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The 16-Year-Old Who Invented Tootsie Rolls and Saved 12,000 U.S. Troops

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2024 ж. 17 Мам.
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In November 1950, a dark-haired girl saved the lives of 12,000 U.S. troops.
Her name was Tattling Tootsie and she was the face of a new dessert that would eventually become Tootsie Rolls.
The chocolate candy would become a life saver for the U.S. Marine troops during the Korean War - but not because they ate them.
Running low on ammunition, they radioed in for 60mm mortar rounds, but instead of being sent ammunition, they received Tootsie Rolls by mistake.
Unwrapping each candy, they soon realized the mistake was a blessing in disguise.
Tootsie Rolls, the candy, was about to bring them to safety.
This is the story of how Tootsie Rolls were made, and how they saved the troops.
The Rise of Tootsie Rolls
Sources: pastebin.com/zpRqQXvq
Inspired from: How Tootsie Rolls Saved the Troops
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  • Point of clarification: 60mm mortar rounds don't have a "code name" of Tootsie Rolls. They come packaged in dark brown thick cardboard tubes that look like Tootsie Rolls, so that is what the containers are called by troops.

    @Marshcreekmini@Marshcreekmini Жыл бұрын

    • so unofficial code, or nick name.

      @parrotshootist3004@parrotshootist3004 Жыл бұрын

    • So, I am guessing the radio operator in the field relayed to command that they needed “Tootsie Rolls” and Command sent the order to the QM instead of to JMC.

      @Alpha0727@Alpha0727 Жыл бұрын

    • @@Alpha0727 yes i heard this story a couple years ago and i believe it they radioed for tootsie rolls which was military slang for the mortar rounds at the time but the receiver took it literally and actually sent them tootsie roll candy

      @crunchysoup8515@crunchysoup8515 Жыл бұрын

    • @@crunchysoup8515 i can't even imagine the look on their faces when they opened the boxes to find tootsie rolls

      @joejacko1587@joejacko1587 Жыл бұрын

    • @@joejacko1587 they were probably like 👍 were dead! Until one genius combat engineer was like I can work with this!

      @TheHemer812@TheHemer812 Жыл бұрын

  • I remember reading about this in a history class. The weather around the Chosin Reservoir was so brutally cold it was dangerous to warm-up wounded men as that would increase their circulation and cause them to bleed out. A cold front from Siberia dropped the temperature to below negative thirty. This is why the confection worked as a patch for fuel tanks and lines. At that temperature caramelized sugar hardens to something resembling two-part epoxy. Any kid who has tried to eat a cold Tootsie Roll knows this.

    @natfoote4967@natfoote4967 Жыл бұрын

    • It was harder than a rock not to mention hard to mold if it's right out of the freezer. Part of the reason I hated Tootsie rolls; I can't eat it cold

      @jerryalbus1492@jerryalbus1492 Жыл бұрын

    • And whuld stick your teeth together like glue 🤐

      @Louis-qi1gz@Louis-qi1gz Жыл бұрын

    • When it started there were 47 Navy Corpsmen (Medics), when it was over there was 3, I knew one of them through his step daughter and her husband, he was a MOH receipt.

      @dukecraig2402@dukecraig2402 Жыл бұрын

    • That's a great addition to this story, NOW it makes sense ! Thank you Mr. Foote.

      @rrrzz8346@rrrzz8346 Жыл бұрын

    • ​@@jerryalbus1492

      @spaceman3269@spaceman3269 Жыл бұрын

  • As a child, I lost a molar to a tootsie roll. Good times.

    @hydroxyl5130@hydroxyl5130 Жыл бұрын

    • I lost my upper jaw to a tootsie roll

      @thegreatprofessorpotato8926@thegreatprofessorpotato8926 Жыл бұрын

    • I lost the left side of my mouth

      @GamerGoonMC@GamerGoonMC Жыл бұрын

    • I lost my lower jaw

      @Rubidium01@Rubidium01 Жыл бұрын

    • I lost my entire body.

      @okayokay9569@okayokay9569 Жыл бұрын

    • Tootsie Rolls, and Sugar Daddies I would NOT eat those 2 if I was moving teeth! Cause I would be too scared to pull my teeth out.

