Chiclets are a brand of candy coated chewing gum made by Cadbury Adams. The product's name is derived from chicle (Nahuatl tziktli), the substance from which chewing gum was traditionally made. The original flavor was peppermint, but new flavors "Strawberry Breeze" and "Citrus Samba" are now available. Assorted fruit flavor and spearmint Chiclets are also sold. Chewing gum Chewing gum is a type of confectionery which is designed to be chewed, not swallowed. ... Cadbury Adams, a subsidiary of Cadbury-Schweppes, is a gum, breath mint and cough drop company. ... Binomial name Manilkara chicle (Pittier) Gilly Chicle is the gum from Manilkara chicle, a species of sapodilla tree. ... Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. ... Peppermint (larger leaves) and Corsican mint plants Peppermint (Mentha x piperita) is a sterile hybrid mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint, with a high menthol content, often used in tea and confectionery. ... Jump to: navigation, search Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... Binomial name Mentha spicata Crantz Spearmint (Mentha spicata, syn ), the mint variety most commonly used in cooking, yields an aromatic and carminative oil, referred to as oil of spearmint. Many people use the name scotch spearmint for gingermint (Mentha x gracilis, syn ), a hybrid of spearmint and wild mint (Mentha...

The plain white coloring and rectangular shape of Chiclets has led to the use of the word as slang for teeth. To give someone a "mouthful of chiclets" is to punch them so that their teeth are knocked out. The word may also be used to describe poorly done and unnatural looking dental work. In the movie Dennis the Menace, Dennis glued Chiclets onto Mr. Wilson's dentures after destroying them. This page is about the United States comic strip Dennis the Menace. ...

"Chiclet keys" refer to the small keys or pushbuttons used on some electronic devices, particularly pocket calculators and some early home computers such as the Radio Shack MC-10 and the IBM PCjr. A chiclet keyboard is slang for a computer keyboard built with an array of small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like erasers or pieces of chewing gum. ... This is a list of types of calculators, many of which are obsolete but hoarded by legions of admiring collectors. ... The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ... RadioShack Corporation (formerly Radio Shack) (NYSE: RSH) runs a chain of electronics retail stores in the United States, as well as parts of Europe. ... The TRS-80 MC-10 The TRS-80 MC-10 microcomputer is a lesser-known member of the TRS-80 line of home computers, produced by Tandy Corporation in the early 1980s and sold through their RadioShack chain of electronics stores. ... The IBM PCjr was a relatively inexpensive home computer of the 1980s, and it was IBMs first attempt to enter the educational and home computer markets. ...

Chiclets, just as other types of gum, stimulates saliva production, leading some to claim that chewing gum after meals helps digest food better. Also, if made without any sugar, it helps clean the surface of teeth.

External Links

• Cadbury Adams Chiclets page