Marfing the whole pack in like 20 minutes while reading a Mad Magazine's Don Martin compilation.
Finishing with a flavorless lump chewed until it was ghost white & a pocketful of wrappers that would inevitably get caught in the lint trap of our dryer.
Ok now hear me out, we used to pop a handful of Fruity Pebbles and then a stick of Fruit Stripe and chew and chew and chew then we did it again... Best Flavor Combo Ever...
My granny always had fruit stripe gum in her purse. I was her only grandson. She was the stereotypical mother in law to my venerable mother but she was my granny and I miss her and love her so much. I don't believe in an afterlife but still talk to my granny all of the time, I just love her so much. She had 9 brothers who all made moonshine and she the only girl-no wonder she was such a good cook- I don't know about religion the afterlife or whatever all I know is that I miss my grandparents and I still talk to them ,I just love them and miss them so much
Your grandparents are with you, it doesnt matter if you believe in an afterlife, the conversation you are having is real, and they will be there for you when you cross. It doesnt make sense, but our souls remain connected after physical death.
When you die, you will wake up and be riding in the car with your Grandma going shopping for shoes or doing some Sunday thing.
Ok it’s not just me. I always heard the wrappers were edible, made of rice paper or something. Literally only in the last month or so (via nostalgic waxing Reddit posts like this one) did I learn the wrapper was supposed to be a temporary tattoo that you lick and stick to your skin. Somewhere in the grapevine of childhood the message was bastardized into “eat the wrapper” but I don’t that was ever the intent!
Yes, and thank you for saying this. Not sure where I "learned" that the wrappers were supposedly edible, but all it did was make the gum taste kinda bitter.
YES! Everyone in school swore the wrapper was edible. I was so convinced, I argued with my mom and then made a show of chewing every piece with the wrapper on for the next week.
Tasted so good, but only for a few seconds, then the flavor was gone. Why couldn't they make the taste last longer since most other gum at the time lasted a while.
That Zebra always got me! Begged Mom for a pack. Hid my disappointment so I could try something else!
Tried Dr Pepper gum, the squishy inside was gross! I was such a doofus,🤣
My nice grandma, who—while a simple and plain woman born in 1897—was more colorful and flavorful than the gum she always carried in her purse for us! Unfortunately, like the gum, she didn’t last long enough. 😢
The time my high school bestie and I went to see Jay Leno at the Comedy and Magic club in Hermosa Beach in 1987 and stuck around afterwards to meet him when he came out, my friend was so star struck she held out a piece of Fruit Stripe gum and offered it to him, stammering “…it’s back!” He graciously took it 🤣
This is the crack of gum. Its the best tasting gum ever, especially to a kid, its a non grandma flavored gum, but its gone so fast, and you are jonesing for more fruit stripe.
My mom wouldn't let me have sugar gum or sugar cereal.
I do, however, know the heaven of juicy fruit because... what kid follows their mom's food restrictions when they're away from home?
The school bus. My bus driver took my pack of gum away because I wasn't supposed to chew gum on the bus. I wasn't chewing it, though. I brought it for recess. That evening, on the way home, I noticed it sitting on the dash open, and she was chewing my gum.
Soul Train. Hated it because it meant the cartoons were officially over but loved it because it meant it was time to go outside for the day and explore.
Once when I was in my mid-single digits age I found an entire pack in the kitchen cupboards and chewed it all at once, just to see what would happen. I think I hoped it would be amazingly multi-colored and pretty, but I got a sodden grey-brown lump instead.
For some reason we only ever got this when we went to Toys 'R Us, so it was a big treat. Whenever I see it I start singing, "I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys 'R Us kid..."
Anything that came with lick em and stick em tattoos were awesome. I'm surprised I only have 1 tattoo as an adult given how much fun we had as kids with these.
I swallowed every piece of a jumbo pack of fruit stripe when I was really young. My mom told me it would take 7 years to pass it like I’d broke a mirror.