      @thelthrythquezada8397@thelthrythquezada8397 Жыл бұрын

  • And now I know why my mother loved these candies so much and tried to impress upon me how great they were. My grandfather never spoke much about his service in the Korean war, but I believe that these candies were one thing he bonded over with his daughter. Neither his daughter my mother nor I his grandson were fully aware that this little piece of chocolate in his rations was likely one small thing that kept him from freezing to death near Chosin. Whether that be because of it's caloric value or because it's a small piece of chocolate hope, I may never know.

    @CaptNumbNutz@CaptNumbNutz Жыл бұрын

    • Great story, may never know, like a tootsie pop!

      @brucebehner4142@brucebehner4142 Жыл бұрын

    • very true! I bet that cartridge full of toosie rolls were worth their weight in gold in the Korean War.

      @geometricart7851@geometricart7851 Жыл бұрын

  • A story both extremely sad and extremely happy simultaneously. I wish it didn't have to end this way for Leo but I'm glad his invention saved lives in multiple ways.

    @minacapella8319@minacapella8319 Жыл бұрын

    • It didn't have to end that way. That's why it's sad.

      @jeremygarst394@jeremygarst394 Жыл бұрын

    • @@jeremygarst394 agreed and it shouldn't have come close to ending that way for him

      @minacapella8319@minacapella8319 Жыл бұрын

  • My grandad (97 now as of 2022) was in the battle referenced here. I'm always glad when I see people talking about the Tootsie rolls as it's his favorite story to tell to this day (along with the star of chosin of course)

    @deathkiller3743@deathkiller3743 Жыл бұрын

  • The Army bit starts at 8:16

    @lefroy1@lefroy1 Жыл бұрын

    • Ty

      @Cassanova23@Cassanova23 Жыл бұрын

    • I learned about this on Halloween.

      @heckell4181@heckell4181 Жыл бұрын

    • Ten minutes too long for ya?

      @jjones9822@jjones9822 Жыл бұрын

    • Thank you

      @wyattsprague2218@wyattsprague2218 Жыл бұрын

    • Thanks

      @glenncordova4027@glenncordova4027 Жыл бұрын

  • Tootsie Rolls, pulling more teeth than most dentists.

    @derekbowbrick6233@derekbowbrick6233 Жыл бұрын

  • $20.00 a week to buying tootsie rolls for work ! Welders need this stuff! It's truly an American icon of good tasting stuff ! Zing energy !! And coffee! Mike Edwards Crowley Louisiana

    @michaeledwards4715@michaeledwards4715 Жыл бұрын

    • Yes! 😋

      @waterheaterservices@waterheaterservices Жыл бұрын

  • As a veteran, I salute this unsung hero... Wished he didn't take his own life to witness the feats of his labour

    @jimmylim5015@jimmylim5015 Жыл бұрын

  • I am in my seventies now, and I remember the soft texture of the Tootsie Roll. At some point in time, they changed the formula, and eating a Tootsie Roll was like chewing plastic.

    @Bareege@Bareege Жыл бұрын

    • Aha!

      @Anenome5@Anenome5 Жыл бұрын

    • Bet it's high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar.

      @jeffarcher400@jeffarcher400 Жыл бұрын

    • I remember them being soft too

      @michellemohr1433@michellemohr1433 Жыл бұрын

    • When they are fresh, or warm they are chewy. They get pretty hard over time.

      @Visiorary@Visiorary Жыл бұрын

    • Not sure how they taste, but we definitely have a few lollies here in australia which seem to be about the same, in both firmer and softer varieties. pretty good. the hard ones make you salivate a ton

      @rolls_8798@rolls_8798 Жыл бұрын

  • Leo would have been proud of his creation if he knew Tootsie Rolls saved many lives

    @kirbymarchbarcena@kirbymarchbarcena Жыл бұрын

    • Yea

      @ShortStop_Productions1992@ShortStop_Productions1992 Жыл бұрын

  • As a poor British kid in the fifties, I once visited my uncle a former UK soldier with friends in the US military. He used to visit Chicksands in the UK where the US military had a base. Long story short, he gave me a Tootsie Roll, I couldn't believe it, it was the best sweet I had ever tasted.

