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
I can’t say I’m entirely surprised… I distinctly remember getting Fruit Stripe gum because it just looked so cool and being disappointed that it wasn’t actually very good every time lol
It was terrible then, and it’s till terrible now. But I still buy a pack from the local dollar store every now and again, just for the nostalgia.
I guess we still have Bazooka Joe, at least for now.