What's Pink Bubblegum Supposed to Taste Like?

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Bubblegum, the ambiguously flavoured, obnoxiously pink candy gum that is the favourite treat of Violet Beauregarde and, seemingly, a shocking amount of stock photo actors was first invented in 1928 by an accountant called Walter Diemer. Despite being asked in dozens of interviews throughout his life, Diemer took the secret of what he was shooting for in the flavour of bubblegum to his grave, and the company that owns the rights to the recipe likewise isn’t talking. But we’ll get to that in a bit. First, the story of how bubblegum became a thing.
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[@ecsdwe129]

"Bubblegum is supposed to taste like bubblegum." I have been educated.

[@Hoshimaru57]

The short answer is: “sweet”

[@CarpeNoctem135]

The answer you were looking for is a cocktail of fruit flavors mixed together into one mystery flavor that tastes good and only they know what it specifically is.

[@VictorManuel-vv3wi]

Of course!

[@VictorManuel-vv3wi]

No!Its supposed to taste like bubblegum fruit

[@VictorManuel-vv3wi]

(Ignore my fiesta comment)

[@AcornElectron]

Bubblegum blowing parties at the old mans house? Nope, I’m not going.

[@briandiehl9257]

Tat's what I was thinking when he said that.

[@arturdent5168]

Oh but if it was at the Playboy mansion, you'd be there. Psst

[@arturdent5168]

@@7-ten lol more plastic in them titties then in the bubblegum

[@andrewbest2544]

@@7-ten no, no they dont

[@no-pajamapanda8548]

Unless you have had fake tits in your hands, you don't know what you are talking about. Big difference.

[@dafttool]

Sugar with a subtle hint of more sugar.

[@FrarmerFrank]

Kind of a mix fruit/fruit punch but if was made with artiically flavored wax fruit....that artificial waxy pineapple is the aftertaste Its funny how a bad rendition of tuti-fruiti tastes like "bubblegum"

[@surprisedchar2458]

Farmer Frank I mean Tuti Fruiti jelly beans always taste more like bubblegum than the bubblegum ones.

[@honey_bee65]

@@FrarmerFrank - Bubble Gun flavor was originally supposed to be Tutti Fruitti

[@VeraEdelman]

Edward Lee Miller Where on Earth did you get vanilla 😂 are your taste buds ok

[@sophiaclapp912]

Fake sugar with a hint of sugar.

[@5avan10]

The reason why there are conflicting recipes for "bubble gum flavor" is because there are two main types of bubble gum flavors which are very different from one another. One type, the Dubble Bubble bubblegum flavor, is primarily wintergreen based, with cinnamon and so forth mixed in. The other recipe is more of a "tutti frutti" bubblegum flavor, consisting of fruity-tasting compounds which do not occur naturally but which bear some resemblance to a mixture of pineapple, banana, almond, and so forth.

[@scaper8]

That's actually really cool! I can't say that I've ever given much thought to different brand's flavors as a kid. Do you have the name of a common brand of the "fruit" version? If Double Bubble is of the wintergreen-mint-cinnamon-vanilla variety, I'd like to get some of that and some of the pineapple-bannan-strawberry-almond version and do a side-by-side test.

[@YvetteArby]

@scaper8 : I imagine Bubble Yum brand would fit into the fruity category.

[@YvetteArby]

Idk where you live, but I just did a search and it is still available in the US at Target, Walmart, or you can buy it from Amazon.

[@srose1088]

Yes, I was just thinking there seems to be some bubble gum that is slightly cooling like mint gum and some that’s not, so that would explain it! Thanks for sharing.

[@7-ten]

" hey guy on the third floor, the phone on the first floor is ringing go answer it" that's just bad business. I bet that phone didn't get answered much 😂

[@silkwesir1444]

back then people were used to it taking a bit longer for people to answer phones. cordless wasn't a thing yet...

[@jamescarver1657]

Or he didn't get to do a lot of actual accounting...

[@FrarmerFrank]

When I was working for Cosmos sometimes the boss had to call the CD manufacture in China and it could take 4 to 6 hours for someone to answer the phone(just left it on loud speaker)

[@robertt9342]

Farmer Frank . Was he phoning China during their night?

