Sugar Savvy

Honestly, before I put one of these little candies in my mouth, I’d forgotten how much I liked Tootsie Pops. There is something about a Tootsie Pop that makes it different from any other lollipop, and these wonderful little candy drops let you enjoy that special quality without the awkward stick and the painfully distended cheek.

Packaged in 2.25-ounce (63.8-g) foil pouches, there are 4 drops per serving, 4 servings per pouch. Each serving has a relatively conservative count of 60 calories. Enclosed in each pouch is a mixed selection of 5 different flavors: chocolate, cherry, blue raspberry, grape, and orange. The distribution seems a bit random — one pouch I opened had a pretty much even selection; another pouch had nearly all orange. Not that I’m complaining.

Interestingly enough, this is not the first time that Tootsie Pop Drops have hit the scene. Apparently, they were on the market in the seventies, and from a brief check of the nostaligia-candy message boards, they had quite a fan following. I’m guessing there’s a dormant group of Tootsie Pop Drop devotees that has been pining away for these candies for the past few decades and will be very, very happy to constitute a ready-made audience for their return.

Personally, I can see this product doing pretty well. Considering that the Tootsie Pop is the number one selling lollipop in America, and this pretty much breaks the market open to fans of hard candies who don’t relish the idea of a golf-ball-sized lollipop tucked into their cheek, these Tootsie Pop Drops are just the ticket.

(See photo below for size comparison.)