Tootsie Roll Pops wrappers

@jtr115 (722)
United States
June 27, 2008 2:56pm CST
While eating a Tootsie Roll Pop lollipop, I remembered something I was told as a kid. A friend said if your Tootsie Pop's wrapper has a picture of an Indian shooting a bow and arrow at a star (since only a fraction of the wrappers had one,) you could take it to the store and get a free Tootsie Pop. Others said the wrappers could be redeemed for prizes. I did a little research earlier and found neither of these were true, but some stores did honor the wrappers for free lollipops.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
2 Jul 08
I remember hearing that when I was younger. I also heard that if you saved the wrappers from your Dum-Dum suckers you could mail them in for stuff.
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@jtr115 (722)
• United States
6 Jul 08
That one is true. The website www.dumdumpops.com has information about its "Save Wraps for Stuff" program.
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@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
29 Jun 08
I have never heard that before. I have never seen a wrapper with a picture of an Indian head on it either though. That would be neat as my husband is part Indian we would hold onto the wrapper!
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
2 Jul 08
Tootsie pop wrapper - Indian shooting a star
I am eating a grape tootsie pop right now and there is an Indian shooting a star on my wrapper.
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@snowy22315 (181996)
• United States
27 Jun 08
I never heard that before. I guess you learn something new everyday. I happen to have a tootsie roll right now. i'll have to check that wrapper and see what's happenign with it. I dont know if I ever seen an Indian shooting a bow on them.
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@jtr115 (722)
• United States
6 Jul 08
According to the snopes.com page about this subject, only about 30% of the wrappers have the "Indian-Star" picture.
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• United States
30 Jun 08
i heard it before too. but i never brought the wrappers back. my mom always told me it was a lie.
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• United States
28 Jul 08
I think i remember seeing an Indian on a tootsie pop before. Way back when i was younger.
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@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
7 Jan 09
We didn't have any kind of similar rumor here in the Philippines - and we love Tootsie Rolls! It was nice of those stores to honor the wrappers for free candies, I think they did that for the kids and not because they were required to :) Thanks for the response on my discussion!
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