flavor was totally BANANA, and it was amazing. this was a staple of my childhood.

My grandmother used to buy this gum for us in bulk from a local grocery company ( late 70's / early 80's ) . It's a crime that it's been discontinued , but to me Big Bol gum tastes almost exactly like Fortune Gum ... just without the awesome orange wrapper . Let's face it , they would have to change the wrapper if they were to start producing it again . Remember it as it was I guess .

Another kid from Pittsburgh looking for a delicious piece of my childhood!!My sister is too!

I am from South Carolina. And like all of you this was the best penny gum ever. I actually was looking for it myself. Maybe the company who produced this gum may bring it back. And yes in South Carolina they called it chew man chew too.

Add me to the list. I *LOVED* this gum. The last time I remember having it was in the early 90s at a little candy store by my house. Someone's gotta bring this back!!!!!!!

I've been raving about this gum to so many people who have no idea what I'm talking about. I too am from Pittsburgh! Used to buy it all the time from the candy store in the Monroeville mall. Need to find it!!!

I'm from Pittsburgh, and I can remember buying 100 pieces of this penny gum as a child. Would love to find it in Austin, TX.

This truly was the best gum ever - used to by it a penny a piece, then two cents a piece, then it was gone!!!

I can't believe there is a blog about this gum. I've been wondering about this gum for like- 20 years! It was my favorite! Thought I might have some luck in Chinatown- guess not! :(

This was the best gum ever and it was 1cent. I would get 25 peaces for a quarter. We have to request they make us some.

MAN I WANT SOME OF THIS GUM

Glad to know I'm not the only one looking for Fortune Bubble gum. This was definitely the best. I go to old time candy stores and look, but have yet to find any.

Darn...it's discontinued. I used to buy this gum all the time from the neighborhood ice-cream truck back in the mid-80's on Long Island. This was the best gum ever!!!

My bother and I are both Candy/Gum connoisseur. Fortune Bubble truely was the BEST gum ever. We use to buy it from the "ice cream man". Tastiest flavor! I've been on line looking for it for the past 6 years. No such luck. If someone finds it please post back here! Would love to get a hold of some to share childhood memories with my son and nephew.

i used to buy this gum at the convenient store down the street by the bag full as a kid me and my friend were talking about old candy and this was the first candy i mentioned so if anyone out there knows who made or can make it again please hook us gumaholics up

my mom is obsessed with this gum!!! when she found this website she freaked out and showed me and my sister. she wont stop talking about it so it must be amazing!!

can't seem to make out the name of the manufacturer on lable. can anyone else? there got to be someone out there that can start this again. i am 42 years old and have been looking for since the late 80's. i compare every bubble gum to it. i can't believe there are so my people that feel the same about this gum. now i'm on a mission.

If this many of us want this gum, why can't we contact someone somehow that can make the connection to the original company in Canada?? I NEEEEEEED TO CHEW THIS GUM AGAIN!!!

If you look really close on the wrapper is says CONN,06830- I searched that and it is Greenwhich Conneticut!!!!! Then if you go back and look at the picture you can see part that says ....which which is the end of Greenwhich it has been cut off- I think this gum was made in Greenwhich Conneticut............ Come on people help me out??

GOOD NEWS!!! Wrigley's has replicated that wonderful flavor and is selling it as "ZING." Look for their "5" line.....black pack with pink lettering. I almost flipped when I tasted it!!

Dont believe the guy above me - he must just be trying to increase sales of ZING or something, because not only is it the worst gum I've ever tasted, it tastes NOTHING like Fortune Bubble, unfortunately.

Seriously, this is the best gum ever. So many memories of tearing open package after package and shoving it into my mouth. Plus my brother and I collected all the fortunes (they were numbered). It helped that our parents owned a store that sold the stuff, so they would bring home huge containers of it.

The company that made this gum was R.L. ALBERT & SON, INC., 19 WEST ELM STREET, GREENWICH, CT 06830/ I emailed them and they dont make it any more and have no plans on making it. If your interested in contacting them yourself there website is albertscandy.com

Aww!!!!!!!!!! I was looking for this gum. My sister was born January 23, 1980 an we are giving her an 80's party and this gum was on the top of the list. I figure if we all email the company, they may make more of it for a short period of time? I am so disappointed.

I truly would LOVE to find fortune bubble again. It was a great gum. I got it for a penny in Meriden, CT. It's a great childhood memory. I wish they'd make it again.

My sister-in-law and I were talking about this gum last night and I just knew I'd be able to find it online. Darn. We're from the Pittsburgh area as well - she bought it from Ann's Candy Store in West Mifflin and I from Jakes Newstand and other places in Washington, Pa. We'd love to share it with the kids now! What's wrong with Alberts??????? MAKE IT AGAIN!

