How many licks? Maybe 850 Posted on August 27, 2013August 18, 2013 By RosaVia AdFreak, some dude reported taking exactly 850 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. And called it science. Take it from this struggling grad student – it ain’t science until you replicate it and 2-3 reviewers believe you.See also Grace Jones's Chocolate Head and Chocolate Covered Anything Day