Tootsie rolls were named after the daughter of their creator.
The man was Leo Hirshfield. His five year old daughter's nickname was "Tootsie" (her real name was Clara Hirshfield). In creating the Tootsie Roll, Hirshfield was trying to create a chocolate that wouldn't melt easily and eventually came up with the artificial "chocolate" candy, the tootsie roll. This ability to not melt easily and to use artificial ingredients that weren't being rationed during war times proved a huge boon for the company as it eventually began being included in soldier's rations during WWII. The low price of the artificial ingredients also made it a popular treat during the depression, along with the tootsie pop. Today about 64 million tootsie rolls are produced every day along with 20 million tootsie pops.
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