Tootsie Roll is a chocolate candy that has been manufactured in the United States since 1896 Founded by Leo Hirshfeld. Tootsie Roll is an oblong piece of chewy, chocolate candy – Tootsie Roll Industries has grown to become one of the country's largest candy companies, with a lineup that includes some of the world's most popular candy, chocolate, and bubble gum brands. According to the company website, the original (and still current) recipe calls for the inclusion of the previous day's batch. "As such, there's (theoretically) a bit of Leo's very first Tootsie Roll in every one of the sixty four million Tootsie Rolls that Tootsie produces each day."[