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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/40675/full/40675/let-me-see-you-kosher-tootsie-roll/ <br /><br /> <b>Let me see you (kosher) Tootsie Roll</b> <br /> Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | by rachel leibold <br /><br /><p> <div class="capDivLeft" style="width: 150px;"><img align="left" alt="tootsie_rolls_150" height="110" src="http://www.jweekly.com/images/uploads/blog_art/1109/tootsie_rolls_150.jpg" title="tootsie_rolls_150" width="150" /> <div class="caption">Yes, we're kosher!<br /></div> </div> Kosher consumers, REJOICE. The day has arrived when you may finally, <em>finally</em> enjoy one of America's greatest treasures: the Tootsie Roll.</p> According to a press release sent out this afternoon by the Orthodox Union, Tootsie Roll Industries has announced that the venerable OU symbol will now appear on Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Fruit Rolls, Frooties and DOTS. <p>Some of Tootsie Roll Industries' candies are already certified kosher by other certification agencies, including Charleston Chew (KVH) and Andes mints (Chaf-K). No word on when yeshiva bochers can start noshing on Sugar Daddies, though.</p> <div class="capDivLeft" style="width: 156px;"><img align="left" alt="tushie_roll_156" height="116" src="/images/uploads/blog_art/1109/tushie_roll_156.jpg" title="tushie_roll_156" width="156" /> <div class="caption">Kashrut status uncertain<br /></div> </div> <p>All this exhaustive research brought me to <a href="http://www.kantrowitz.com/chocolate/" target="_blank">this website</a> that lists kosher chocolates and candies, as well as regional and local kosher chocolate companies. Some candies made by San Francisco stalwart See's and Annabelle in Hayward (maker of Abba-Zaba, Big Hunk, etc.) are certified kosher by KSA, and the Guittard Chocolate Company in Burlingame (the source of the delicious chocolate cookie smell that permeates the Millbrae BART station) is certified by the OU. So eat with impunity.</p>

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