Questons And Answers

How did you come up with the name "Tootsie?"

An Austrian immigrant, Leo Hirshfield, producing the candy in a small store in New York City and ended up naming the candy after his five-year-old daughter, whose nickname was "Tootsie."

How many Tootsie Rolls are produced a day?


We produce 64 million Tootsie Rolls a day.

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?


It depends on a variety of factors such as the size of your mouth, the amount of saliva, etc. Basically, the world may never know.

Have there ever been studies conducted to answer the thought provoking question of how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?


Yes, there have.

When children write Tootsie Roll Industries, how many licks do they claim it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

Estimates from children seem to run from a low of 100 licks to a high of 5,800 licks, with most of them ranging from 600-800 licks.