ChocolateBet: August 12, 2012

Chocolate of the Day:

Tootsie Roll Industries
Tootsie Roll - Caramel - Limited Edition
Good
Weight: .6 oz. (17 g.) / 7.2 oz. (204 g.) total bag
Calories: 60 calories in 1 Tootsie Pop
Cost: $0.99 total package
Purchased from: 99 Cents Only Store, Pinole, CA

Today I reached into the chocolate past to taste a sentimental favorite -- a Tootsie Pop from Tootsie Roll Industries (Cambridge, MA). Today was Day #6 of Chocolate and Caramel and Toffee Theme Weeks.

Somewhere between 65 and 70 licks, I gave in to the urge to bite into the artificially flavored caramel candy shell to get to the chewy, fudge center. If I'm not mistaken, the fudge center was smiling back at me. One bag of these economical and satisfying Pops was on sale for 99 cents; and each one was only 60 calories.

ChocolateBet: July 25, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

1 tootsie pop/sucker
Tootsie Roll Industries
Pomegranate Tootsie Roll Pop
Very Good
Weight: .6 oz. (17 grams)
Calories: 60 calories
Cost: $0 (gift)
Purchased from: (don't know; this was a gift. Thanks Megan.)

Eating this hard candy Tootsie Roll sucker with the chewy fudge center did bring back fond memories from childhood. Pomegranate must be one of the newer flavors.

Television commercials for this candy (many years ago) invited viewers to discover how many licks it took to reach the chocolate center of a Tootsie Roll Pop. However, during the commercial, one of the characters (usually the owl) would bite into the hard candy outer coating to get to the center more quickly, and then viewers were left to wonder how many licks it took to get to the center.

And, shoot, I bit into mine too, before I remembered this. Ah well, maybe next time I'll find out the answer to this important question.

Also, according to the Tootsie Roll website, Tootsie Roll Pops are gluten free. Good to know. Now I'll have to try all their flavors.