    @bobjackson4720@bobjackson4720 Жыл бұрын

    • Bob Jackson ur cute!

      @marypritchett1267@marypritchett1267 Жыл бұрын

    • 😊That was a nice story to hear, thank you for sharing that❤️ Side note.. When I was assigned to Germany, my squad leader was a dark skinned Sgt who met a little kid that came up and asked his wife if she tasted like chocolate😂...I thought he was playing with me, but his wife replied with a giant smile NO...it was the cutest thing she ever had happen to her😊 The kid musta been like 4 or 5 and asked to lick her arm😄The poor parents were mortified, but my Sgt and his wife thought it was cute as cute could be, because the kid was so sincerely curious 😄❤️❤️❤️

      @hope4ourfallen@hope4ourfallen Жыл бұрын

    • Good at removing fillings to ..... Don't ask .....lol

      @timhoran3887@timhoran3887 Жыл бұрын

    • @@hope4ourfallen This is the coolest story to dismantle the wokey-wokey section. An innocent child asking an innocent question and the "dark skinned" people are happy.

      @Sagittarius-A-Star@Sagittarius-A-Star Жыл бұрын

    • @@hope4ourfallen I'm a White dude married to a Black woman, and my mixed kids love telling strangers they meet that I am Darth Vader... because I went to the Dark Side. It is both embarrassing and cute at the same time, and I have given up telling them not to do it, cause they don't listen anyway. I've told them that I relate more to Han Solo anyway, because we both married our Princess, but they still do it.

      @johns9652@johns9652 Жыл бұрын

  • I use to eat Tootsie rolls during the war in the middle east, little bit of home.

    @peter8488@peter8488 Жыл бұрын

    • Thank you for your service and glad you had something that reminded you of home.

      @vivian2217@vivian2217 Жыл бұрын

  • I'm 40 and still love tootsie rolls. Everytime I send candy to Vietnam, I always send a bag of hundreds of the pops in all the flavors, the young kids love them.

    @Jahalang82@Jahalang82 Жыл бұрын

  • And then there was Theo Kojak "who loves you baby" and his signature tootsie pop. So ablily played by Telly Savalas.

    @GeorgeSemel@GeorgeSemel Жыл бұрын

    • "Crocker!!!"

      @Fast_Eddy_Magic@Fast_Eddy_Magic Жыл бұрын

  • A prepper tip: I found out by accident that Tootsie Rolls never go bad. I had gotten some Tootsie Rolls for Halloween and didn't use them up and put them away. A few years later during a move I found them. I was going to throw them out but then curiosity made me try one. It was hard as a brick at first but then in my mouth it started to soften up. It was delicious just like new. I keep some in my bug-out bag and long term pantry. I also keep some in the car in case my sugar count drops.😉

    @rebelbecky276@rebelbecky276 Жыл бұрын

    • Watch out in the car. They do melt into a messy goo.

      @diffened@diffened Жыл бұрын

    • This is fairly true. I think Steve1989MREinfo has had a few 30+year tootsies, and I KNOW I've had a few that were probably 10+ that were in rations.

      @chrismaverick9828@chrismaverick9828 Жыл бұрын

    • My friend in high school would use tootsie roll’s to help ease rubbing where her braces met her cheeks she’d break a piece off and put it where the braces rubbed her cheek creating a barrier between the metal and her cheek

      @darkcat5649@darkcat5649 Жыл бұрын

    • Microwave it. :30 at Power 3 works for me.

      @tsarbomba1@tsarbomba1 Жыл бұрын

    • Just stick it in your pocket for about five minutes. Once warm, it'll be soft. 😁

      @kf4293@kf4293 Жыл бұрын

  • i retired from the Army in 2005, as of then Tootsie Rolls were still one of the better treats in our MREs. this story is just so very cool.

    @abntemplar82@abntemplar82 Жыл бұрын

  • Thank You So Much Leo Hirschfield for inventing Tootsie Rolls that saved so many lives in times of great need! May Leo Hirschfield be Blessed to a Better World & Realm ...

