Tootsie Roll Pops are known for the catch phrase "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?" The phrase was first introduced in an animated commercial which debuted on U.S. television in 1970.
No one knows. For the owl in the original commercial, it took three licks and then he bit into it. The whole point is that no one will ever know because you can't resist the great temptation of biting the candy shell to get to the center of a tootsie pop!
Additional Input from Contributors:
Large licks:423
Small licks:752
There are several factors, needless to say, even if it's the same person counting, the # of licks will differ at each attempt. If you wanted to look at it semi-scientifically, the number of licks needed depend on these factors:
* Pressure per square inch the tongue is applied to the surface of the tootsie pop (TP)
* The average amount of square inch in contact between tongue and TP
* At what measurement from the center of the stick of the TP at which you declare that you have reached the center of the TP.
* The rotation factor of the TP - if the eater continues to lick one specific portion only to reach the center faster - or if licks are distributed evenly around the outer surface area of TP.
And to a lesser extent:
* Ambient temperature
* Use of teeth / or lack of teeth of eater
* Hunger of TP eater
* Boredom of TP eater
* Age of TP
1, 2, 3, CRUNCH!
The world may never know…
Actualy you can't eat it like eat it if your licking it that's not technical eating it's breaking it down with your tongue and swallowing the flavor with your spit so what your really asking in how many licks does it take to deplenish a lolli pop?
more than you can coant
This question , often asked , contains a variable that can not be accurately answered . Each person will have different experiences .
It takes 200 licks to lick a lolly pop, if you count from the time you start to the time your done; Then it will give you the amount of licks it took!
i got 524 licks
212
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It depends on size of your tongue, how fast you lick, and how you lick it. Usually it takes a couple hundred licks.
it depends on how long u lick it
(literal) it takes 1 lick to lick a tootsie roll (funny) 3 (real) i did this before and 149 I did it and it took 622 licks I did it too and it was 982 licks.I also saw this video on youtube that said over 9000 licks.
420 licks without a bite. I counted 432 licks, and it was accurate.
it depends how you lick it usually between 40 and 50
it depends on how much you lick. on applying a bit of pressure with your tongue would ofcourse take more of it. generally it is around 75 licks.
it depends on how much you lick. on applying a bit of pressure with your tongue would ofcourse take more of it. generally it is around 75 licks.
That would be infinity because really, it is impossible to lick a pillow down like a tootsie pop.
In my tests, exactly 568 licks, or about 20 minutes. This is all licks, no sucking, and no biting. In another trial, it took 579 licks, so about the same amount.
The most common answer is 3 for the COMMERCIAL. For the real answer go on Official Tootsie pop website 2009. You might want to reword your answer though because it only takes one lick to lick a tootsie pop but i know you meant the center.
It takes about 942 licks to get to the center