Fruit Stripe Gum Discontinued
Emily Schmall, reporting for The New York Times:
Fruit Stripe, the striped chewing gum known for its short burst of
flavor, has been discontinued after more than a half-century,
inspiring nostalgic tributes across social media.
“Best two seconds of flavor you’ve ever had,” one Reddit user
wrote on Wednesday. “R.I.P. to a legend.”
Rainbow-colored packs of Fruit Stripe gum first appeared in stores
in the United States in the late 1960s. Ferrara, a confectioner
based in Chicago, said this week that it had stopped making the
product.
There were two kinds of Fruit Stripe: chewing gum and bubble gum. I could never decide which was better, so, of course, I always bought a pack of each. (Juicy Fruit, of course, is the superior fruit-flavored stick-shaped chewing gum.)
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Emily Schmall, reporting for The New York Times:
Fruit Stripe, the striped chewing gum known for its short burst of
flavor, has been discontinued after more than a half-century,
inspiring nostalgic tributes across social media.
“Best two seconds of flavor you’ve ever had,” one Reddit user
wrote on Wednesday. “R.I.P. to a legend.”
Rainbow-colored packs of Fruit Stripe gum first appeared in stores
in the United States in the late 1960s. Ferrara, a confectioner
based in Chicago, said this week that it had stopped making the
product.
There were two kinds of Fruit Stripe: chewing gum and bubble gum. I could never decide which was better, so, of course, I always bought a pack of each. (Juicy Fruit, of course, is the superior fruit-flavored stick-shaped chewing gum.)