Before Tootsie came out with their seasonal Candy Cane Tootsie Pops fans of peppermint and Tootsie Rolls were relegated to making their own. Though it was relatively simple to jam a Tootsie Roll on a chop stick and then smash a couple of starlight mints onto it, it just didn’t have the same cl...

For years Sugar Babies were just plain old Sugar Babies. Tiny little caramels panned with a sugar shell like a jelly bean. Perfect just the way they are. But Tootsie, like so many other companies, needed to expand the brand. So they covered them in chocolate and then some bitter green ogre skin (oh,...

Most eighties comedies don't snare us like they used to. We can flip past Ferris Bueller's Day Off or Stand by Me and not lose our whole afternoon. But there are certain movies that still grab hold, every time, like Tootsie (HDNetM, Saturday, 2:15 p.m.). Tootsie is one of the great actors' showcases...

Candy is always good, but when you can successfully combine two different types of candy into one, then you’re in business. And though it’s a seemingly difficult feat, I have always thought the most successful attempt to be lollipops with filled centers. My personal preference is for Tootsie Pop...

Earlier this year I teased a new line of Dots from Tootsie. The single flavor boxes of the [Aristotelian] Elements line are based on the four elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Each of these elements is assigned a flavor and a not-found-in-nature color. (There’s actually a fifth element in ...

I give give give to all of you all the time, and do I ask for anything in return? (short answer: NO). But now I do need your help with something. Hi, I'm Ange and I'm a Tootsie Pop addict, honestly, several bags of the things a week. Tootsie Pop recently introduced new trial flavors, and one of them...

(how I visualize myself as a woman) I’ve given a lot of thought about masculinity and femininity in the last few days, since I first mentioned this idea for “Write Like the Opposite Sex” Day.  This week — my blog, my therapy, my marriage, and my sex life all converged at a ...

Over the weekend, I mentioned that I was struggling with trying to make one of my female characters believable.  No matter what situation I put her in, she seemed to always be taking off her blouse, rubbing against the male lead, and saying “Take me now, you hot-blooded schmuck.” When I...

Tootsie, Out of Africa and The Way We Were are just of few of the unforgettable films that the legendary Sydney Pollack directed. The talented filmmaker passed away on May 26, at his LA home in Pacific Palisades at age 73 after a courageous 9 month battle with cancer. “Stars are like thoroughb...

Christine and I were both very sad to hear that legendary, Oscar-winning director/producer, Sydney Pollack passed away on Sunday at the age of 73. Diagnosed with cancer nine months ago, Pollack died at his home in Pacific Palisades surrounded by his family. I had been a fan of Pollack’s mid-ca...