[@christelheadington1136]

It's the flavor of money...in dentist's bank accounts.

[@georgecataloni4720]

We have sugar-free gum now, even in bubble gum flavor. Not only is it not a problem for teeth, the taste generates saliva, which is good for teeth!

[@m.w.9899]

*dentists'

[@tanyanguyen3704]

Actually even when it was sugary, chewing was always good for teeth.

[@markshaw270]

You forgot the u in flavour

[@rosieweaselby]

mark shaw not if they aren’t British

[@purplealice]

Back in the 1950s, I was given to understand that the original bubble-gum flavor was based on tutti-frutti, a mixed fruit flavor.

[@efolinsky]

This is the only correct answer

[@ronclark9724]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZuTZmylbrSqp7s

[@Suika_Ibuki_The_Drunk_Oni]

I have a question! How does one become knighted in england and what perks does it give?

[@bryanbutchmartin9260]

www.awardsintelligence.co.uk/queens-honours/knighthood-damehood

[@arturdent5168]

Are you planning on getting knighted?

[@Suika_Ibuki_The_Drunk_Oni]

...maybe.

[@paulgascoigne5343]

One of the perks is everyone makes 'wanker' signs behind your back and spits in your food.. but I'm not sure that's a perk.

[@arturdent5168]

@@Suika_Ibuki_The_Drunk_Oni you have to be english first

[@perrydowd9285]

Over 10 minutes just to say... "We don't know." Simon for President!

[@perrydowd9285]

Oh yeah. I forgot about the ad revenue.

[@LickMyMusketBallsYankee]

Prediction: Its supposed to taste like pink. Edit: I'm technically right

[@katiekane5247]

My comment too!

[@IanAtkinson555]

Nope, strawberry flavoured things taste pink.

[@EP3mentalist]

Dr Pepper tastes pink too

[@jessicabecause3717]

No.

[@LickMyMusketBallsYankee]

@@jessicabecause3717 Aight bitch you wanna go

[@hardotyler6415]

Pink never stopped being masculine. Many men will fight you over this.

[@TheGeekViper]

LMAO 😂🤣 Great reference! 👍

[@fyreboi83]

I'm saddened to find out bubble gum isn't actually colored with fairy blood and flavored with unicorn tears!... THANKS TIFO!...lol 😆

[@a15thcenturysuitofgothicarmor]

00:25 I swear it didnt say bubble gum the first time I saw that

[@aromaladyellie]

It tastes of pink and the very concept of sweetness. Sickly sweet, even.

[@StefanTravis]

You can get chewing gum that's "bubblegum flavour". Not sure whether that's mindblowing or just depressing.

[@williejohnson3866]

He had a good life and thankfully a very loyal company.... many nowadays would have used him and tossed him. Many men nowadays would never consider giving another man his invention to keep them in business.

[@johnopalko5223]

I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "ske-NECK-te-dee," like the town in New York.

[@carbine090909]

Wow, Schenectady does look like "shen-neck-TAD-ee" when you haven't heard it before. Good catch -Simon's pronunciation was so far off the mark, I didn't even recognize it.

[@Stacy_Smith]

Simon can't even pronounce his own name right! It's wist-ler NOT wist-lah. I'm just razzing you a little bit Simon. I'm not going to lie, if you are reading this my favorite is how you say "vagina". LADY BITS LOL!!!

[@Markle2k]

I'm pretty sure that Simon mixes in a few intentional mispronunciations to increase comment participation. It makes the KZbin recommended video algorithm happy to see comment participation.

[@RJNoe]

“Schenectady” is pronounced the same as “Worcestershire”, I.e. not like it’s spelled.

[@macsnafu]

Schenectady is pronounced "Rapunzelstiltskin". Nah, just kidding. It's only pronounced that way in England! ;-)

[@Hirotechnics]

Can you do an in-depth video on exactly what flavor "cotton candy" is?

[@randymack2222]

Pink cotton candy is actually vanilla flavor!