    @stargazeronesixseven@stargazeronesixseven Жыл бұрын

  • As a Candy Broker, my father was also inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame. I still have the plaque he received.

    @robertrobert7924@robertrobert7924 Жыл бұрын

    • Your father wore a dress and shoved things up his tootsie

      @chubbybeastfishing@chubbybeastfishing Жыл бұрын

    • Nice what candy did your family make?

      @geometricart7851@geometricart7851 Жыл бұрын

    • @@geometricart7851 We did not make candy. We were factory representatives for numerous candy manufactureres like Peter Paul Mounds and Almond Joy, York Peppermint Patties, Goldenberg Peanut Chews, Goetzes Caramels, Just Born Jelly eggs, Rhodda marshmallow Peeps, Sweetarts and Pixy Stix, Bobs Mint Balls and Candy Canes, etc. We sold to Grcery chanins, Drug Chains, Wholesalers, and Vending Machine Operators. Our territory was Baltimore, Wash. DC, Maryland, Delaware, Northern VA, and a few wholesalers in the panhandle of WV.

      @robertrobert7924@robertrobert7924 Жыл бұрын

    • I misread that as “plague” and was horrified, but that’s actually quite a sweet story ;)

      @Thinginator@Thinginator Жыл бұрын

    • That so awesome!!

      @acetech9237@acetech9237 Жыл бұрын

  • One time my brother played a prank by putting an unwrapped tootsie roll on the floor so it would look like the dog left a present. By the time I saw it, the dog was eating it and my brother had to take it away from her. The joke was on him. Wow, that dog was mad. She was a Chihuahua and had a temper.

    @sheekaloca@sheekaloca Жыл бұрын

    • W dog

      @okayokay9569@okayokay9569 Жыл бұрын

    • 🤣

      @billymadison8036@billymadison8036 Жыл бұрын

    • I was on a trip with my dad once when I was young. The car went over some rocks and we started smelling gas. A rock had made a hole in the tank. My dad took a tootsie roll, chewed it up a little, then mashed it onto the tank covering the hole. It stopped the leak. He called it a 'field repair', but 3 years later the tootsie roll was still in place covering the hole.

      @kensanity178@kensanity178 Жыл бұрын

    • Hahaha that's a great story 😁

      @janaburritt6939@janaburritt6939 Жыл бұрын

    • Wow

      @Enid446@Enid446 Жыл бұрын

  • Spam was another product that saved lives , during WW2 we sent tons of it to different countries an our territories. The history is still there. Many of them think of spam as a cultural icon. Especially Hawaii.

    @patrickmurray9409@patrickmurray9409 Жыл бұрын

    • It’s big in Okinawa japan also

      @spannaspinna@spannaspinna Жыл бұрын

    • And Korea apparently...

      @SatumangoTheGreat@SatumangoTheGreat Жыл бұрын

    • My husband loves Spam to this day. He eats it right out of the can. I can't stand it especially the smell. But I guess if you think it is good is all that matters. I did fry some in different stages....from slightly cooked to almost burned....and still don't like it. I ate little bits in each stage. The more over cooked it was the better it was...but not enough to try it a second time.

      @gretafortenberry5285@gretafortenberry5285 Жыл бұрын

    • I ate a LOT of Spam at Girl Scout Camp in the 1960’s.

      @flautalee3090@flautalee3090 Жыл бұрын

  • You'd never think that candy was so lucrative but the Mars family are one of the richest.

    @somerandomfella@somerandomfella Жыл бұрын

    • Everyone likes candy...mass appeal...and everyone can afford some. Find something everyone needs or wants, but is within everyone's price range, and you could make a fortune.

      @the_gilded_age_phoenix8717@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Жыл бұрын

  • A sad end for an active mind. It is too bad Leo did not have friends who could help him.

    @crapphone7744@crapphone7744 Жыл бұрын

  • Poor guy, made one of my favorite candys.

    @thegreatprofessorpotato8926@thegreatprofessorpotato8926 Жыл бұрын

  • So I’m basically eating a life savor

    @josiahesquivel1487@josiahesquivel1487 Жыл бұрын

    • 😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

      @martenkrueger8647@martenkrueger8647 Жыл бұрын

    • That's a different trademark

      @joshuacheung6518@joshuacheung6518 Жыл бұрын

    • Good one.

