One blob of chocolate

Chocolate Freckle lollies, made of chocolate and hundreds and thousands, stuck together in a big pile.

Image credit: John West

Prompts

Being out in the sun is bad for chocolate; John opened a packet of chocolate lollies to find they merged into one big blob.

How could you work out how many chocolate lollies were originally in the packet?

Would it be false advertising to claim that this product contained Hundreds and Thousands? Explain.

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