When your sweet tooth demands both the rich taste of dark chocolate and the cool, fresh flavor of peppermint, there's no need to choose: reach for Junior Mints, America's favorite chocolate covered creamy mint since its introduction in 1949.
Named after a popular Broadway show of the time, Junior Miss, the pure chocolate-covered candy has been both a movie theater and at-home entertainment favorite. It even played an integral role in a classic Seinfeld episode storyline (a Junior Mint was dropped into the abdominal cavity of a surgery patient who later miraculously recovered).
Since joining the Tootsie family in 1993, Junior Mints has continued to thrive as an American candy favorite. Today, Tootsie produces more than 15 million Junior Mints a day, all from its original Cambridge, Massachusetts plant.
A group of engineering students from Purdue University reported that its licking machine, modeled after a human tongue, took an average of 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Twenty of the group's volunteers assumed the licking challenge-unassisted by machinery-and averaged 252 licks each to the center.
A student study by Purdue University concluded that it took an average of 365 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop using a "licking machine", while it took an average of 253 licks when tried by 20 students.
An Austrian immigrant, Leo Hirshfield, produced the candy in a small store in New York City and ended up naming the candy after his five-year-old daughter Clara, whose nickname was "Tootsie."
Since the creation of the Tootsie Pop in 1931, the meaning and origin of the shooting star on the wrapper has become a topic of discussion and has been in circulation for generations.
“Do Tootsie Pops expire or go bad? Just wondering. Best Answer: If kept in an airtight container, they can last years. If they are out in the open, then they would still last a couple months before they get a "stale" outer coating.”
“Since Mr. Owl first dared to unravel one of the confectionary world's most puzzling secrets in the classic 1970 TV commercial, dedicated Tootsie Pop fans everywhere have tried to provide a definitive answer.
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