      @falseofdoom7919@falseofdoom7919 Жыл бұрын

    • Good pun--Savor the life sav"or"

      @thomasblanchard6778@thomasblanchard6778 Жыл бұрын

    • Actually it's a snitching lil girl...

      @patrickjorda5523@patrickjorda5523 Жыл бұрын

  • If only they could manufacture Tootsie Rolls in such a manner that they do not resemble Doggy Doo-Doo. But, alas, 'tis not so.

    @guyindiman8701@guyindiman8701 Жыл бұрын

  • My grandfather was born in 1911. He would carry tootsie rolls on him when I was a kid and hand them out to us.

    @cuzz63@cuzz63 Жыл бұрын

  • I'm craving for a Tootsie Roll after watching this

    @tomtroy3792@tomtroy3792 Жыл бұрын

    • freakin delicious !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      @dwightdodd3734@dwightdodd3734 Жыл бұрын

    • Same

      @joeyterrill1721@joeyterrill1721 Жыл бұрын

    • I'm not much of a fan of Tootsie Rolls, but I could definitely go for some right now.

      @EvilPaladin11@EvilPaladin11 Жыл бұрын

  • I Love "Tootsie Rolls"! (I consume WAY more than I should, LOL.) I never knew the sad end of the inventor of something that's given me pleasure over the decades. 😢Here's to you, Leo! 👍👍

    @jamesslick4790@jamesslick4790 Жыл бұрын

  • I believe they have served in every War since WWI as well. I know we had them in Desert Storm.

    @majorhawker4776@majorhawker4776 Жыл бұрын

  • I love to learn history with such colorful stories

    @chrismorse2096@chrismorse2096 Жыл бұрын

  • You are quite correct, to say the War, started in 1939. But that was in Europe. The USA, only came into the War, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, on 7th Dec 1941.

    @kennethwalsh8804@kennethwalsh8804 Жыл бұрын

    • More like 1937, Japan invaded China.

      @stevek8829@stevek8829 Жыл бұрын

    • Actually. The US officially entered the war in 1941. The US had actually been fighting the war since 1936 in unofficial combat groups, espionage, and supply.

      @radfatdaddy4169@radfatdaddy4169 Жыл бұрын

    • @Kenneth Walsh....Did you ever wonder why Japan bombed Pearl Harbor?

      @sluggo5260@sluggo5260 Жыл бұрын

  • Great documentary I appreciate your research & time to put out content.

    @thatssoe1269@thatssoe1269 Жыл бұрын

  • This is hilarious because back in the late 70's early 80's we used tootsie rolls to plug up the radiator in our demo derby car. Got second place thanks to them at one demo derby. We also used the stuff they had in older cars to hold the windshield in. The tootsie rolls worked much better however.

    @johnstark4723@johnstark4723 Жыл бұрын

    • Me too ....lol

      @timhoran3887@timhoran3887 Жыл бұрын

    • Also bubble gum worked good to

      @timhoran3887@timhoran3887 Жыл бұрын

    • during the war we would patch our wounds with moisten tootsie rolls and pack the howitzer with boxes of tootsie rolls. the enemy did not have a chance...................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...just kidding

      @jodyguilbeaux8225@jodyguilbeaux8225 Жыл бұрын

    • So let me get this right. Tootsie Rolls are the Duct tape of candy?

      @BlazinRiver1@BlazinRiver1 Жыл бұрын

    • @@BlazinRiver1 yup, at least for leaky things 🤣

      @johnstark4723@johnstark4723 Жыл бұрын

  • I love this story and is one of the reasons I love this candy

    @jokestermasteroflaughter7754@jokestermasteroflaughter7754 Жыл бұрын

  • Great story, super inspirational! Keep it up!

    @nadtheamazing3865@nadtheamazing3865 Жыл бұрын

  • One of my favorite candy. Thank you for the story of how they were made.

    @waynecory6101@waynecory6101 Жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful but very sad story.

    @MichaTheLight@MichaTheLight Жыл бұрын

  • Tootsie Rolls won't taste good anymore. Leo, my heart goes out to you and your wife. God Bless.

