Sweets

Tootsie Rolls

In 1896, Leo Hirshfield, and Australian Immigrant to the United States, started a candy businnes. He wanted to make a candy based on chocolate that wouldn't melt and would be an economical artificial alternative to traditional chocolates.

He named this candy after his daughter's nickname Clara "tootsie" hirshfield.Later on he created the Tootsie Pop, this became popular in the Depression era, because of its low price. Also during World war II, Tootsie Rolls became a standard part of American soldiers' field rations due to the hardiness of the candy under a variety of environmnental conditions.