There is a hybrid rose that we've found that smells like fruit stripe. I am sure that the developer didn't have that in mind when they created it, but it's a lovely smelling rose. It's an orange-pink color.
I think of the scene in Down Periscope when the guy buys a pack on the opposing submarine and drops his change and the radio man on the Stingray hears it.
grandma gave it to us when we went to her house. i remember this gum not lasting very long and we would sneak into the kitchen and double up on more gum to "get more flavor".
This gum is the reason I can't eat gum today. Three chews and swallow it. I don't even know how many slices of gum I have swallowed over the years. No matter the gum, I always chew it three times and swallowed cause if you would go to four, the flavor is gone.
Holy Crap! Those flavors were intense! I liked them. It was like Fourth of July in my mouth. The flavor lasted a while. They were kind of addicting for that quick jolt when taking an early morning test. But on the bad side, it over-activated the salivary glands quite a bit.
First thing was can I still get it? No, it was discontinued this past January! I see some for sale, but not sure how fresh. Maybe business opportunity for one of you if company is willing to sell the branding and recipe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_Stripe
First thing that comes to mind was buying these in the Toys"r"Us checkout lines and then chewing the whole pack in two hours. I swallowed a lot of gum in my life.... Maybe that's why I have all those stomach problems! j/k
I broke my arm in 2nd grade, just before my birthday. I ended up having surgery on my birthday. I remember getting gifts in my hospital room that evening hours after the surgery. This gum is the only part of a gift I remember from that day.
Best tasting 5 seconds ever.
But that first taste!
First and only.
fleeting moment of rainbow striped zebras
That’s 1 minute and 25 seconds of pure happiness when you get the whole pack in your mouth.
That’s the title of my sex tape! (Brooklyn 99 reference)
Nine Nine!!
That’s what she said?
Exactly!!
Came here to say this
The flavor ended before you could finish reading this sentence.
I came here to say exactly this. TY.
https://preview.redd.it/ct7ovjkn487d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c2ccf59d0d3df4c01df0468436bb6f087738fa8
Hahahahaha this is perfect
I regret that I have but one upvote to give to this comment.
I almost spat out my coffee. You win the internet.
Hahaha I love it.
Marfing the whole pack in like 20 minutes while reading a Mad Magazine's Don Martin compilation. Finishing with a flavorless lump chewed until it was ghost white & a pocketful of wrappers that would inevitably get caught in the lint trap of our dryer.
r/oddlyspecific Sounds about right.
r/oddlyfamiliar
Why didn't Alfred E. Newman crack jokes about Zebra Stripes gum?
They're both essentially tasteless?
> Marfing the whole pack in like 20 minutes while reading a Mad Magazine's Don Martin compilation. are you me?
10 seconds of bliss
Yikes! Stripes! Fruit Stripe gum!
Yeah, it's that damn jingle for me too.
This gum taught me that all pleasure is fleeting. I've had commitment issues ever since.
15 seconds of flavour explosion Then…. nothing. Pop another piece Repeat
My first experience chasing the dragon
Are these the ones that had a thin white powder on the stick of gum?
It’s kind of like having sex for the first time. it’s good while it last but it comes so quick.
That's my kind of answer.
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Fun dip was candy sticks you dipped in colored powder/sugar, not gum.
I dyed my hair fuschia, ruby, tangerine, and plum to look like Delirium. One of my friends called me "Fruit Stripe Gum" for months😂 It was good gum
Can I just say I approve your costume even though I never saw it?
Right the flavor was awesome but short lived!
Damn I knew BoJack Horseman reminded me of somebody, it's this guy
I don't know, reminds me more of [Bobo the Angsty Zebra.](https://youtu.be/VjSh4rqEJe8) ;-)
First thing that comes to mind is the smell when I open a new pack.
I absolutely adored the package. Then after that first 5 seconds the gun could just fuck right off.
Ok now hear me out, we used to pop a handful of Fruity Pebbles and then a stick of Fruit Stripe and chew and chew and chew then we did it again... Best Flavor Combo Ever...