    @allialias@allialias Жыл бұрын

  • Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me🎶🎵

    @wtywatoad@wtywatoad Жыл бұрын

  • One Halloween when I was a kid they came out with the fruity flavored ones (they could've always been there, but it was new to me). Those were awesome and it seems hard to find them except around that time.

    @ak0e@ak0e Жыл бұрын

  • Are there people that don't like Tootsie Roll? When I was a child it was decided that the plural of Tootsie Roll was Tootsie Roll. "A bag of Tootsie Roll" I would say Tootsie Roll circle R brand. It is very nice.

    @heckell4181@heckell4181 Жыл бұрын

  • I've always thought Tootsie Rolls were disgusting, but I'm so glad they made someone's day better.

    @Witchofthewoods.@Witchofthewoods. Жыл бұрын

    • Me too. Except weirdly I like them in tootsie pops. They're quite gross to me on their own.

      @joshuahutchings558@joshuahutchings558 Жыл бұрын

  • You are a very good videographer.🙂❤

    Жыл бұрын

  • This was a great story, I appreciated its value. Thank you for this.

    @chrisslowey7702@chrisslowey7702 Жыл бұрын

  • I see you used a clip from Lofty pursuit at 1:27 they are truly awesome at making image hard candy.

    @Pengu1nMeister@Pengu1nMeister Жыл бұрын

    • yeah i though so too but i looked through the sources and couldnt find a credit :(

      @kellynolen498@kellynolen498 Жыл бұрын

  • God bless America. RIP BROTHER

    @scottconlon5124@scottconlon5124 Жыл бұрын

  • Semper fi, they still come in mre's today❤️

    @1sigmamale8818@1sigmamale8818 Жыл бұрын

  • Soldier: Doctor I’m shot! Doctor: here eat this Tootsie roll!

    @texasww6853@texasww6853 Жыл бұрын

  • Unfortunately, the tootsie rolls have gone the way of most things today. Maybe it is just me but they just don't have the same great chocolate taste of 70 years ago. Probably using synthetic chocolate.

    @Norm475@Norm475 Жыл бұрын

    • It's the corn syrup, they replaced the sugar in many sweet products all through out the 60's to 70's

      @VerdeMorte@VerdeMorte Жыл бұрын

  • and we thought candy cant get any sweeter

    @man3ajmi209@man3ajmi209 Жыл бұрын

  • I didn’t expect the dark turn regarding Leo. Poor guy, if only he knew what he would cause by his very indirect actions.

    @ShenDoodles@ShenDoodles Жыл бұрын

  • Great history lesson. They should teach it in schools all across America.

    @joeanderson8839@joeanderson8839 Жыл бұрын

    • I agree ❤️

      @vivian2217@vivian2217 Жыл бұрын

    • Have you not gotten the memo yet? Nothing positive about America is taught in schools.

      @padraig5335@padraig5335 Жыл бұрын

    • They did in my school, guess it just depends on how much one pays attention... I'm also a combat veteran that comes from a long line of proud service men and women, so I may have paid a bit more attention than others, I also believe my history teacher lived those lessons that were taught, first hand and won't read those in your average textbook, do they even still have those these days?

      @kevinfreeman3098@kevinfreeman3098 Жыл бұрын

    • Nope. Critical Race Theory is more important. Tootsie Rolls are racist!🙄

      @antarahmoody575@antarahmoody575 Жыл бұрын

  • THANK YOU FOR THIS STORY. I HAVE EATEN THIS CANDY MY WHOLE 79 YEARS. WHEN I EAT MY NEXT ONE, I WILL THINK OF LEO.

    @VETERANSHERMANANDMAXINHAWAII@VETERANSHERMANANDMAXINHAWAII Жыл бұрын

    • Understandable, but as the married widow drowned, the propane tank sang to the porpoise. When the helicopter proposed lunch, the propeller saw the midnight daylight yesterday at you. Laughingly, the robin gasped, while moonbeams ate marshmallows inside the deer. Aware of pencils, aroma heard floor tiles selling whales. Branded as lost is the umbrella, as it elopes at tires. Wherein the thesis seams chicken openly, it only missed the elevator by rainfall. Quietly, fires argue as to when the crow sounds popcorn afternoon today. Heavy borrows irrigate crime with ice cream whelps instead of Krylon drips. Obviously, if there is no spillage, the cooling structure ought to be checked immediately.

