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Thomas Adams was trying to make tires with chicle. The expirement went wrong and he ended up with gum. By the late 1800's dentyne came out, it promised dental hygiene. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=fh_SIrT0wEzZhM&tbnid=qle38r_cD5Ss7M:&ved=0CAQQjB0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuts.com%2Fchocolatessweets%2Fbubble-gum%2Fsuper-bubble.html&ei=dSY7Uoi0Foei2wWW-oG4CQ&bvm=bv.52288139,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNFi_kq3fNMgW9s9NbPVvG9b0ZXxjQ&ust=1379694375508033
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Around the 1900's a gum inventer coated tiny chicle pieces with candy and Chiclets were born. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Eqv_ve8jzz7MCM&tbnid=1fG9I2fnd5R5oM:&ved=0CAQQjB0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baysidecandy.com%2Findex.php%3Froute%3Dproduct%2Fproduct%26product_id%3D514&ei=1Sk7Ur_EHuaE2gWAoIDoAQ&bvm=bv.52288139,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNEcW6rimjjvj-LL5WMCk5b3v96_ew&ust=1379695413101456
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The first bubble gum was called blibber-blubber. It was way to sticky. If it got on your skin it wouldn't come off. It didn't sell. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=kEcTloVabjZpvM&tbnid=JEtVYfX5POq5OM:&ved=0CAQQjB0&url=http%3A%2F%2F2fanfic20116.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fbeleanas-fanfic-final.html&ei=zSo7UoGoI9OI2gWz3oCICg&bvm=bv.52288139,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNHy3BeukdqWEqYj3b8LVm_OeTNLBw&ust=1379695685069951
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Walter Diemer invented Double Bubble. He was expirementing in his spare time and without trying to he made a successful bubble gum.
