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If you call yourself an older millennial, then you definitely grew up with Fruit Stripe gum, its wildly erratic zebra mascot, and the brightly colored sticks of gum with bold fruit flavors that lasted almost as long as it took you to read this sentence. Almost.

However, according to Fruit Stripe’s manufacturer, Ferrara Candy, the gum is being discontinued. (That’s big news to anyone who didn’t think it was discontinued about the time “Hannah Montana” went off the air.) “We have made the difficult decision to sunset Fruit Stripe Gum, but consumers may still be able to find the product at select retailers nationwide,” a Ferrara Candy representative said in a statement.

Fruit Stripe commercial from the 1960's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUKenR9k238

More: https://www.snackhistory.com/fruit-stripe-gum/

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[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 171 points 5 months ago

Fruit Stripe gum had the unfortunate distinction of being the most delicious thing you've ever put in your mouth, a total whirlwind of flavor... for five seconds. Then it's just sugar, then shortly after that, it's just nothing. It's like something Willy Wonka would have wished for on a monkey's paw.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

Don’t forget it smelled fantastic too.

[-] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Don't tell anyone, but I have a pack I literally keep to smell. Do my kids know about it? Nope.

[-] MuhammadJesusGaySex@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

As an older millennial this is the most amazing description of this gum that I wish I would have thought of.

[-] Raptor_007@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Man, that is perfect. Just thinking about it, I could mentally taste it. God only knows how long it’s been. It was a truly remarkable flavor.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

The taste I imagined was probably stronger than the taste after the first 5 seconds. Lol.

[-] GreenEnigma@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Never lasting gobstopper.

[-] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 14 points 5 months ago

It’s the crack of the gum world.

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