<b>1 - 3 pound bag of colorful assorted gumballs</b><br><br>Commercially available gum was invented in the 1850s, but it would take over 50 more years to come up with the gumball. According to legend an anonymous grocer in New York was unhappy that the gum, in a flat form, was not selling. He wadded up a piece, threw it across the store and it fell into a barrel of sugar. When the grocer picked it up he noticed its newly acquired glistening appearance. The gumball was born.