[@matturner6890]

"shennek-taddy" Haha, almost. It's skuh-neck-tah-dee

[@valtozer6273]

Coke special ingredient is PEPPER. When i was driving truck, there is a plant in Georgia that makes the syrup and the only odd shipment is raw pepper, everything else is listed. And also the security of those truck are very strong, and usually the driver needs to know what there load is. However they do make other stuff, but i have yet to find pepper in those. And no im not confused about coke vs dr pepper. I personally think that is why they are close in flavor. Just sayin. Thank you SWIFT transportation.

[@BRUXXUS]

Oooh. This makes me wonder if they ever have 'decoy' ingredients shipped in to confuse people trying to recreate the recipe.... hmm 🤔

[@escott1981]

"The history of the United States? Thats very long! Well, no its not," Says the British gentleman. lol

[@raistlarn]

My history teacher who was from Britain said the US has no history. Nowadays I can say with certainty that she can f-off, and tell her that the US has enough history to count as having a history.

[@escott1981]

@@raistlarn She must still be bitter about that whole revolution thing. Some people can really hold a grudge!!

[@JacobEllinger]

it's literally just a mix of natural sugars with bit of vanilla. Dextrose and fructose + a pinch of vanilla.

[@etaureau]

Jacob Ellinger A hint of vanilla was my guess when I gave this some thought one (slow) day.

[@ohohvalerie]

.7:12. He finally addresses flavor/ingredients

[@RimWulf]

"You're fired" "Why? I thought I was a good employee" "You are, but you're also fired" "What am I going to do?" "Well, I have an opening"

[@Nexfero]

A mix of wintergreen, cinnamon, vanilla, & pink marshmellows is what it taste like.

[@YvetteArby]

Aww, Diemer was a wonderful person! He had his priorities right!

[@indeedken]

It tastes like magic silly

[@dkn8463]

Haha I read that like silly was the noun, and magic was the adjective

[@kinkykarnage6991]

That's the gayest thing I've heard so far.

[@OppirompaMiDotCom]

But what does magic silly taste like?

[@aprilh9210]

Wow I love how this video explains everything about bubble gum except what the flavor was supposed to be. I found out a lot of interesting facts along the way. Today I found out that the answer to a question is sometimes less fasiating then the prosses of finding the answer.

[@Sk8erclub16]

Bubble Gum is one of the few fantasy flavors that exist with no link to nature. It usually consists of orange oil and isoamylacetate which is important for banana flavors, also of course other esters for more fruitiness.

[@p.l.g3190]

"But Simon, (America's whole history) is a long time." "No, it's not." Love it!

[@travisfrazier3407]

The actual answer begins around 7:06

[@haleyblackburn4336]

Thanks m8

[@ScholRLea]

The real question is, does it lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

[@BEAST-jz6ic]

I am but a simple Homo sapien. I see a Today I Found Out video, I press the graphic representing an opposable thumb pointing vertically in the air.

[@klieu90210]

"Homō sapiens" is singular. The plural would be "hominēs sapientēs".

[@arturdent5168]

Absentee homo sapien sapien now?

[@annettefournier9655]

Bazooka ! Never liked double bubble. But it's still around today more than Bazooka.

[@David-hd2vh]

a ten minute video to say "bubble gum is supposed to taste like bubblegum" wow

[@williejohnson3866]

David Miller it got real deep though... most foods taste like something from natural but not bubblegum... bubblegum is life bro

[@travisfrazier3407]

@Victoria Spice I don't know if I would call it click bait as it was the question that they received.

[@UltraBran]

Simon is hilarious. The description of blibber blubber was top notch!

[@carbine090909]

This brought a tear to my eye; what a sweet man. Now I'll wait for the headlines saying he was actually a pedophile.

[@carbine090909]

Then again, when he threw out candy to the kiddies it wasn't from a gutted ice cream truck. Who knew riding an adult-sized tricycle would work in someone's favor.

[@davidbarnett342]

You wont we burned the pictures, so the people would remember him for the jelly bean they thought he was instead of the monster he is. Lol

[@jayox5596]

He could just be one of the earliest 'Littles'. Buut, yeah. Him and Saint Nick are questionable.

[@dustybragg4011]

A giant tricycle? Bubblegum blowing party? Could you imagine the chaos, and controversy, if him and Michael Jackson were neighbors? PS I preferred jolly rancher's. Can you do a video about the origin of candy cigarettes?

