What chocolate flavored chewy candy has been around for over 100 years?

The chocolate-flavored chewy candy that has been around for over 100 years is the Tootsie Roll. Tootsie Rolls have been manufactured in the United States since 1907 and remain one of America's most recognizable individually wrapped candies.

The candy was created by Leo Hirschfeld, a New York candy maker, and was named after his daughter Clara, whose nickname was Tootsie. Its texture falls between caramel and taffy, while cocoa gives it its distinctive chocolate flavor. Unlike many chocolate candies, it is designed to remain stable and chewy rather than melt quickly.

Tootsie Roll Industries is now based in Chicago, where the candy has long been associated with American confectionery manufacturing. The company says more than 65 million Tootsie Rolls are made each day. The original candy was also notable as one of America's earliest individually wrapped penny candies.

Tootsie Rolls are often confused with Tootsie Pops, which contain a Tootsie Roll center inside a hard candy shell. The brand also produces fruit-flavored Tootsie Fruit Chews, but the classic Tootsie Roll is the chocolate version described here.