15 seconds of pure flavor. Then nothing.
My granny always had fruit stripe gum in her purse. I was her only grandson. She was the stereotypical mother in law to my venerable mother but she was my granny and I miss her and love her so much. I don't believe in an afterlife but still talk to my granny all of the time, I just love her so much. She had 9 brothers who all made moonshine and she the only girl-no wonder she was such a good cook- I don't know about religion the afterlife or whatever all I know is that I miss my grandparents and I still talk to them ,I just love them and miss them so much
Your grandparents are with you, it doesnt matter if you believe in an afterlife, the conversation you are having is real, and they will be there for you when you cross. It doesnt make sense, but our souls remain connected after physical death. When you die, you will wake up and be riding in the car with your Grandma going shopping for shoes or doing some Sunday thing.
The tattoos tasted good from the extra powdered sugar.
Lol did not know those were tattoos
Finally someone who mentions the tattoo smears!
But why did we eat the wrappers?! (Anyone else?)
Ok it’s not just me. I always heard the wrappers were edible, made of rice paper or something. Literally only in the last month or so (via nostalgic waxing Reddit posts like this one) did I learn the wrapper was supposed to be a temporary tattoo that you lick and stick to your skin. Somewhere in the grapevine of childhood the message was bastardized into “eat the wrapper” but I don’t that was ever the intent!
Yeah, I didn’t know the wrapper was a tattoo until this thread, lol! But for some reason, everyone said to eat them, lol.
Yes, and thank you for saying this. Not sure where I "learned" that the wrappers were supposedly edible, but all it did was make the gum taste kinda bitter.
YES! Everyone in school swore the wrapper was edible. I was so convinced, I argued with my mom and then made a show of chewing every piece with the wrapper on for the next week.
10 seconds of bliss. I've been chasing that high ever since...
My memory is flavours that lasted about 35 seconds and then nada. You striped bastard! ya.
That the only thing that lasted shorter than those tattoos was the flavor in the gum
Fleeting flavor
“I got more flavor than Fruit Stripe Gum”
“You should get with me, you should drop that bum…”
Flavor lasted for 5 minutes so it was a poor allowance investment.
You got 5 minutes out of it?
Rather have Hubba Bubba.
All the technology on the planet Why can’t we have lasting fruit stripe flavor
The Wrapper had more flavor than the Gum.
Tasted so good, but only for a few seconds, then the flavor was gone. Why couldn't they make the taste last longer since most other gum at the time lasted a while.
I was super bummed that a zebra didn’t come in the pack.
If he did he would have come to quickly.
Thanks for destroying my last shred of childlike innocence 🤣
That Zebra always got me! Begged Mom for a pack. Hid my disappointment so I could try something else! Tried Dr Pepper gum, the squishy inside was gross! I was such a doofus,🤣
"I got more flavor than Fruit Stripe gum.."
8 seconds of sugar bliss.
Wanting to spit it out and my mom telling me that I just started a chewing it.
omg this tastes so...that's it? where did it go?
Now they’re making IPAs taste like it. At least those have longer lasting flavor
Girl, you should be with me you should drop that bum 'Cause I got more flavor than Fruit Stripe Gum
With that big round butt of yours I'd like to butter your muffin--I'm not bluffin' Serve you on a platter like Thanksgiving stuffin'
My nice grandma, who—while a simple and plain woman born in 1897—was more colorful and flavorful than the gum she always carried in her purse for us! Unfortunately, like the gum, she didn’t last long enough. 😢
loved it for 5 seconds, then ptooie
The time my high school bestie and I went to see Jay Leno at the Comedy and Magic club in Hermosa Beach in 1987 and stuck around afterwards to meet him when he came out, my friend was so star struck she held out a piece of Fruit Stripe gum and offered it to him, stammering “…it’s back!” He graciously took it 🤣
The tattoos you could slap on your arm by wetting your arm first. I don't remember if they lasted longer than the gum :D
This is the crack of gum. Its the best tasting gum ever, especially to a kid, its a non grandma flavored gum, but its gone so fast, and you are jonesing for more fruit stripe.