[@silkwesir1444]

Could you imagine the chaos and controversy just if that would happen today?

[@dustybragg4011]

Cheryl he would definitely be demonized. Sad but true

[@DumbArse]

I found a drink in Ukrain that tastes exactly like bubblegum and it changed my life, after the first sip I became addicted and am currently planning on buying a house there just to be able to buy more

[@diamondsngunns88]

"Coker-Coler" 😁

[@silkwesir1444]

HAHA

[@franticranter]

When i was in school, my music teacher had this pot where if you were caught chewing gum in class, you'd have to add your gum to this massive mound of chewing gum in this pot. The thought of it still makes me shudder to this day

[@mamadoedeer1577]

"What is Bubble Gum supposed to taste like?" What I'd honestly wish to learn is:What are Baby Powders/Lotions/Shampoos/ Washes supposed to smell like...? Lemonade. Made with real Lemons. ...... Girl Scout Cookies. Made with real Girl Scouts.

[@emo65170.]

If I had to think of an analog, I would describe it as bananas and carnations.

[@emo65170.]

@Victoria Spice Like rose water and marshmallows, perhaps? I can imagine that. :)

[@cocobutter3175]

That's close. I mix vape juice and I accidentally made bubblegum flavor one time, when I mixed two flavors. One was banana cream, the other, I think was pineapple. It was either pineapple or strawberry, I can't remember, I didn't write it down because it wasn't what I was going for. I didn't know bubblegum taste was a secret.

[@emo65170.]

I don't smoke but I don't think I'd mind being around bubble gum vape, like how cotton candy smells when they make it at the fair. Mmm..

[@EffectPlaceboThe]

Skimming through, I misread that as cremations. Up to you which you go with, but my subconscious adds some fun

[@daraknee]

Even if bubblegum in its essence is just bubblegum, I stinkin’ love the flavor AND scent!

[@haleyblackburn4336]

Same unfortunately I eat bags of it on a monthly basis

[@cartermiller853]

This man is honestly one of the best! Wish he was more well known, but still one of the best!

[@arnepianocanada]

Including spectacular speech - as has Arthur Dark of Hollywood Graveyard. The two programs I am trying g to support on clumsy Patreon

[@JLConawayII]

So the answer to this question is that bubblegum is bubblegum-flavored? Goddammit.

[@starlightwolves1525]

Red cream (whatever that is) that’s the answer your looking for. Try a red cream soda it tastes just like the bubblegum we all know and love. I don’t know what this cinnamon and vanilla crap is about (Big Red gum maybe?) and the fruity blend is juicy fruit. Red cream or some variation of it is the flavor.

[@TheZephyrsWind]

"I've done something with my life, I've caused every other table to be sticky underneath"

[@fvckgoogle7894]

TLDW: It's not supposed to taste like anything, since there's nothing natural it tries to copy. That's why "pink bubble gum" is a favor in itself. You might as well ask what strawberries, apples, grapes, oranges, etc are supposed to taste like.

[@jamesslick4790]

Pink being a masculine color for boys kinda makes sense, Red is an AGRESSIVE (So, "masculine") color, Pink is a lighter version of red. Thus, a MINOR aggressive. Blue (wether light OR dark) is a "tranquil" color. Weird how perceptions change. 🤔🤷‍♀️

[@robburgess4556]

The original ingredients of a gum invented in the 1920s included HFCS which was discovered in 1965??

[@foxymetroid]

Bonus fact: The gum industry of the first half of the 20th century was a popular career choice for time travelers.

[@Hoshimaru57]

I go through the entire video waiting for an answer and that answer is: “Bubblegum tastes like bubblegum because there is no single natural substance that can imitate the taste.” Although he does elaborate: the original was made with a mixture of artificial flavors including wintergreen, peppermint, vanilla, and cinnamon or strawberry, banana, and pineapple.

[@thriftyfreebies]

I would’ve guessed the answer to be “artificial”. But, it does seem to taste suspiciously close to tutti frutti. And my bubblegum scented hand wash has a hint of liquorice to it, although a whiff of that note always strikes me as peculiar, so either it should be more subtle or perhaps shouldn’t be in there at all 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@gadnukbreakerofworlds666]

I once found a patch of wild strawberrys and they tasted like bubblegum

[@gregoutcalt6773]

Nicely done with that Triple “W” Alliteration at the end.... I laughed way harder than I should have at something like that.

