It's that 'divided by a common language' thing again. The problem with trying to be international is that Americans usually don't know the terms used in other countries any better than folk from other countries know American terms.

A Tootsie Pop is a sucker or lollipop (flavored boiled sweet on a cardboard stick) wrapped around a piece of Tootsie Roll (which can best be described as really chewy chocolate caramel). And the 'how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop' is from one of their old ad campaigns.