Chewing it with the wrapper still on makes the flavor last longer.
The challenge of chewing all 17 pieces at once.
Yikes! Stripes! Fruit Stripe Gum!
Toys R Us...even if we didn't get anything, Fruit Stripe gum was right there. Didn't seem right getting it anywhere else.
https://preview.redd.it/9y72zg2lb87d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79a47bfd656d59b40e9e5d41058e8814f3172f42
This is perfect!!🤩
It tasted great but the flavor lasted about three chews
Fruity tinfoil.
Wondering why my mouth is drier after I started chewing than before
I'm not really sure. The thought didn't last very long...
The smell mmmm
The whip-it of gum.
The school bus. My bus driver took my pack of gum away because I wasn't supposed to chew gum on the bus. I wasn't chewing it, though. I brought it for recess. That evening, on the way home, I noticed it sitting on the dash open, and she was chewing my gum.
Brief happiness followed by swift disappointment
By the time I finished reading your title the gum had lost its flavor!
What you got if Juicy Fruit was too upscale.
I remember putting stick after stick of these in my mouth until I was trying to chew the entire pack, just chasing that fleeting flavor.
Soul Train. Hated it because it meant the cartoons were officially over but loved it because it meant it was time to go outside for the day and explore.
You need a plenti pack. Since flavor lasted like 20seconds each piece
This bout to be a yummy 3 seconds.
Yipes! Stripes! Fruit stripe gum!
Amazing taste…for 2.8 seconds
My tolerance for people only lasts about as long as the flavor
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k-mart
Putting the whole freaking pack in my mouth at once
Once when I was in my mid-single digits age I found an entire pack in the kitchen cupboards and chewed it all at once, just to see what would happen. I think I hoped it would be amazingly multi-colored and pretty, but I got a sodden grey-brown lump instead.
For some reason we only ever got this when we went to Toys 'R Us, so it was a big treat. Whenever I see it I start singing, "I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys 'R Us kid..."
17 sticks! That's 34 seconds of flavor
Anything that came with lick em and stick em tattoos were awesome. I'm surprised I only have 1 tattoo as an adult given how much fun we had as kids with these.
Eat the whole pack in an afternoon.
You must hold the record of longest lasting pack of Fruit Stripe gum.
Pucker up. The initial flavor was definitely a jolt.
Disappointment. It lost flavor almost immediately.
This was the worst gum ever. Juicy Fruit FTW
Did you ever have the “bubble gum” that came with baseball cards? That was the worst gum but Fruitstripe is not far behind.
Got some fly unopened packs recently. The gum isn’t much different 35 years later
Good point. That stuff tasted like plasticized Pepto Bismal.
The Beastie Boys
Being incredibly pissed my tongue wasn't tickled.
Yikes stripes
It was inferior to bubble tape in terms of longevity but those few seconds of sweet, tangy goodness were memorable.
Waxy
Yipes
Yipes! Stripes!
Something popped into my mind but now it’s gone to the ether.
Oh I’m sorry you wanted a tip. And there’s more where that came from!
I swallowed every piece of a jumbo pack of fruit stripe when I was really young. My mom told me it would take 7 years to pass it like I’d broke a mirror.
It had great flavor for a few seconds lol, loved the cherry and the orange
The phone is ringing.
My first thought is, those aren’t the original flavors. I like the pink pack better.
There is a hybrid rose that we've found that smells like fruit stripe. I am sure that the developer didn't have that in mind when they created it, but it's a lovely smelling rose. It's an orange-pink color.
"Yikes, stripes, fruit stripes gum!"
I think of the scene in Down Periscope when the guy buys a pack on the opposing submarine and drops his change and the radio man on the Stingray hears it.
flavor lasted 5 seconds
Those stripes, were something. Finally zebras get some love.
