How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

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   MamaBambieposted 12 years ago

   How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
   
   All in good fun of course.
   
   

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   WD Curry 111posted 12 years ago

   
   
   This is obviously a trick question. No one licks a tootsie pop more than a few times, before they start rolling it around trying to dissolve the hard candy shell enough to get a good bite of tootsie mixed with the wafer thin, crunchy casing. My dentist confessed to doing the same.
   
   Are you old enough to remember? "Pop, pop tootsie pop, Pop! Pop, pop tootsie pop . . . DAD!"
   
   Oh my, that's from back when you only had two commercials at the end of the hour. The other day, there were eight or nine. Please, sell me more!

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   I Am Rosaposted 12 years ago

   My brother and I tried to find out.  Alas, in our youth, we did not have the scholarly reserve to keep licking beyond 8 and broke into a crunching frenzy that left us with aching teeth and an unanswered question that mocked us at each Saturday morning commercial break ...

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   nina64posted 12 years ago

   Like the commercial says "The world will never know".

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   Kommadantposted 12 years ago

   According to this commercial, it is three.
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IA5Cv_5-g8

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      AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It's three because anybody who loves a Tootsie Roll can't do it! lolo! I tried and lost when I was little and have tried since then. To, to complicated! lololol!

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      Georgie Loweryposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      This would have been my answer! I love that commercial!

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   Cristaleposted 12 years ago

   How ever many licks you think it should take to get to the center, but we are never patient enough to find out...it just tastes soo good!

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   kennynextposted 12 years ago

   It will take all of them, quite obivious.

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   SportsBetterposted 12 years ago

   The owl says, "one, two, three (crunch)... It takes three licks to get to the center"  ..

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   TheHoleStoryposted 12 years ago

   It's just like the old cartoon owl says in the commercial - 3.

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    jaredbangerterposted 12 years ago

    The world may never know. 
    
    Well, at least that's what television taught me.

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    MamaBambieposted 12 years ago

    I have also tried, once upon a time.  It was when I was really little and i got up to 225 before I reached it

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       Becky Katzposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Wow, did you just lick in the one spot? I can't believe that someone actually licked all the way to the Tootsie Roll middle.

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       MamaBambieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I was young and bored.  Well, younger.  And I might have taken a small crunch to help the process.

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    Blond Logicposted 12 years ago

    This is all very much dependent on the length of your tongue, and how moist your tongue it. Just save yourself time and bite it.

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    Becky Katzposted 12 years ago

    That would depend on how patient you are. I am considered to not be but I got up to 43 once. LOL and my kids are the same way.

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    Karen Nposted 12 years ago

    I tried many times but never had enough patience to find out.

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    AEvansposted 12 years ago

    I tried this when I was a little girl. Lolol! I ended up eating it before the last lick and lost count. Those Tootsie rolls are so yummy, I just don't know. My guess at least 1000 or more. If anyone knows the answer please share!

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    DaveysRecipeReadposted 12 years ago

    Like the ancient toothless turtle said "I never got there without biting". WD Curry 111, nina64, jaredbangerter, cristale, Rosa and the selfless scientific sacrifice she and her brother made, regretfully in vain, all came to the same frustration filled conclusion. I can think of no one who actually managed to resist that irresistible pull of the chewy center of a tootsie roll. Did MamaBamble really get to the center? Is the moon made of cheese? 225 licks without being magnetized? Unbelievable!

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       MamaBambieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Lol im not positive that i didnt cheat a little lol

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    cperuzziposted 12 years ago

    One... Tahooo... Three... CRUNCH... Three.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 12 years ago

    THREE dammit! THREE! Didn't ANYBODY listen to Wise old Mister Owl??

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    billd01603posted 12 years ago

    MamaBambie Great question, one I considered asking. This was a great commercial when I was a child. Me, my siblings and friends tried numerous times to figure this out (in the interest of science of course). I don't think any of us made it all the way to the end without biting. Thanks for the enjoyment!

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    Express10posted 12 years ago

    The company that makes them made an "artificial tongue" and measured somewhere north of 300 licks. I saw this on an episode of Modern Marvels (topic: candies) on the History channel just a day or two ago.

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    breathe2travelposted 12 years ago

    I counted once - 1,154 -- at least somewhere in that area for that pop.   That was a looooong time ago! It was an extra large.
    
    But, maybe my "licks" weren't full licks, if the company's artificial tongue only took 300!

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    JThomp42posted 12 years ago

    None. Just crush it with your teeth. I'm too impatient.

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