He named his penny candy the “Tootsie Roll” because it was a roll of toffee ... 1900s as well as a loving name for a young one’s foot. As for Hirshfield, after some wrangling with Stern ...

The massive 11,400-square-foot sweets emporium is set to open ... not only carrying goodies from the Ferrara candy company and Tootsie Rolls of every flavor, but IT’SUGAR will also sell a ...

Melvin Gordon, who helped turn the enduring popularity of the humble Tootsie Roll into a candy empire, has died. He was 95. The longtime Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. chairman and CEO died Tuesday ...