Everlasting Gobstopper
The Everlasting Gobstopper is both a fictional brand of gobstopper, and a real-life confection named after the fictional product.
In all versions, the Everlasting Gobstopper is a gobstopper that not only can never be finished, but never even gets smaller. It is implied that they may also be indestructible. Wonka explained that they were "for children with very little pocket money". According to Slugworth in the 1971 film, the Everlasting Gobstopper would entirely ruin his business.
Nestlé Everlasting Gobstoppers
A product called Everlasting Gobstoppers was introduced in 1976 by the Chicago candy company Breaker Confections, which had licensed the "Willy Wonka" name in 1971 so that it could be used as a merchandising tie-in for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.[1] The Willy Wonka Candy Company brand is now owned by Nestlé, and made in Itasca, Illinois.[1]
The jawbreaker is composed of several discrete layers to mirror the color-changing effect from the book. The standard type has a chalky center somewhat like a SweeTart. A version with a chewy center is also available.
They resemble the gobstoppers from the book and the 2005 film far more than the ones in the 1971 film, as the 1971 version is a multi-colored, bumpy/spiky candy, and the ones in the book and 2005 film are round, single-colored spheres. Unlike the ones from the book and 2005, they are chewable once sucked long enough (Wonka says you would break your teeth if you tried to chew a gobstopper), and, unlike their fictional counterparts, they are not "everlasting".
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References
- ^ a b Zeldes, Leah A. (October 30, 2009). "Willy Wonka lives in Chicagoland". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2009.