      @coloradostrong@coloradostrong Жыл бұрын

  • "Cotton candy, Sweetie go. Lemme see that, Tootsie Roll." 😉

    @rolmodel12.@rolmodel12. Жыл бұрын

  • I've got Tootsie Rolls in my candy bowl right now

    @Mike1614b@Mike1614b Жыл бұрын

  • What a tragic and amazing story. I love Tootsie rolls, best candy ever!

    @nerfherder4284@nerfherder4284 Жыл бұрын

  • It took me 17 years to find out tootsie rolls were taffy, not straight chocolate 🤦‍♂️

    @pizzalover5248@pizzalover5248 Жыл бұрын

    • weird chocolate but I accept

      @nssupremacy_4281@nssupremacy_4281 Жыл бұрын

    • Yes

      @neverstoplearning7214@neverstoplearning7214 Жыл бұрын

    • only 17 years? i’m 77 and i bet most of us didn’t know that LOL😂🍬

      @feralbluee@feralbluee Жыл бұрын

  • I swear to god that all candy saves everyone in war.

    @floppaplatinum5386@floppaplatinum5386 Жыл бұрын

  • Great editing!

    @NotAnnaJones@NotAnnaJones Жыл бұрын

  • I loved this item. You made this more attractive. Kudos to you. Stay connected. 😍👍😋💚

    @KitchenWizard@KitchenWizard Жыл бұрын

  • Sad but great story. Thanks for sharing!

    @marleyboy7732@marleyboy7732 Жыл бұрын

  • When I was in the US Army we still called mortar rounds tootsie rolls

    @ernestpaniagua1210@ernestpaniagua1210 Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you Leo, I hope you were rewarded in the life after this one.🤗

    @kenlandon7803@kenlandon7803 Жыл бұрын

  • I love this story. Thank you.

    @velvetbees@velvetbees Жыл бұрын

  • Mmmm... Tootsie rolls

    @donutlovingwerewolf8837@donutlovingwerewolf8837 Жыл бұрын

    • I have some right now, they're one of the cheapest candies.

      @Woozlewuzzleable@Woozlewuzzleable Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for 10 minutes of Fluff and 4 minutes of the "actual Story "

    @agaragar21@agaragar21 Жыл бұрын

  • I want to hear the lesser known story of how the war was ended with a bag of Pop Rocks.

    @JakkiPi@JakkiPi Жыл бұрын

  • Love the story, 1st time I heard it was in the Marine Corps Museum.

    @vennom14@vennom14 Жыл бұрын

  • I LOVE Tootsie Rolls!!!!!!🤗🤗🤗

    @sgt_slobber.7628@sgt_slobber.7628 Жыл бұрын

  • Darn, i remember tootsie pops, loved those sweets.

    @ConTorem@ConTorem Жыл бұрын

  • Very engaging. Well presented.

    @firebird77clonefirebird89@firebird77clonefirebird89 Жыл бұрын

  • The world looks mighty good to me 'Cause Tootsie Rolls are all I see Whatever it is I think I see Becomes a Tootsie Roll to me

    @Angie2343@Angie2343 Жыл бұрын

  • I cannot believe that the candy I enjoyed when i was a kid were this historical and sentimental. 😔😔 I wish they sell it again here in Philippines.

    @My5t3ry991@My5t3ry991 Жыл бұрын

  • Captain I think if we melt this candy we can probably apply it to the gas lines. Everyone Looks at him like hes crazy But then very impressed when they're driving home lol

    @chittumboy88@chittumboy88 Жыл бұрын

  • How did 10000 soldiers get holes in all of their fuel lines all in the same location?

    @jamesperkins2552@jamesperkins2552 Жыл бұрын

    • @ James Perkins : I heard it was truck radiators . (maybe more likely ?)

      @brianmcsorley3229@brianmcsorley3229 Жыл бұрын

  • Huh, so that's what in the center of a Tootsie-Pop.

