If you come home from trick-or-treating without any Tootsie Rolls or Tootsie Pops, did you even go trick-or-treating? Both the classic rolls and the pops are candy staples known for their chocolately ...

Melvin Gordon, who helped turn the enduring popularity of the humble Tootsie Roll into a candy empire, has died. He was 95. The longtime Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. chairman and CEO died Tuesday in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Halloween is just weeks away and you may be curious to know which sweet treat is most popular and most likely to be gone the quickest. In Tennessee, Tootsie Roll Pops are ...

A federal judge is siding with the makers of Dum Dums lollipops in its lawsuit against a rival candy maker. Ohio-based Spangler Candy Co. is suing Tootsie Roll Industries because it says the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In this May 14, 2003 photo, Melvin Gordon, CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries, and his wife, Ellen, pose for a photo at the Candy ...

Mr. Owl, the iconic character featured in decades-worth of Tootsie Pops commercials, is getting a "refreshed" look in the brand's new TV ad. On Monday, Tootsie Roll Industries–the makers of the ...

The last several years haven’t been kind to Chicago’s candy-making industry. In 2001, Mayor Richard M. Daley pleaded with Congress to revise the U.S. sugar policy after Brach’s Confections Inc.

Rumors are again circulating that publicly held Tootsie Roll Industries, the last of the major candy independents here, might be a takeover target. But you’ll get a stiff argument about that from ...

CHICAGO—Melvin Gordon, who headed the famed-but-secretive candy maker Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. for more than 50 years and kept it independent during a period of industry consolidation, died ...

(AP) --A federal judge is siding with the makers of Dum Dums lollipops in its lawsuit against a rival candy maker. Ohio-based Spangler Candy Co. is suing Tootsie Roll Industries because it says the ...