Gobstoppers
Welcome! Today, I will be sharing with the history of Gobstoppers or as the Americans call them, jawbreakers. Enjoy!
Gobstoppers or jawbreakers are a type of hard sweet. They are usually round, and usually range from 1 to 3 cm (0.4 to 1.2 in) across; though gobstoppers can be up to 8 cm (3.1 in) in diameter. The term Gobstopper comes from the UK and Irish slang for mouth which is gob. The sweet was a favourite among British schoolboys between World War I and World War II. In his 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, author Roald Dahl described "Everlasting Gobstoppers", a fictional type of gobstopper that could never get smaller or be finished. The gobstoppers consist of layers of... sugar! When you suck them, the layers will one by one disappear leaving a small possibly different fizzy layer. Gobstoppers have been sold in traditional sweet shops for at least a century, often sold by weight from jars. As gobstoppers dissolve very slowly, they last a very long time in the mouth, which is a major factor in their enduring popularity with children. Larger ones can take days or even weeks to fully dissolve. What a long time!
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Gobstoppers keep you quiet!😜
ReplyDeleteCan you give Nana a big gobstopper?. Verygood.
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