[@donaldhall6978]

He should be in Guinness for the longest I DON'T KNOW ever recorded !!!

[@TheIppus]

I know New Jerseyites who swear it's teaberry. One of them brought back some teaberry flavored saltwater taffy last time she was back East, and it tastes exactly like the really old-fashioned bubblegum I used to get as a kid.

[@DethRaptor]

Shout out to Diemer. A pioneer of experimentation, done for the happiness of children.

[@rachelmarks8601]

I’ve always thought I could taste cinnamon or clove in pink bubblegum, but couldn’t really discern what other flavors accompanied it. But it’s not fruit. This was very interesting!

[@Voxelize]

I remember Big Red soda is supposed to be cherry vanilla but to me it tasted like bubblegum. And it’s a totally gross flavor to drink.

[@Steelairship]

6:30 "have a seat right over there."

[@DavidMaurand]

um... ske-NECK-te-dy

[@onesunghero]

Original bubble gum is gopher apple flavored. It's a white droop found in the southern united states. Loved by gopher tortoises and ancient native Americans alike. I've eaten them and they taste exactly like bubble gum.

[@Kaeinlya]

Question is actually answered at 7:15.

[@Fernando_Cabanillas]

This is a small piece of info that may help: In peru there is a cola called "inca cola" which most foreigns say it tastes like bubblegum. This is a cola made of "hierba luisa" which is a kind of verbena... so that may give a small hint XD

[@vegabotain]

I had the idea that bubble gum was taken from the natural gum natives had in Mexico, and then replicated with color and sugar in the US, but I may be wrong

[@foxymetroid]

I don't think natural tree gum has the "bubblegum" flavor naturally.

[@vegabotain]

oh, not the flavor, of course, it tastes like nothing, I have tried it, it is also kind of hard

[@iforgotmyusername11]

That would've been just the regular chewing gum. Originally made from the gum tree.

[@vixendoe2545]

My first gum was lumps of spruce sap. No, it is not sweet.

[@binalith4898]

2:54 ...bubbles wants to know your location

[@tonebone7449]

I like that they sent 100 sample pieces to a store, where they sold out in a day, which prompted the mass production and enormous success of the product. This is all based on the sale of 100 pieces of gum for 1 cent each. One Dollar.

[@TheDeadKingsRaven]

One depression dollar. A loaf of bread was around 9 cents then.

[@RainbowFlowerCrow]

@@TheDeadKingsRaven yowza! 9 cents is about 9 covid dollars then

[@dandanthedandan7558]

Not meaning to be that guy, but... *WHAT IS IT IS FLAVOR?*

[@vavoo4971]

Or... What is it has flavor ;-)

[@natemmerson6849]

And on a whole other issue, what DOES it taste like when its lost its carbonation (description)

[@noahmadrigal162]

Last month my grandma made smoothies with a strawberry and banana mix, guess what it tasted exactly like

[@TheReal_ist]

Learn to fucking word a sentence, for fucks sake.

[@7-ten]

@@TheReal_ist oh shit we got a grammar Nazi in the house what what 🖕

[@TehBudWhisperer]

6:15... turned weird real fast. Retired old man riding around in a tricycle throwing handfuls of gum at children and then inviting them over for parties. lol

[@JJones-gw9vy]

Bubblegum. It's the flavour of Simon's thoughts.

[@KungFuBlitzKrieg]

I mix essential oils and discovered that putting together clove, grapefruit, and ylang ylang makes a bubblegum smell.

[@catm9431]

The flavour is clove... I have incense of clove and it smells like bubblegum... so it must be that, right?

[@silkwesir1444]

Maybe that is at least part of it.

[@feelmylizard]

Clove is a little different imo

[@PewPewPark]

I grew up around clove oil as my mother made/painted ceramic dolls and even taught classes. I am quite familiar with the smell of clove and it is nothing like bubblegum.

[@BRUXXUS]

I can definitely see this being at least one minor flavoring! Good call!

