<P> Tootsie Pops are hard candy lollipops filled with chocolate - flavored chewy Tootsie Roll . They were invented in 1931 by Lukas R. "Luke" Weisgram, an employee of The Sweets Company of America . The company changed its name to Tootsie Roll Industries in 1969 . </P> <P> The candy debuted in 1931 . In addition to chocolate (the original flavor), Tootsie Pops come in cherry, orange, caramel, grape, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon, blue raspberry, candy cane (seasonal), and now, pomegranate, banana, blueberry, lemon, and green apple flavors . Another release of Tootsie Roll Pops, named Tropical Stormz, features six swirl - textured flavors: orange, lemon lime, strawberry banana, apple blueberry, citrus punch, and berry punch . All flavors apply only to the hard candy surrounding the core; the soft core is always chocolate Tootsie Roll material . </P> <P> In 2002, 60 million Tootsie Rolls and twenty million Tootsie Pops were produced every day . </P>

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