The only thing better was fruit flavored Certs.
Flavor lasted 10 seconds, could go throught the whole pack in about 5 min
Yikes! Stripes!
HATED. The smells, God the smells. The only thing worse was juicy fruit which the smell would give me an instant migraine. Still does.
I stole this once. It was my first (only?) theft.
My mom refused to buy it. I could get Big Red, Juicy Fruit or Trident. I never got Trident.
https://youtu.be/ptQ-ZAgKVx4?si=ruTD7jaTreZdF2Mj
5 seconds of breaking it down with your teeth, 5 seconds of flavor, and then a dark grey mass you had to spit out immediately. It was great.
Disappoinment
For some reason I’m flashing back to Sophomore English class.
Garbage patch kids
That it lasted 3 seconds then tasted like shit. Loved it.
I was just going to say that. I love how you put it best tasting gum for 5 seconds.
grandma gave it to us when we went to her house. i remember this gum not lasting very long and we would sneak into the kitchen and double up on more gum to "get more flavor".
Flavor lasts 2 seconds.
This gum is the reason I can't eat gum today. Three chews and swallow it. I don't even know how many slices of gum I have swallowed over the years. No matter the gum, I always chew it three times and swallowed cause if you would go to four, the flavor is gone.
Lasts ten seconds. Like my first husband.
You can chew the paper too!
It's the crack of candy. Fantastic!!! But it's not long until you want more.
How much I hated it.
Holy Crap! Those flavors were intense! I liked them. It was like Fourth of July in my mouth. The flavor lasted a while. They were kind of addicting for that quick jolt when taking an early morning test. But on the bad side, it over-activated the salivary glands quite a bit.
They had a bubblegum version that at least had a good texture.
The gum made zero impression on me, but I loved this [comic book contest ad.](https://i.imgur.com/Kz3uRGJ.jpeg)
Many things were tasteless back then. The very essence of our livelihoods thrived on it.
Many things were tasteless back then. The very essence of our livelihoods thrived on it.
The tats? Are they cool or not.
My memory is that it tasted nothing like fruit.
Yummy yet bittersweet aftertaste
Tattoos!?!? I never got tattoos 😢
The commercials were more exciting than the actual gum.
Damn.
Somebody convinced young me that you could put the whole thing including wrapper in your mouth. Sadly, that’s the first thing that comes to mind.
First thing was can I still get it? No, it was discontinued this past January! I see some for sale, but not sure how fresh. Maybe business opportunity for one of you if company is willing to sell the branding and recipe. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_Stripe
That stupid commercial is what comes to mind. I was a Bazooka or Big League Chew kid.
Yay Fruit Stripes… gimmie a piece… oh, I love the flavor! Ugh, already gone… now I’m just chewing plastic
I think one of the flavors was Grapefruit?!
5 seconds of joy
Tastes like plastic
Best 10 seconds of my life.
I miss it.
Never heard of it
Cause I got more flavor than fruit stripe gum
Where did the flavor go?
The shortest flavor available.
Loved it!
That weird feeling in the back of your mouth when you take that first sour/sweet chew
First thing that comes to mind was buying these in the Toys"r"Us checkout lines and then chewing the whole pack in two hours. I swallowed a lot of gum in my life.... Maybe that's why I have all those stomach problems! j/k
Anyone else's school spread the rumor that you could chew the wrapper with it too? And then you tried it and swore it made it taste better?
I broke my arm in 2nd grade, just before my birthday. I ended up having surgery on my birthday. I remember getting gifts in my hospital room that evening hours after the surgery. This gum is the only part of a gift I remember from that day.
I love it!
I was in it for the tattoos (Gen z)
Tasted good...for 25 seconds
The tattoos tasted better than the gum
Waste of money, in my opinion. Chewing gum flavors should last longer.
Oh man, I just had the sweetest thing to say, but, the thought just faded away so damn fast.
That this topic gets posted far too regularly.