 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (June 2016) |
| Everlasting Gobstopper | |
|---|---|
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory element | |
| First appearance | |
| Created by | Roald Dahl |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Gobstopper candy |
| Affiliation | Willy Wonka |
 Multi colored Everlasting Gobstoppers | |
| Type | Sweets |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | Chicago |
| Main ingredients | Sugar |
| Similar dishes | Aniseed balls |
The Everlasting Gobstopper is a gobstopper candy from Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. According to its creator Willy Wonka, it was intended "for children with very little pocket money". It not only changes colours and flavours when sucked on, but also never gets any smaller or disappears. In 1976, the name of the fictional candy was used for a product similar to a normal gobstopper, or jawbreaker.
Although only briefly mentioned in the book and its 2005 film adaptation, the 1971 film adaptation Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory used the Everlasting Gobstopper as a plot device in which Wonka's business rival Slugworth attempts to bribe the children visiting the Wonka factory to steal one for him. This is later revealed as a lie; Slugworth is actually Mr. Wilkinson, one of Wonka's workers. The proposal is a test Wonka set up to judge the worthiness of the ticket holders to take over the factory, given to all five children.
An actual Everlasting Gobstopper prop used in the 1971 film was sold for $100,000 to the owners of the television show Pawn Stars.[1]
- ^ Greenbaum, Aaron (23 March 2021). "The Two Willy Wonka Props That Sold For More Than $100k On Pawn Stars". Looper.com. Retrieved 12 June 2022.