*gasp* Omigod, there are people in the world who've never tasted a Tootsie Roll! You poor dears!!! Well, reading about the product is a very poor substitute for chewing the real thing, but here's the Tootsie Roll website: http://www.tootsie-roll.com/

There you can see an animated portrayal of a piece of the penny-candy being unwrapped. Basically it's a cylindrical piece of chocolate, low in fat and just moist enough to be chewy. It's simple, it's delicious, and it's the color and texture of a slightly constipated turd!

Tootsie Roll Industries also makes lollipops ("Tootsie Pops") with the Tootsie Roll candy in the center of a sphere-shaped pop. Here's a link to an experiment someone actually conducted to answer the question posed in an advertisement for the product: "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop??" http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/9528/
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