    @aweausta2814@aweausta2814 Жыл бұрын

  • I eat tootsie rolls with kids in Afghanistan during a firefight. They got caugh in the middle, were terrified. I gave them tootsie rolls from my MRE and extras I had. They loved them and calmed down.

    @hectorportillo1906@hectorportillo1906 Жыл бұрын

  • When you said the "candies provided much needed nourishment , and more importantly, helped the troops evacuate..." I thought you meant they were an excellent laxative!

    @stevecharman8420@stevecharman8420 Жыл бұрын

  • Congrats on 696k subs!

    @cherriegao@cherriegao Жыл бұрын

  • I’m watching as I’m eating tootsie rolls

    @julsg4329@julsg4329 Жыл бұрын

  • Just imagine Kid: Mmmmm tootsie roll Also kid:I wonder the history

    @heatherj9679@heatherj9679 Жыл бұрын

    • L lnnjl

      @mogulmove@mogulmove Жыл бұрын

    • Kid asks for a Tootsie Roll...gets a mortar shell.

      @Fast_Eddy_Magic@Fast_Eddy_Magic Жыл бұрын

  • ... the primitive version of 'J.B. Weld'... 😄

    @louisbecker5941@louisbecker5941 Жыл бұрын

  • HQ: Are you sure that you want a Tootsie Roll? Soldier: Of course! Our lives depend on it! HQ: copy that ...

    @lea7rsi@lea7rsi Жыл бұрын

  • great minds.thank you.Hope to find it again in the store this time.

    @rosaliabonayog0001@rosaliabonayog0001 Жыл бұрын

  • It is a great and funny story of how candy saved the military

    @eduardpeeterlemming@eduardpeeterlemming Жыл бұрын

  • I would like to know. Who were the mechanics who discovered the TOOTSIE ROLL PATCH??? He should get credit, too! Just Sayin'.

    @6stringgunner511@6stringgunner511 Жыл бұрын

  • I love tootsie roll’s! One of my all time favourites!

    @paulredinger5830@paulredinger5830 Жыл бұрын

  • Great for taking out dental fillings too. Dentists love them.

    @theone8189@theone8189 Жыл бұрын

    • Cotton candy or candy floss was invented by a dentist. They know how to keep the business going.

      @susear5939@susear5939 Жыл бұрын

    • Sugar Daddy (mentioned above) even stickier ...

      @dmoore5120@dmoore5120 Жыл бұрын

    • @@dmoore5120 what..

      @1ynnical@1ynnical Жыл бұрын

  • Would you please please do the story of Leggett & Platt LEG I been asking for a long time for this story I hope one day you take my consideration thanks

    @luisahernandezmunoz8332@luisahernandezmunoz8332 Жыл бұрын

  • God rest his soul. Great invention that's not only sweet but saves lives

    @Pazaroni436@Pazaroni436 Жыл бұрын

  • It was a great story, thoroughly enjoyed and enlightened, but laughed at the gravitas given to Candy Hall of Fame.

    @snuscaboose1942@snuscaboose1942 Жыл бұрын

  • A great. Man who made the most of his life

    @vernonwallace154@vernonwallace154 Жыл бұрын

  • Big fan of the tootsie rolls & pops good documentary too!

    @steelwheels327@steelwheels327 Жыл бұрын

  • Epic story

    @yahwehisdead@yahwehisdead Жыл бұрын

  • Wow, what an interesting history behind a simple candy.

    @ITIsFunnyDamnIT@ITIsFunnyDamnIT Жыл бұрын

  • My folks sold TRs in their drugstore. As I recall, at one time (mid-50s), the little ones were 3 for a 2 cents. I was scandalized when they went to a penny a piece. The big TRs started at a nickel. Real chocolate in the candy - real copper and nickel in the coins. 🎉

    @csmink@csmink Жыл бұрын

  • *I can't remember the last time I had a tootsie roll.* 🤔

    @welcometoserenityisland@welcometoserenityisland Жыл бұрын

  • Man I thought they bombarded ppl with candys.

    @danser_theplayer01@danser_theplayer01 Жыл бұрын
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