This Retro sweet of the week will take you right back to Pick ‘n’ Mix days gone by!
These multicoloured drops are actual sugar coated, chewy jelly perfection 
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Of course, we’re talking about…
Yumm these really are tasty. We’re always getting caught out chewing away on a handful and trying to not get them stuck to our teeth!
How about winning some of these?
If you would like to get your sticky fingers on these retro treats, just leave a comment on this post. Tell us why you would like to win these or let us know where you think the name American Hard Gums comes from.
Our favourite comment will win the sweets next week. You will need to get your entry in before 9am next Monday, 21st November.
We can’t wait to read your comments Chewbz fans!
*** UPDATE ***
A great big thank you again for another week of great comments retro sweet fans! We were well impressed this week with so many rhymes and sweet memories, so we’ve chosen our favourite four comments to win the sweets .
Our winners this week are:
Phoebe, Ashleigh Summerskill, Beverley and Sue Willshee.
Hooray! Keep an eye on your inboxes as we will be popping you all an email soon.
Thanks again for taking part each week amazing Chewbz fans. We love you all!
mmmmmmm love these please enter me
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yummy yummy in my tummy
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did someone mention sweets
… i used to love these growing up i used to buy about a quarter from the sweet shop before school instead of having dinner and then eat them throughout the day during lessons, the best way to eat them is to suck all the sugar off first and then chew them up :0)that way they last that little bit longer and you have to fight the temptation to not chew 
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These are gorgeous, ate them all the time when I was little
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I like them,as they look so sweet,and when in the mouth,oh,what treat,the name is so,as,and I really do know,that America’s,not hard and,so they pick the wine gums!
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I would share the hard gums
With my best chums
i look forward to winning them
when the postman comes!!
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love these, gooey, sticky, stay on my teeth forever!
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loved them since school 30 years ago
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I would love some as reading the description is making me really want to eat some right now!
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I remember eating these when I was little. I used to eat all the orange, green, red and white sweets and leave the yellow ones to give to my mum (I still do this today!). Mum used to get annoyed that I never left her any nice flavours but why would I do that when I could eat them myself?!
I assumed the ‘hard’ part of the name came from the fact that they are hard to eat since they tend to stick your teeth together!
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look great would love to try them
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Would love to win these….
Would really make my day to win as the closing date is my birthday…hehehe
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I think the name comes from the old types of sweets being mainly chewy and meaning business. Great colours and taste definitely the bizz.
Would love to win them but i would have to make sure i hid them well otherwise my hubby and son would eat every last one.
my precious Chewbz hidden away
all for me to eat every day.
my husband and son looking and searching
upstairs and downstairs even the oven in the kitchen
though they search night and day
my precious is hidden well away
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i would love to win these i promise i will share them with my family….NOT
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In the 80’s I chomped away eating hard gums every day
they were my weakness and still are
i even eat them whilst in the car
so if I’m lucky enough to win this stash
I’ll hold and american hard gum bash!
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I would love to win them to eat them all myself… NO SHARING this time!
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i prefer fruityy sweets to chocolates.
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love these sweets
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These and midget gems are what i have to choose from when I buy a bag of sweets, both have distinctive flavours I go through the colours from black onwards in favurite order, AHGs win when chewing like a nutter isn’t frowned on ..can’t suck these can you ? lol
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I think the name American Hard Gums comes from a native American tree where the sap is taken out and forms a hard, sweet gum like substance. (Just a guess!)
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