{"id":11143,"date":"2013-09-26T12:56:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T16:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=11143"},"modified":"2013-09-26T12:56:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T16:56:44","slug":"hot-week-bazooka-hot-bubble-gum-from-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=11143","title":{"rendered":"Hot Week: Bazooka Hot Bubble Gum from 1973!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CC_BazookaDuring the initial two days of Cinnamon Hot Week I looked at unusual items from the 1960’s and the 1990’s – so today I’m hitting the 1970’s with a dynamite-yet-mysterious release from Topps Chewing Gum:\u00a0 Bazooka Hot Bubble Gum!<\/p>\n

Bazooka is a timeless brand and over the years it has received numerous flavor extensions like grape, cherry and apple among others.\u00a0 But in my experience no Bazooka flavor is as unusual or tough to track down information on as cinnamon Bazooka Hot.<\/p>\n

I first encountered evidence of the Bazooka Hot flavor in a group of unscored\/uncut Topps display boxes – from a group found in an old printers warehouse.\u00a0 There were two versions of them.<\/p>\n

The first box sports a call-out highlighting the product as being “new”:<\/p>\n

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Topps – NEW Bazooka Hot bubble gum 480-count display box flat – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

The other Bazooka Hot box flat features a “loop-T” Topps logo on the sides, as well a retailer incentive offer:<\/p>\n

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Topps Hot Bazooka Bubble Gum Box Flat – 1973<\/p><\/div>\n

I discovered those box flats five years ago, and ever since that time I’ve hunted for any other signs of Bazooka Hot bubble gum, but always came up empty, until last year.<\/p>\n

Late last year I acquired a promotional sales brochure for Topps’ 1974 Lineup<\/a> that featured an image of a Hot Bazooka display box full of gum!<\/p>\n

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Topps – Bazooka Hot bubble gum – display box image from promotional brochure – 1973<\/p><\/div>\n

For me, images are great but the neatest pieces to track down are the actual wrappers – there’s nothing quite as satisfying as holding something meant for the trash that somehow survived through the decades.\u00a0 My quest to find a Bazooka Hot wrapper almost came to fruition earlier this year when I found a printer’s production proof sheet for Bazooka Hot.<\/p>\n

Unlike an actual Bazooka wrapper or uncut sheet of wrappers, which would have been printed on a wax-like paper, this proof sheet is printed on a slick, glossy stock.\u00a0 While not an actual wrapper, this is as close as I’ve come to one – and it has finally allowed me to see what a Bazooka Hot wrapper would look like up-close.\u00a0 I really dig this piece:<\/p>\n

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Bazooka Hot wrapper printer’s proof sheet – 1973<\/p><\/div>\n

While I don’t have an actual Bazooka Hot wrapper in my collection, I do have a standard Bazooka wrapper from the 1973-1974 period.\u00a0 Here’s a comparison image I assembled for today’s post – which also presents a nice clear look at a Bazooka Hot wrapper pulled from the above proof sheet.\u00a0 [Note: These images are all CollectingCandy.com exclusives – you won’t find an image of a Bazooka Hot wrapper anywhere else online.]<\/p>\n

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1973-74 Bazooka regular and Bazooka Hot comparison.<\/p><\/div>\n

Isn’t that Bazooka Hot wrapper cool?\u00a0 I love the “flame job” design element of it, playing on the classic Bazooka graphic look.\u00a0 Hopefully I’ll find an actual wrapper for my collection one day.<\/p>\n

The elusiveness of a Bazooka Hot wrapper has prompted me at times to speculate that the flavor was never produced or if it was, it was only test-marketed regionally.\u00a0 But that’s only speculation and as I’ve come to learn from my confectionery adventures; just because something hasn’t been found does not mean it was never out there.<\/p>\n

It could just be that Bazooka Hot was a short-lived product and like so many confectionery products, the packaging for it may be lost to time.\u00a0 But I’ll keep hunting.<\/p>\n

A final note regarding cinnamon hot-flavored Bazooka gum:\u00a0 While Bazooka Hot appears to have not lasted beyond a brief initial run, the Bazooka Sugarless brand had a hot cinnamon flavor that lasted for several years.\u00a0 Here’s an early example of a pack of Cinnamon Flavored Bazooka Sugarless gum!<\/p>\n

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Topps Bazooka Cinnamon Sugarless Bubble Gum package – 1972<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything for today’s entry in our Cinnamon Hot Week coverage!\u00a0 Check back tomorrow for more Hot Week fun.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n

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This post was a part of CollectingCandy.com\u2019s Cinnamon Hot Week!<\/p>\n

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