What Would We Do Without Tootsie Rolls?

Today is the anniversary of the first day that Tootsie Rolls were sold in American candy shops (in 1896)!

Little Known Tootsie Rolls facts:

• Tootsie rolls were the first penny candy to be individually wrapped (Wikipedia)
• This chocolate candy was named after the inventor’s daughter, Clara “Tootsie” Hirshfeld!
• There is an online store for all of your Tootsie needs and wants!
• There are eight varieties!  (who would have known!)  
• To see how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop…click here!

What ingredients are used to make Tootsie Rolls:

The current U.S. ingredients of a Tootsie Roll are sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, condensed skim milk, cocoa, whey, soy lecithin, and artificial and natural flavors. In 2009, Tootsie Rolls became a certified kosher by the Orthodox Union.

Tootsie Flavors

Call me boring but my favorite Tootsie flavor is the original – chocolate.  I didn’t know they had this many flavors:

• Cherry
• Green apple
• Blue raspberry
• Vanilla
• Lemon
• Orange
• Lime
• Grape

Have you tried any of the flavors?  If so, which one is your favorite?