[@the305boricua]

well there is a holy basil/tulsi variety that specifically smells like bubblegum... it's known for smelling like it. There are toothpastes with holy basil/tulsi. Why not also a healthy chewing gum with the holy basil extract or something...

[@RavynGuiliani]

As a child I did think Double-Bubble did have a slightly hot wintergreen-ish flavor, I can see that combination with vanilla and cinnamon being correct. Sort of like the wintergreen in rootbeer. Just a bit of oddness, not wholely identifiable.

[@jonathanjones770]

"Hey, kids. Wanna come to my house for a bubble gum blowing party?" I have a feeling this wouldn't go over so well today

[@gregorythoman8281]

Pink bubble gum tastes like pink bubble gum. It is not supposed to taste like anything else.

[@jamesslick4790]

Diemer was the hero we had, and NEVER knew it! Good Guy! 👍😊👍

[@mannygutierrez7654]

I would pay to hear Simon say "blibber blubber" a hundred times

[@cartermiller853]

Why check out The great courses plus when I have Today I found out.

[@arnepianocanada]

Yes and the ads are 'way too long; many/most online ads are short with tight focus

[@bobjones1432]

When I saw the title, I immediately thought 'bubblegum is its flavour.' Then I thought a moment.

[@redram5150]

I miss Fleer. They had the best baseball cards

[@arnepianocanada]

And Fleer Funnies, a mini comic strip in each gum wrapper

[@ilovepinatas3179]

1.5 million dollars worth of bubblegum at a penny a pop is 150,000,000 pieces of gum sold in one year (if I did my math correctly). For a new product that's really impressive.

[@henrikharbin5521]

Hi, Simon... I always thought most bubble gum was cherry flavored, backed up with a lot if sugar.

[@mksabourinable]

I think double bubble does have cinnamon, it has a nice spice flavour that others don't. That's also why it's my favourite but ANYWAY. Also when I read the title I was like "it's bubblegum flavoured get out of here!" So.... I was right?

[@nicholasday4065]

You can blow bubbles with natural bubblegum nothing else added you just cook up the white liquid and it turns into a brown sticky thick paste that you can blow bubbles with. I’m wondering what the pink colour and flavour is I heard it was rosewater and something else and I heard it was invented by a child not invented but discovered this story may be how it was first marketed but how it was first discovered I heard it was totally different story

[@rodf73]

LOL...this has crossed my mind before. Thank you for clearing that up for me.

[@nunyabidness117]

He sounds like a great guy.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Pink bubblegum of course.

[@mikebtrfld1705]

Tootie Fruity. Yellow bubblegum cigars were banana flavor. The big red bubblegum balls were cinnamon. The purple ones were grape. At one point Sherwin Williams Paint Company was the largest maker of artificial grape flavor.

[@Babarudra]

::Takes a bite:: "Oww, it cut my cheek!"

[@idahagglund524]

Afaik, the bubblegum I chewed as a kid was "tutti-frutti"-flavoured, which is just another word for random fruits flavour. :P

[@biohazard724]

Everyone is so riled up over his pronunciation of Schenectady that no one has pointed out that there's never been a Schenectady street in Philadelphia. Fleer was located at 10th and Somerville and near as I can tell Dubble Bubble was shipped all over the city from there.

[@lostineuropeson]

I have friends from europe who after tasting root beer for the first time, they told me it tasted like bubble gum. Now everytime i drink it, I think they might be right...

[@blookarakal4417]

There is actually a kind of grape that smells and tastes like bubblegum, I just don’t remember what those grapes were called.

[@angharadhafod]

Bubblegum flavour Barr fizzy pop. Absolutely gorgeous. You know, when I was a kid, I found some gum that tasted just like it.

[@rottenredhead6009]

I always thought it taste like root beer.

[@dats3]

He made a lot of dentists around the world happy too. I still love that gum though. :-)

[@HSMiyamoto]

Bubble Gum is kind of like Juicy-Fruit gum -- something that also tastes like something uncertain and indistinct.

[@PassiveDestroyer]

I take it that no one else is blown away that Fleer managed to sell $1.5 million dollars of 1 cent bubblegum in the first year of making it? That's 150 million pieces of gum sold in that year! During the Great Depression, where people generally weren't spending money on frivolous things!