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Leo
Hirshfield was looking around for a name for the new confection
he was making from a recipe he'd brought over from Europe in
1896. He choose the name of his 6 year old daughter, Clara,
whose nickname was Tootsie.
Tootsie
Rolls were the first penny candy to be individually wrapped
in paper. They were one of the top choices of children who only
had a few pennies to spend on satisfying a sweet tooth.
In the
1930s, the first soft-centered lollipops, Tootsie Pops, were
sold. The hard candy on the outside covered the Tootsie Roll
center.
During
World War II, Tootsie Rolls were favored by soldiers because
they could be kept in pockets and barracks bags without melting.
They were also a great source of quick energy.
In the
late 1940s, Tootsie Rolls were advertised on the comic pages of
many Sunday newspapers. The main cartoon character was Captain
Tootsie who was a Superman-like hero who took kids on various
adventures.
Urban
Legend... A Tootsie Pop wrapper with a picture of an Indian
shooting an arrow at a star on it can be redeemed with Tootsie
Roll Industries for a free bag of candy.
Sorry,
about 30% of the wrappers have the Indian and Tootsie has never
had such a contest.
Tootsie Pops memories... My favorite
candy when I was young was Tootsie Pops. One of the things I
loved to do with them was to close my mouth around them tightly
and then pull on the stick real hard. The sound was great--kind
of like a pop.
I always believed that
maybe I discovered the idea behind the name "Tootsie Pop". I
never did find out, but I always dreamed of some contest about
guessing the reasoning behind the name and winning a lifetime
supply of Tootsie Pops. Oh, well I loved them then and I love
them now. By the way, I can still make them pop and as soon as
my granddaughter gets a few teeth I'm gonna show her how to pop
them like papa does. ~ Ashley from Missouri
More memories... I
remember when I was very young seeing the commercials on the TV
with the kids trying to find out how many licks it takes to get
to the center of the tootsie pop and going to ask the owl and he
would say one, two, three and then crunch and would say three
lick to the center of a tootsie pop. well I had to do my own
test study and found that it took around 97 licks to get to the
center of a tootsie pop. ~ Kris from Colorado