It's crazy how many Pittsburghers on here. When I was a kid, my Pediatrician was above a drug store named DiStefano's (or something like that) just off Rt. 51 in Pleasant Hills. It made me look forward to going to the doctor's office!

dude i would buy a bigass bag for a buck.. then take it to school and sell it for 25 cents a piece...ha ha ha!! it was the best gum ever,made me extra lunch money to buy cakes and cookies..

Whoever posted above that Big Bol tastes EXACTLY the same as Fortune Bubble is probably right...they are both made by Albert's & Son, Inc. They still make Big Bol so if you really wanna taste Fortune Bubble again just go buy some.

i loved this gum....we have been programmed to love this gum...i also miss DELFA Roll

I too have looked everywhere for this gum! I am from Rhode Island and used to buy it at a penny candy store. All the memories! It is so diassapointing that it is no longer available, what I wouldn't give for one piece!

this gum is great, im eating a piece right now, i have sold this gum to people in florida for the last 15years, it is still made in france, under a different name, it is in chunks like bazooka, cost is .35c per piece. it come with a comic in french. tothemoonmarketplace on the web or google us for contact info

I have been looking for this gum FOREVER! I'm very sad it's gone. It definitely was the best tasting gum I've ever had, and I consider myself quite gum savvy! What is the name of the French gum? Big Bol does taste very much like it, but it has a candy shell.

It's been since I was 12 in 1981 but can still remember how good it was. Every year or so I see if anyone has found anything on our mysterious gum. Nobody I know remembers it- but it was the best ever!!!

You are all right this gum was the best and I have been trying to find it and I could only make out some of the wrapper but if I find it I will gladly post some information so we can let them know we still want this gum.

I used to buy this gum at Petina's in Meriden CT. 2 little old Italian ladies owned a place where you could buy sour patch kids , sour watermelons , crybabys for a penny , fortune gum for 2 cents. is this gum anywhere???

Such a unique flavor, nothing in the world tastes like it. Man, what I would do to just taste it one more time, close my eyes and remember the good days. Western pa. There is a store in Zelianople, Pa, they have been on the food network, they have all the old candies, if they still make it they will have it. I think I looked for it and they didn't have it. They did have the little wafer flying saucers with the candies inside.........remember?

OMG!!! I was just telling my girlfriend about this gum. She grew up on the West Coast and had no idea what I was talking about. I am from PA and LOVED this gum. I remember buying it in Natrona at the Eddie Mack store and at Mrs. Balls store for a penny. I e-mailed the company asking them to make it.... Maybe if we all do- they will! Anyone remember the peach chews with the kid on the wrapper? Let's petition demanding that they bring back Fortune Bubble gum or as I like to call it, "the china man gum."

i bought it in the 70's for a penny at a corner grocery store in lawton, oklahoma. it was the best gum. My sister found some in the early 90's in oklahoma and use to send it to me in texas.

I have been searching for this gum for about 10 years and I was mad when I found this website and it said it was discontinued. OMG this was and will always the "BEST" gum ever. The taste was so good, unlike any gum I have ever tasted. If anyone ever, ever, ever locate this gum, please let me know. (lisaward1@bellsouth.net) Thanks and I'm sooooo serious!!!!!

When I was in Junior High, there was battle over Bazooka and Bubble Yum. "They" also said that Bubble Yum put spider eggs in their gum!! Did anyone ever hear that old tall tale?! By the way ... you guys want to see a really cool sight, go to Dutch Mill Donuts!!! Poe

I remember that spider eggs rumor. That's because if you stretched a piece of Bubble Yum apart, you could see big grains of sugar in it. That's why it tasted so good.

i used too hav paper route as kid guess where all my money wenttooo this lovely gum shame they dont make it any more it was great

A fan of the gum from Blackpool, UK! Used to buy it from the paper shop opposite my school every day in 1989. Would love to taste it again!

We loved this gum! We used to buy it at Zip's in North Braddock, PA before going to school at Ben Fairless. Best tasting gum ever!

I have searched all over the country for years now looking for this gum (my travels even to me into Mexico at one time). The manufacturer of Fortune Gum was out of Brazil. They made the gum for Alberts. If I could figure out who the manufacturer was I would write them a letter; maybe we all could write to them. Im crazy enough to even consider taking out a loan to have the gum manufactured again. When I was a kid I can remember memorizing all of the fortunes; my friends would give me the first word and I would tell them the rest (I could even do them by numbers). Out of all the candy and gum I had in my childhood Fortune Bubble Gum was definitely my favorite! If any one has information please send me an email: tommyvictor@hotmail.com Im serious about getting the ball rolling to have it produced once again.