Yahoo Web Search

Search results

    • Austrian-American candymaker

      • Leo Hirschfield was an Austrian-American candymaker known as the inventor of the Tootsie Roll, the first individually wrapped penny candy, and Bromangelon, the first commercially successful gelatin dessert mix, which preceded Jell-O by two years.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Hirschfield
  1. People also ask

  2. Leo Hirschfield was an Austrian-American candymaker known as the inventor of the Tootsie Roll, the first individually wrapped penny candy, [1] and Bromangelon, the first commercially successful gelatin dessert mix, which preceded Jell-O by two years.

  3. Jan 4, 2014 · Where is Leo Hirschfeld? As candy nostalgists know, Leo Hirschfeld is the official hero of the Tootsie Roll saga. Today, Tootsie Roll is one of the top candy sellers in the U.S. And it all started with Leo, a poor Austrian immigrant with a dream and some family candy recipes.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tootsie_RollTootsie Roll - Wikipedia

    According to the official company history, [7] founder Leo Hirschfield (spelled Hirshfield in Tootsie Industries history) was an Austrian Jewish immigrant to the United States of America, [8] son of an Austrian candy maker. He started his own career in the candy business at a small shop or factory in New York City in 1896.

  5. Leo Hirschfield was an Austrian immigrant. He learned how to make candy from the old country. When he arrived in New York City in 1884, he wanted to make it big in business and leave his mark on the world. Some sources differ on the details of his early career.

  6. Jan 28, 2022 · So, New York-based Austrian Jewish immigrant Leo Hirschfeld had an idea: he individually wrapped the candy! That, and he developed a flavor somewhere between taffy and caramel, naming it after his daughter.

  7. Feb 23, 2016 · B efore Tootsie Roll Industries started making 64 million miniature chewy chocolates a day, inventor “Leo Hirshfield” sold the hand-wrapped candies at a small Brooklyn store starting Feb. 23....

  8. Feb 23, 2015 · Austrian immigrant Leo Hirshfield came up with a novel solution to the problem of melting chocolate 119 years ago – the Tootsie Roll.