Gobstopper

Gobstoppers are made by slowly depositing layers onto a core, such as a pressed ball of sugar, a single seed of anise or a gumball. Gobstoppers are made in large, rotating, heated pans in a process known as "hot panning". The sweets take several weeks to manufacture, as the process of adding liquid sugar is repeated multiple times. Natural and artificial colours and flavours are also added during the panning process. ==Everlasting Gobstoppers==

The Everlasting Gobstoppers, sold under Nestlé's Willy Wonka Candy Company brand, were first introduced in 1976 by Breaker Confections, and are named after the Everlasting Gobstoppers in Roald Dahl's children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In Dahl's story, Everlasting Gobstoppers are purported to last forever. Dahl named the sweet after gobstoppers, which were a favourite among British schoolboys between the two World Wars. ==In popular culture==

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory In the 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl described "Everlasting Gobstoppers," a fictional gobstopper that could never get smaller or be finished. Ed, Edd n Eddy The animated series Ed, Edd n Eddy revolves around jawbreakers. Most episodes feature the titular characters running a variety of scams to earn money to buy the confections. The jawbreakers themselves are depicted as comically oversized, often with a circumference larger than that of the heads of the characters; Jawbreaker The 1999 American teen comedy Jawbreaker centers around the main characters accidentally killing their friend after gagging her with a jawbreaker. ==Lawsuit==

In 2003, Taquandra Diggs, a nine-year-old girl in Starke, Florida, US suffered severe burns, allegedly from biting on an exploding Wonka Everlasting Gobstopper that had been refrigerated, left out in the sun, then refrigerated again. Diggs and several other alleged victims' families filed lawsuits against Nestlé for medical bills resulting from plastic surgery as well as pain and suffering; the matters were later settled outside of court for an undisclosed amount. ==See also==