<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, sixty million Tootsie Rolls and twenty million Tootsie Pops were produced every day . </P> <P> Tootsie Pops are known for the catch phrase "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?". The phrase was first introduced in an animated commercial which debuted on U.S. television in 1969 . In the original television ad, a questioning boy poses the question to a cow, a fox, a turtle and an owl . Each one of the first three animals tells the boy to ask someone else, explaining that they'd bite a Tootsie Pop every time they lick one . Eventually, he asks the owl, who starts licking it, but bites into the lollipop after only three licks, much to the chagrin of the boy, who gets the empty stick back . The commercial ends the same way, with various flavored Tootsie Pops unwrapped and being "licked away" until being crunched in the center . </P> <P> While the original commercial is 60 seconds long, an edited 30 - second version and 15 - second version of this commercial are the ones that have aired innumerable times over the years . The dialogue to the 60 - second version is as follows: </P>

Hey mr owl how many licks does it take